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Countries by foreign direct investment, net inflows

Malta had the highest foreign direct investment, net inflows of 195 countries in 2021, at 433.61% of GDP. Switzerland had the lowest, at -14.37% of GDP. The median was 2.81% of GDP and the figure for the World was 2.51% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest433.61Malta
Lowest-14.37Switzerland
Median2.81195 countries
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Map of countries, 2021

United Arab Emirates: 4.89 % of GDPAfghanistan: 0.14 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda: 17.89 % of GDPAlbania: 6.76 % of GDPArmenia: 2.64 % of GDPAngola: -5.56 % of GDPArgentina: 1.37 % of GDPAustria: 3.95 % of GDPAustralia: 2.02 % of GDPAzerbaijan: -3.11 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 3.24 % of GDPBangladesh: 0.41 % of GDPBelgium: 5.68 % of GDPBurkina Faso: -0.41 % of GDPBulgaria: 2.53 % of GDPBurundi: 0.65 % of GDPBenin: 1.96 % of GDPBrunei: 1.47 % of GDPBolivia: 1.22 % of GDPBrazil: 2.78 % of GDPBahamas: 3.18 % of GDPBhutan: 0.24 % of GDPBotswana: -1.7 % of GDPBelarus: 1.77 % of GDPBelize: 5.17 % of GDPCanada: 2.98 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 2.84 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 1.17 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: -2.16 % of GDPSwitzerland: -14.37 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 1.91 % of GDPChile: 4.81 % of GDPCameroon: 2.14 % of GDPChina: 1.89 % of GDPColombia: 3 % of GDPCosta Rica: 5.48 % of GDPCape Verde: 4.46 % of GDPCyprus: 21.82 % of GDPCzechia: 4.43 % of GDPGermany: 2.93 % of GDPDjibouti: 4.91 % of GDPDenmark: 4.19 % of GDPDominican Republic: 3.53 % of GDPAlgeria: 0.47 % of GDPEcuador: 0.61 % of GDPEstonia: 20.23 % of GDPEgypt: 1.21 % of GDPSpain: 4.42 % of GDPEthiopia: 3.91 % of GDPFinland: 8.01 % of GDPFiji: 9.86 % of GDPFrance: 3.3 % of GDPGabon: 2.25 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 3.21 % of GDPGeorgia: 6.84 % of GDPGhana: 3.19 % of GDPGambia: 12.5 % of GDPGuinea: 1.16 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 4.6 % of GDPGreece: 3.02 % of GDPGuatemala: 4.19 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 0.97 % of GDPGuyana: 27.81 % of GDPHong Kong: 37.18 % of GDPHonduras: 2.84 % of GDPCroatia: 7.43 % of GDPHaiti: 0.25 % of GDPHungary: 18.26 % of GDPIndonesia: 1.79 % of GDPIreland: 14.65 % of GDPIsrael: 3.87 % of GDPIndia: 1.41 % of GDPIraq: -1.26 % of GDPIran: 0.35 % of GDPIceland: 1.53 % of GDPItaly: 1.2 % of GDPJamaica: 2.01 % of GDPJordan: 1.23 % of GDPJapan: 0.67 % of GDPKenya: 0.38 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 