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Countries by foreign direct investment, net inflows

Cyprus had the highest foreign direct investment, net inflows of 194 countries in 2019, at 431.79% of GDP. The Netherlands had the lowest, at -13.69% of GDP. The median was 2.53% of GDP and the figure for the World was 2.15% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest431.79Cyprus
Lowest-13.69Netherlands
Median2.53194 countries
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Map of countries, 2019

United Arab Emirates: 4.12 % of GDPAfghanistan: 0.12 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda: 7.76 % of GDPAlbania: 7.71 % of GDPArmenia: 0.74 % of GDPAngola: -5.05 % of GDPArgentina: 1.49 % of GDPAustria: -2.85 % of GDPAustralia: 2.77 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 3.12 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 2.19 % of GDPBangladesh: 0.54 % of GDPBelgium: -1.97 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 1.02 % of GDPBulgaria: 3.24 % of GDPBurundi: 1.05 % of GDPBenin: 1.52 % of GDPBrunei: 2.77 % of GDPBolivia: -0.44 % of GDPBrazil: 3.69 % of GDPBahamas: 3.63 % of GDPBhutan: 0.48 % of GDPBotswana: 0.56 % of GDPBelarus: 1.98 % of GDPBelize: 3.94 % of GDPCanada: 2.81 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 2.88 % of GDPCentral African Republic: -0.21 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: -10.21 % of GDPSwitzerland: 3.04 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 1.41 % of GDPChile: 4.88 % of GDPCameroon: 2.58 % of GDPChina: 1.29 % of GDPColombia: 4.33 % of GDPCosta Rica: 4.2 % of GDPCuba: 0.03 % of GDPCape Verde: 5.46 % of GDPCyprus: 431.79 % of GDPCzechia: 4.19 % of GDPGermany: 1.91 % of GDPDjibouti: 5.67 % of GDPDenmark: -1.1 % of GDPDominican Republic: 3.17 % of GDPAlgeria: 0.71 % of GDPEcuador: 0.92 % of GDPEstonia: 9.77 % of GDPEgypt: 2.83 % of GDPSpain: 2.16 % of GDPEthiopia: 2.78 % of GDPFinland: 6.1 % of GDPFiji: 6.03 % of GDPFrance: 1.96 % of GDPGabon: 1.64 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 0.69 % of GDPGeorgia: 7.93 % of GDPGhana: 5.68 % of GDPGambia: 3.92 % of GDPGuinea: 0.33 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 7.23 % of GDPGreece: 2.41 % of GDPGuatemala: 1.52 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 4.49 % of GDPGuyana: 52 % of GDPHong Kong: 16.06 % of GDPHonduras: 3.84 % of GDPCroatia: 6.47 % of GDPHaiti: 0.5 % of GDPHungary: 59.58 % of GDPIndonesia: 2.23 % of GDPIreland: 7.67 % of GDPIsrael: 4.35 % of GDPIndia: 1.78 % of GDPIraq: -1.32 % of GDPIran: 0.43 % of GDPIceland: -2.23 % of GDPItaly: 1.77 % of GDPJamaica: 3.91 % of GDPJordan: 1.5 % of GDPJapan: 0.76 % of GDPKenya: 0.47 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 4.31 % of GDPCambodia: 9.99 % of GDPKiribati: -0.26 % of GDPSouth Korea: 0.55 % of GDPKuwait: 0.37 % of GDPCayman Islands: 