2.45 % of GDPCambodia: 9.47 % of GDPKiribati: 0.36 % of GDPSouth Korea: 1.14 % of GDPKuwait: -0.18 % of GDPCayman Islands: -13.33 % of GDPKazakhstan: 2.32 % of GDPLaos: 5.69 % of GDPLebanon: 2.59 % of GDPSri Lanka: 0.67 % of GDPLiberia: -1.12 % of GDPLesotho: -0.52 % of GDPLithuania: 3.74 % of GDPLuxembourg: 18.75 % of GDPLatvia: 9.95 % of GDPLibya: 1.71 % of GDPMorocco: 1.59 % of GDPMoldova: 2.82 % of GDPMontenegro: 11.91 % of GDPMadagascar: 2.49 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 4.97 % of GDPMali: 2.78 % of GDPMyanmar: 3.11 % of GDPMongolia: 14.22 % of GDPMauritania: 11.61 % of GDPMauritius: 2.24 % of GDPMalawi: 1.05 % of GDPMexico: 2.71 % of GDPMalaysia: 5.42 % of GDPMozambique: 32.75 % of GDPNamibia: 6.78 % of GDPNew Caledonia: 7.88 % of GDPNiger: 3.98 % of GDPNigeria: 0.54 % of GDPNicaragua: 7.37 % of GDPNetherlands: -11.17 % of GDPNorway: 3.52 % of GDPNepal: 0.53 % of GDPNew Zealand: 2.09 % of GDPOman: 10.02 % of GDPPanama: 2.72 % of GDPPeru: 3.15 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: -0.43 % of GDPPapua New Guinea: -0.13 % of GDPPhilippines: 3.04 % of GDPPakistan: 0.62 % of GDPPoland: 5.44 % of GDPPalestine: 1.95 % of GDPPortugal: 3.61 % of GDPPalau: 13.6 % of GDPParaguay: 1.46 % of GDPQatar: -0.61 % of GDPRomania: 4.13 % of GDPSerbia: 6.95 % of GDPRussia: 2.21 % of GDPRwanda: 2.07 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 2.89 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 1.79 % of GDPSudan: 1.53 % of GDPSweden: 9.18 % of GDPSingapore: 32.26 % of GDPSlovenia: 3.61 % of GDPSlovakia: 2.26 % of GDPSierra Leone: 2.99 % of GDPSenegal: 9.4 % of GDPSomalia: 6.34 % of GDPSuriname: 8.23 % of GDPEl Salvador: 2.76 % of GDPEswatini: 2.35 % of GDPChad: -0.06 % of GDPTogo: -1.59 % of GDPThailand: 3.04 % of GDPTajikistan: 0.94 % of GDPTimor-Leste: -6.59 % of GDPTurkmenistan: 1.86 % of GDPTunisia: 1.16 % of GDPTürkiye: 1.53 % of GDPTrinidad and Tobago: -3.86 % of GDPTanzania: 1.68 % of GDPUkraine: 3.98 % of GDPUganda: 4.07 % of GDPUnited States: 2.01 % of GDPUruguay: 8.5 % of GDPUzbekistan: 2.81 % of GDPVenezuela: 1.36 % of GDPVietnam: 4.27 % of GDPVanuatu: 3.94 % of GDPSamoa: 1.04 % of GDPSouth Africa: 9.68 % of GDPZambia: 1.78 % of GDPZimbabwe: 0.58 % of GDP
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% of GDP, 2021. 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, 2021