18.18 % of GDPKazakhstan: 2.05 % of GDPLaos: 4.03 % of GDPLebanon: 3.69 % of GDPSri Lanka: 0.84 % of GDPLiberia: 2.61 % of GDPLesotho: -2.41 % of GDPLithuania: 6.23 % of GDPLuxembourg: 234.31 % of GDPLatvia: 3.37 % of GDPMorocco: 1.33 % of GDPMoldova: 4.44 % of GDPMontenegro: 7.62 % of GDPMadagascar: 3.36 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 4.36 % of GDPMali: 4.2 % of GDPMyanmar: 2.31 % of GDPMongolia: 17.2 % of GDPMauritania: -11.19 % of GDPMauritius: 3.03 % of GDPMalawi: 0.5 % of GDPMexico: 2.31 % of GDPMalaysia: 2.51 % of GDPMozambique: 21.78 % of GDPNamibia: -1.41 % of GDPNew Caledonia: 7.64 % of GDPNiger: 5.77 % of GDPNigeria: 0.34 % of GDPNicaragua: 3.96 % of GDPNetherlands: -13.69 % of GDPNorway: 3.85 % of GDPNepal: 0.54 % of GDPNew Zealand: 1.44 % of GDPOman: 2.27 % of GDPPanama: 6.71 % of GDPPeru: 2.26 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 0.21 % of GDPPapua New Guinea: 1.36 % of GDPPhilippines: 2.3 % of GDPPakistan: 0.7 % of GDPPoland: 3.15 % of GDPPalestine: 0.77 % of GDPPortugal: 4.5 % of GDPPalau: 16.15 % of GDPParaguay: 1.28 % of GDPQatar: -1.59 % of GDPRomania: 2.95 % of GDPSerbia: 7.92 % of GDPRussia: 1.89 % of GDPRwanda: 2.5 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 0.35 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 2.02 % of GDPSudan: 2.55 % of GDPSweden: 2.96 % of GDPSingapore: 28.18 % of GDPSlovenia: 3.99 % of GDPSlovakia: 2.15 % of GDPSierra Leone: 1.87 % of GDPSenegal: 4.55 % of GDPSomalia: 5.16 % of GDPSuriname: 2.1 % of GDPEl Salvador: 2.59 % of GDPEswatini: 2.77 % of GDPChad: -2.41 % of GDPTogo: 4.94 % of GDPThailand: 1.02 % of GDPTajikistan: 2.56 % of GDPTimor-Leste: -7.79 % of GDPTurkmenistan: 6.24 % of GDPTunisia: 1.94 % of GDPTürkiye: 1.23 % of GDPTrinidad and Tobago: 0.78 % of GDPTanzania: 1.99 % of GDPUkraine: 3.77 % of GDPUganda: 3.69 % of GDPUnited States: 1.47 % of GDPUruguay: 2.36 % of GDPUzbekistan: 3.3 % of GDPVenezuela: 2.16 % of GDPVietnam: 4.82 % of GDPVanuatu: 4.98 % of GDPSamoa: -0.24 % of GDPSouth Africa: 1.31 % of GDPZambia: 2.35 % of GDPZimbabwe: 0.75 % of GDP
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% of GDP, 2019. Red areas are below zero and blue areas above it. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: World Bank, Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2019

Cyprus: 431.79 % of GDPCyprus431.79Luxembourg: 234.31 % of GDPLuxembourg234.31Malta: 198.2 % of GDPMalta198.2Hungary: 59.58 % of GDPHungary59.58Guyana: 52 % of GDPGuyana52Singapore: 28.18 % of GDPSingapore28.18Mozambique: 21.78 % of GDPMozambique21.78Cayman Islands: 18.18 % of GDPCayman Islands18.18Mongolia: 17.2 % of GDPMongolia17.2Grenada: 17.19 % of GDPGrenada17.19Maldives: 16.78 % of GDPMaldives16.78Palau: 16.15 % of GDPPalau16.15Hong Kong: 16.06 % of GDPHong Kong16.06Seychelles: 13.76 % of GDPSeychelles13.76Andorra: 13.38 % of GDPAndorra13.38Macao: 11.77 % of GDPMacao11.77Cambodia: 9.99 % of GDPCambodia9.99Dominica: 9.78 % of GDPDominica9.78Estonia: 9.77 % of GDPEstonia9.77Georgia: 7.93 % of GDPGeorgia7.93Serbia: 7.92 % of GDPSerbia7.92Antigua and Barbuda: 7.76 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda7.76Albania: 7.71 % of GDPAlbania7.71Ireland: 7.67 % of GDPIreland7.67New Caledonia: 7.64 % of GDPNew Caledonia7.64Montenegro: 7.62 % of GDPMontenegro7.62Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 7.56 % of GDPSaint Vincent and the Grenadines7.56Equatorial Guinea: 7.23 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea7.23Curaçao: 6.72 % of GDPCuraçao6.72Panama: 6.71 % of GDPPanama6.71Croatia: 6.47 % of GDPCroatia6.47Turkmenistan: 6.24 % of GDPTurkmenistan6.24Lithuania: 6.23 % of GDPLithuania6.23Finland: 6.1 % of GDPFinland6.1Fiji: 6.03 % of GDPFiji6.03São Tomé and Príncipe: 5.86 % of GDPSão Tomé and Príncipe5.86Niger: 5.77 % of GDPNiger5.77Ghana: 5.68 % of GDPGhana5.68Djibouti: 5.67 % of GDPDjibouti5.67Saint Kitts and Nevis: 5.64 % of GDPSaint Kitts and Nevis5.64Cyprus: 431.79 % of GDPCyprus431.79Luxembourg: 234.31 % of GDPLuxembourg234.31Malta: 198.2 % of GDPMalta198.2Hungary: 59.58 % of GDPHungary59.58Guyana: 52 % of GDPGuyana52Singapore: 28.18 % of GDPSingapore28.18Mozambique: 21.78 % of GDPMozambique21.78Cayman Islands: 18.18 % of GDPCayman Islands18.18Mongolia: 17.2 % of GDPMongolia17.2Grenada: 17.19 % of GDPGrenada17.19Maldives: 16.78 % of GDPMaldives16.78Palau: 16.15 % of GDPPalau16.15Hong Kong: 16.06 % of GDPHong Kong16.06Seychelles: 13.76 % of GDPSeychelles13.76Andorra: 13.38 % of GDPAndorra13.38Macao: 11.77 % of GDPMacao11.77Cambodia: 9.99 % of GDPCambodia9.99Dominica: 9.78 % of GDPDominica9.78Estonia: 9.77 % of GDPEstonia9.77Georgia: 7.93 % of GDPGeorgia7.93Serbia: 7.92 % of GDPSerbia7.92Antigua and Barbuda: 7.76 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda7.76Albania: 7.71 % of GDPAlbania7.71Ireland: 7.67 % of GDPIreland7.67New Caledonia: 7.64 % of GDPNew Caledonia7.64Montenegro: 7.62 % of GDPMontenegro7.62Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 7.56 % of GDPSaint Vincent and the Grenadines7.56Equatorial Guinea: 7.23 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea7.23Curaçao: 6.72 % of GDPCuraçao6.72Panama: 6.71 % of GDPPanama6.71Croatia: 6.47 % of GDPCroatia6.47Turkmenistan: 6.24 % of GDPTurkmenistan6.24Lithuania: 6.23 % of GDPLithuania6.23Finland: 6.1 % of GDPFinland6.1Fiji: 6.03 % of GDPFiji6.03São Tomé and Príncipe: 5.86 % of GDPSão Tomé and Príncipe5.86Niger: 5.77 % of GDPNiger5.77Ghana: 5.68 % of GDPGhana5.68Djibouti: 5.67 % of GDPDjibouti5.67Saint Kitts and Nevis: 5.64 % of GDPSaint Kitts and Nevis5.64
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2019
% of GDP		Change on 2018
1Cyprus431.79+124.7 pts
2Luxembourg234.31+351.54 pts
3Malta198.2-254.02 pts
4Hungary59.58+99.69 pts