Malta: 433.61 % of GDPMalta433.61Hong Kong: 37.18 % of GDPHong Kong37.18Mozambique: 32.75 % of GDPMozambique32.75Singapore: 32.26 % of GDPSingapore32.26Guyana: 27.81 % of GDPGuyana27.81Cyprus: 21.82 % of GDPCyprus21.82Estonia: 20.23 % of GDPEstonia20.23Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 18.89 % of GDPSaint Vincent and the Grenadines18.89Luxembourg: 18.75 % of GDPLuxembourg18.75Macao: 18.37 % of GDPMacao18.37Hungary: 18.26 % of GDPHungary18.26Antigua and Barbuda: 17.89 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda17.89Ireland: 14.65 % of GDPIreland14.65Andorra: 14.58 % of GDPAndorra14.58Mongolia: 14.22 % of GDPMongolia14.22Palau: 13.6 % of GDPPalau13.6Grenada: 13.56 % of GDPGrenada13.56Gambia: 12.5 % of GDPGambia12.5Maldives: 12.24 % of GDPMaldives12.24Montenegro: 11.91 % of GDPMontenegro11.91Mauritania: 11.61 % of GDPMauritania11.61São Tomé and Príncipe: 11.25 % of GDPSão Tomé and Príncipe11.25Oman: 10.02 % of GDPOman10.02Latvia: 9.95 % of GDPLatvia9.95Fiji: 9.86 % of GDPFiji9.86South Africa: 9.68 % of GDPSouth Africa9.68Cambodia: 9.47 % of GDPCambodia9.47Senegal: 9.4 % of GDPSenegal9.4Sweden: 9.18 % of GDPSweden9.18Uruguay: 8.5 % of GDPUruguay8.5Suriname: 8.23 % of GDPSuriname8.23Finland: 8.01 % of GDPFinland8.01New Caledonia: 7.88 % of GDPNew Caledonia7.88Seychelles: 7.53 % of GDPSeychelles7.53Croatia: 7.43 % of GDPCroatia7.43Nicaragua: 7.37 % of GDPNicaragua7.37Serbia: 6.95 % of GDPSerbia6.95Georgia: 6.84 % of GDPGeorgia6.84Namibia: 6.78 % of GDPNamibia6.78Albania: 6.76 % of GDPAlbania6.76Malta: 433.61 % of GDPMalta433.61Hong Kong: 37.18 % of GDPHong Kong37.18Mozambique: 32.75 % of GDPMozambique32.75Singapore: 32.26 % of GDPSingapore32.26Guyana: 27.81 % of GDPGuyana27.81Cyprus: 21.82 % of GDPCyprus21.82Estonia: 20.23 % of GDPEstonia20.23Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 18.89 % of GDPSaint Vincent and the Grenadines18.89Luxembourg: 18.75 % of GDPLuxembourg18.75Macao: 18.37 % of GDPMacao18.37Hungary: 18.26 % of GDPHungary18.26Antigua and Barbuda: 17.89 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda17.89Ireland: 14.65 % of GDPIreland14.65Andorra: 14.58 % of GDPAndorra14.58Mongolia: 14.22 % of GDPMongolia14.22Palau: 13.6 % of GDPPalau13.6Grenada: 13.56 % of GDPGrenada13.56Gambia: 12.5 % of GDPGambia12.5Maldives: 12.24 % of GDPMaldives12.24Montenegro: 11.91 % of GDPMontenegro11.91Mauritania: 11.61 % of GDPMauritania11.61São Tomé and Príncipe: 11.25 % of GDPSão Tomé and Príncipe11.25Oman: 10.02 % of GDPOman10.02Latvia: 9.95 % of GDPLatvia9.95Fiji: 9.86 % of GDPFiji9.86South Africa: 9.68 % of GDPSouth Africa9.68Cambodia: 9.47 % of GDPCambodia9.47Senegal: 9.4 % of GDPSenegal9.4Sweden: 9.18 % of GDPSweden9.18Uruguay: 8.5 % of GDPUruguay8.5Suriname: 8.23 % of GDPSuriname8.23Finland: 8.01 % of GDPFinland8.01New Caledonia: 7.88 % of GDPNew Caledonia7.88Seychelles: 7.53 % of GDPSeychelles7.53Croatia: 7.43 % of GDPCroatia7.43Nicaragua: 7.37 % of GDPNicaragua7.37Serbia: 6.95 % of GDPSerbia6.95Georgia: 6.84 % of GDPGeorgia6.84Namibia: 6.78 % of GDPNamibia6.78Albania: 6.76 % of GDPAlbania6.76
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2021
% of GDP		Change on 2020
1Malta433.61+241.68 pts
2Hong Kong37.18+3.13 pts
3Mozambique32.75+10.36 pts
4Singapore32.26+9.68 pts
5Guyana27.81+4.36 pts
6Cyprus21.82+317.83 pts
7Estonia20.23+8.21 pts
8Saint Vincent and the Grenadines18.89+11.35 pts
9Luxembourg18.75+21.85 pts
10Macao18.37+42.95 pts
11Hungary18.26-87.37 pts
12Antigua and Barbuda17.89+11.06 pts
13Ireland14.65+6.56 pts
14Andorra14.58+5.15 pts
15Mongolia14.22+1.3 pts
16Palau13.6-3.41 pts
17Grenada13.56+0.02 pts
18Gambia12.5+2.04 pts
19Maldives12.24+0.37 pts
20Montenegro11.91+0.7 pts
21Mauritania11.61+0.37 pts
22São Tomé and Príncipe11.25+1.25 pts
23Oman10.02+7.5 pts
24Latvia9.95+7.14 pts
25Fiji9.86+4.19 pts
26South Africa9.68+8.75 pts
27Cambodia9.47-0.94 pts
28Senegal9.4+1.88 pts
29Sweden9.18+5.81 pts
30Uruguay8.5+6.69 pts
31Suriname8.23+8.2 pts
32Finland8.01+8.95 pts
33New Caledonia7.88+1.83 pts
34Seychelles7.53+1.74 pts
35Croatia7.43+4.89 pts
36Nicaragua7.37+1.5 pts
37Serbia6.95+0.71 pts
38Georgia6.84+3.36 pts
39Namibia6.78+8.19 pts
40Albania6.76-0.26 pts
41San Marino6.75n/a
42Somalia6.34+0.15 pts
43Curaçao6.24+0.09 pts
44Laos5.69+0.6 pts
45Belgium5.68+11.37 pts
46Costa Rica5.48+2.13 pts
47Poland5.44+2.13 pts
48Malaysia5.42+4.21 pts
49Belize5.17+1.45 pts
50Dominica5.03+0.72 pts
51North Macedonia4.97+4.91 pts
52Djibouti4.91-0.12 pts
53United Arab Emirates4.89-0.68 pts
54Chile4.81+0.31 pts
55Aruba4.62-1.92 pts
56Equatorial Guinea4.6+4.69 pts
57Nauru4.51+7.18 pts
58Cape Verde4.46+0.75 pts
59Czechia4.43+1.04 pts
60Spain4.42+1.5 pts
61Bahrain4.36+1.51 pts
62Vietnam4.27-0.29 pts
63Guatemala4.19+2.9 pts
64Denmark4.19+3.82 pts
65Romania4.13+2.69 pts
66Uganda4.07+0.9 pts
67Barbados4.01-0.84 pts
68Niger3.98+1.34 pts
69Ukraine3.98+3.79 pts
70Austria3.95+6.72 pts
71Vanuatu3.94-0.11 pts
72Ethiopia3.91+1.48 pts
73Israel3.87-1.23 pts
74Saint Lucia3.75-2.76 pts
75Lithuania3.74-4.2 pts
76Portugal3.61+1.79 pts
77Slovenia3.61+2.66 pts
78Dominican Republic3.53+0.4 pts
79Norway3.52+4.38 pts
80France3.3+2.57 pts
81Bosnia and Herzegovina3.24+0.85 pts
82United Kingdom3.21-2.56 pts
83Ghana3.19+0.51 pts
84Bahamas3.18-1.01 pts
85Peru3.15+2.69 pts
86Myanmar3.11+0.7 pts
87Thailand3.04+3.9 pts
88Philippines3.04+1.15 pts
89Greece3.02+1.29 pts
90Colombia3+0.24 pts
91Sierra Leone2.99+2.22 pts
92Canada2.98+1.22 pts
93Germany2.93-1.56 pts
94Saudi Arabia2.89+2.67 pts
95Honduras2.84+1.83 pts
96Democratic Republic of the Congo2.84-0.37 pts
97Moldova2.82+1.47 pts
98Uzbekistan2.81+0.34 pts