5Guyana52+26.27 pts
6Singapore28.18+5.39 pts
7Mozambique21.78+10.61 pts
8Cayman Islands18.18+15.04 pts
9Mongolia17.2+2.39 pts
10Grenada17.19+1.25 pts
11Maldives16.78+6.13 pts
12Palau16.15-1.46 pts
13Hong Kong16.06-10.77 pts
14Seychelles13.76-3.35 pts
15Andorra13.38n/a
16Macao11.77+8.65 pts
17Cambodia9.99+0.29 pts
18Dominica9.78-2.68 pts
19Estonia9.77+5.69 pts
20Georgia7.93+0.64 pts
21Serbia7.92+0.21 pts
22Antigua and Barbuda7.76-4.42 pts
23Albania7.71-0.12 pts
24Ireland7.67-12.69 pts
25New Caledonia7.64+4.17 pts
26Montenegro7.62-1.32 pts
27Saint Vincent and the Grenadines7.56+3.04 pts
28Equatorial Guinea7.23+8.33 pts
29Curaçao6.72+2.55 pts
30Panama6.71+0.32 pts
31Croatia6.47+3.8 pts
32Turkmenistan6.24+0.07 pts
33Lithuania6.23+3.83 pts
34Finland6.1+9.94 pts
35Fiji6.03-2.37 pts
36São Tomé and Príncipe5.86-0.32 pts
37Niger5.77+2.13 pts
38Ghana5.68+1.23 pts
39Djibouti5.67-0.17 pts
40Saint Kitts and Nevis5.64+1.92 pts
41Cape Verde5.46+0.76 pts
42Sint Maarten5.25+9.05 pts
43Somalia5.16-0.02 pts
44Vanuatu4.98+1.35 pts
45Togo4.94+7.52 pts
46Chile4.88+2.19 pts
47Vietnam4.82-0.18 pts
48Senegal4.55+0.88 pts
49Portugal4.5+1.04 pts
50Guinea-Bissau4.49+3.17 pts
51Moldova4.44+1.69 pts
52North Macedonia4.36-0.76 pts
53Israel4.35-1.38 pts
54Colombia4.33+0.95 pts
55Kyrgyzstan4.31+2.57 pts
56Costa Rica4.2-0.62 pts
57Mali4.2+1.9 pts
58Czechia4.19+0.88 pts
59United Arab Emirates4.12+1.76 pts
60Laos4.03-3.45 pts
61Slovenia3.99+1.13 pts
62Nicaragua3.96-2.47 pts
63Belize3.94-1.4 pts
64Gambia3.92-0.98 pts
65Jamaica3.91-0.69 pts
66Norway3.85+5.1 pts
67Honduras3.84-2.16 pts
68Ukraine3.77-0.03 pts
69Lebanon3.69-1.15 pts
70Brazil3.69-0.39 pts
71Uganda3.69+0.48 pts
72Bahamas3.63-0.2 pts
73Saint Lucia3.61+1.4 pts
74Barbados3.49-0.53 pts
75Latvia3.37+2.05 pts
76Madagascar3.36-1.09 pts
77Uzbekistan3.3+2.28 pts
78Bulgaria3.24+0.5 pts
79Dominican Republic3.17-0.06 pts
80Poland3.15-0.19 pts
81Azerbaijan3.12+0.14 pts
82Switzerland3.04+24.88 pts
83Mauritius3.03-0.05 pts
84Sweden2.96+3.09 pts
85Romania2.95-0.09 pts
86Democratic Republic of the Congo2.88-0.13 pts
87Egypt2.83-0.27 pts
88Canada2.81+0.34 pts
89Ethiopia2.78-1.26 pts
90Eswatini2.77+2.1 pts
91Brunei2.77-1.03 pts
92Australia2.77-1.46 pts
93Liberia2.61-1.16 pts
94El Salvador2.59+1 pts
95Cameroon2.58+0.67 pts
96Tajikistan2.56-0.28 pts
97Sudan2.55-0.96 pts
98Malaysia2.51+0.19 pts
99Rwanda2.5-1.29 pts
100Greece2.41+0.52 pts
101Uruguay2.36-0.29 pts
102Zambia2.35+0.8 pts
103Bahrain2.33-1.85 pts
104Myanmar2.31-0.29 pts
105Mexico2.31-0.7 pts
106Philippines2.3-0.57 pts
107Oman2.27-3.85 pts
108Peru2.26-0.52 pts
109Indonesia2.23+0.42 pts
110Marshall Islands2.22-2.22 pts
111Bosnia and Herzegovina2.19-0.75 pts
112Venezuela2.16+0.85 pts
113Spain2.16-2.31 pts
114Slovakia2.15+0.04 pts
115Suriname2.1-1.18 pts
116Kazakhstan2.05+1.86 pts
117Solomon Islands2.02+0.48 pts
118Tanzania1.99+0.29 pts
119Belarus1.98-0.4 pts