99Mali2.78+0.19 pts
100Brazil2.78+0.19 pts
101El Salvador2.76+1.21 pts
102Panama2.72+5.58 pts
103Mexico2.71-0.11 pts
104Armenia2.64+2.18 pts
105Lebanon2.59-2.47 pts
106Bulgaria2.53-1.45 pts
107Madagascar2.49-0.26 pts
108Kyrgyzstan2.45+7.3 pts
109Eswatini2.35+1.41 pts
110Turks and Caicos Islands2.32-0.99 pts
111Kazakhstan2.32-1.9 pts
112Slovakia2.26+3.32 pts
113Gabon2.25+1.59 pts
114Mauritius2.24+0.3 pts
115Saint Kitts and Nevis2.24+1.91 pts
116Russia2.21+1.58 pts
117Cameroon2.14+0.48 pts
118New Zealand2.09-0.16 pts
119Rwanda2.07+0.62 pts
120Australia2.02+0.67 pts
121United States2.01+1.37 pts
122Jamaica2.01+0.24 pts
123Sint Maarten1.98+0.19 pts
124Benin1.96+0.85 pts
125Palestine1.95+1.44 pts
126Côte d’Ivoire1.91+0.78 pts
127China1.89+0.2 pts
128Turkmenistan1.86-3.39 pts
129Solomon Islands1.79+1.21 pts
130Indonesia1.79-0.02 pts
131Zambia1.78+0.43 pts
132Belarus1.77-0.5 pts
133Libya1.71n/a
134Tanzania1.68+0.26 pts
135Morocco1.59+0.43 pts
136Türkiye1.53+0.51 pts
137Iceland1.53+5.52 pts
138Sudan1.53-1.12 pts
139Brunei1.47-3.24 pts
140Paraguay1.46+0.65 pts
141India1.41-0.99 pts
142Argentina1.37+0.1 pts
143Venezuela1.36+1.82 pts
144Jordan1.23-0.36 pts
145Bolivia1.22+3.89 pts
146Egypt1.21-0.32 pts
147Italy1.2+2.1 pts
148Central African Republic1.17+1.54 pts
149Tunisia1.16-0.3 pts
150Guinea1.16-0.09 pts
151South Korea1.14+0.63 pts
152Malawi1.05-1.1 pts
153Samoa1.04+0.53 pts
154Guinea-Bissau0.97-0.26 pts
155Tajikistan0.94-0.37 pts
156Bermuda0.68-6.24 pts
157Japan0.67-0.54 pts
158Sri Lanka0.67+0.15 pts
159Burundi0.65-0.01 pts
160Pakistan0.62-0.07 pts
161Ecuador0.61-0.56 pts
162Zimbabwe0.58+0.1 pts
163Nigeria0.54+0.15 pts
164Nepal0.53+0.15 pts
165Algeria0.47-0.23 pts
166Bangladesh0.41+0.01 pts
167Kenya0.38+0.39 pts
168Kiribati0.36-0.83 pts
169Iran0.35-0.13 pts
170Tuvalu0.32+0.13 pts
171Comoros0.31-0.01 pts
172Haiti0.25+0.07 pts
173Bhutan0.24+0.36 pts
174Marshall Islands0.19-1.07 pts
175Afghanistan0.14+0.08 pts
176Tonga0.05-0.71 pts
177Chad-0.06-1.24 pts
178Papua New Guinea-0.13-0.61 pts
179Kuwait-0.18+0.32 pts
180Burkina Faso-0.41+0.15 pts
181French Polynesia-0.43-0.15 pts
182Lesotho-0.52-1.11 pts
183Qatar-0.61+1.08 pts
184Liberia-1.12+1.84 pts
185Iraq-1.26+0.32 pts
186Togo-1.59-0.8 pts
187Botswana-1.7-1.91 pts
188Republic of the Congo-2.16+15.13 pts
189Azerbaijan-3.11-4.3 pts
190Trinidad and Tobago-3.86-8.91 pts
191Angola-5.56-2.37 pts
192Timor-Leste-6.59+9.61 pts
193Netherlands-11.17+12.43 pts
194Cayman Islands-13.33-136.64 pts
195Switzerland-14.37+17.19 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. 7 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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