120Turks and Caicos Islands1.97-1.25 pts
121France1.96-0.82 pts
122Tunisia1.94-0.38 pts
123Germany1.91-2.1 pts
124Russia1.89+1.36 pts
125Sierra Leone1.87-1.04 pts
126India1.78+0.23 pts
127Italy1.77-0.34 pts
128Nauru1.75-4.14 pts
129Gabon1.64+1.35 pts
130Guatemala1.52+0.26 pts
131Benin1.52+0.16 pts
132Jordan1.5-0.51 pts
133Argentina1.49-0.75 pts
134United States1.47+0.43 pts
135New Zealand1.44+0.28 pts
136Côte d’Ivoire1.41+0.35 pts
137Papua New Guinea1.36+0.08 pts
138Morocco1.33-1.45 pts
139South Africa1.31-0.06 pts
140China1.29-0.38 pts
141Paraguay1.28+0.49 pts
142Türkiye1.23-0.35 pts
143Burundi1.05+0.83 pts
144Thailand1.02-1.7 pts
145Burkina Faso1.02-0.67 pts
146Ecuador0.92-0.38 pts
147Sri Lanka0.84-0.87 pts
148Trinidad and Tobago0.78+3.72 pts
149Palestine0.77-0.52 pts
150Japan0.76+0.27 pts
151Zimbabwe0.75-0.46 pts
152Armenia0.74-1.41 pts
153Algeria0.71-0.04 pts
154Pakistan0.7+0.21 pts
155United Kingdom0.69+1.55 pts
156Botswana0.56-1.12 pts
157Tuvalu0.56-0.06 pts
158South Korea0.55-0.12 pts
159Bangladesh0.54-0.21 pts
160Nepal0.54+0.34 pts
161Malawi0.5-0.28 pts
162Haiti0.5-0.14 pts
163Bhutan0.48+0.37 pts
164Kenya0.47-0.36 pts
165Iran0.43-0.14 pts
166Kuwait0.37+0.38 pts
167Comoros0.36-0.12 pts
168Saudi Arabia0.35-1.02 pts
169Nigeria0.34+0.16 pts
170Guinea0.33-2.64 pts
171French Polynesia0.21+0.11 pts
172Afghanistan0.12-0.54 pts
173Bermuda0.06-1.26 pts
174Cuba0.03-0.06 pts
175Central African Republic-0.21-0.65 pts
176Samoa-0.24-2.14 pts
177Kiribati-0.26+0.23 pts
178Bolivia-0.44-1.07 pts
179Denmark-1.1-3.57 pts
180Tonga-1.21-5.91 pts
181Iraq-1.32+0.83 pts
182Namibia-1.41-3.12 pts
183Qatar-1.59-0.4 pts
184Belgium-1.97+5.69 pts
185Iceland-2.23+0.11 pts
186Aruba-2.25-6.65 pts
187Lesotho-2.41-3.32 pts
188Chad-2.41+2.5 pts
189Austria-2.85+3.3 pts
190Angola-5.05+2.09 pts
191Timor-Leste-7.79-10.87 pts
192Republic of the Congo-10.21+19.73 pts
193Mauritania-11.19-21.53 pts
194Netherlands-13.69+22.71 pts

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Net foreign investment inflows to acquire a lasting management interest of at least 10% of voting stock, as a percentage of GDP. Includes equity, reinvested earnings and other capital recorded in the balance of payments.

Net inflows subtract disinvestment from new investment. Negative values indicate net disinvestment; zero is a valid net balance. Flows can exceed GDP, particularly in financial centers. The latest year varies by country.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 8 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2019 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Which country has the highest foreign direct investment, net inflows?

Cyprus, with 431.79% of GDP in 2019, according to the World Bank.

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The Netherlands, with -13.69% of GDP in 2019.

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