List of countries by FDI received
The following list sorts countries according to their received foreign direct investment . A foreign direct investment is any investment that a country has received from companies or private individuals from abroad. With a direct investment, not only capital flows, but also knowledge and technology. Direct investments are therefore part of the international movement of capital (and thus of globalization ).
Top 50 countries by investment received
Countries by net foreign direct investment received in 2016. All data from the World Bank . FDI in a broader sense defines and includes cash flows in the financial services sector, greatly inflating the numbers of some countries.
rank | country | received foreign Investments in million USD |
year |
---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 479,415 | 2016 |
2 | United Kingdom | 292.993 | 2016 |
3 | People's Republic of China | 170,556 | 2016 |
4th | Netherlands | 153.975 | 2016 |
5 | Hong Kong | 117.110 | 2016 |
6th | Ireland | 79.163 | 2016 |
7th | Brazil | 78.167 | 2016 |
8th | Hungary | 68,715 | 2016 |
9 | Singapore | 61,597 | 2016 |
British Virgin Islands | 59.097 | 2016 | |
10 | Germany | 52,474 | 2016 |
Cayman Islands | 44,968 | 2016 | |
11 | India | 44,459 | 2016 |
12 | Australia | 42,049 | 2016 |
13 | Belgium | 37.013 | 2016 |
14th | France | 35,407 | 2016 |
15th | Japan | 34,905 | 2016 |
16 | Mexico | 33,930 | 2016 |
17th | Russia | 32,539 | 2016 |
18th | Spain | 32,116 | 2016 |
19th | Canada | 32.106 | 2016 |
20th | Luxembourg | 26,857 | 2016 |
21st | Italy | 18,352 | 2016 |
22nd | Kazakhstan | 16,975 | 2016 |
23 | Poland | 16,758 | 2016 |
24 | Sweden | 15,332 | 2016 |
25th | Colombia | 13,726 | 2016 |
26th | Malaysia | 13,515 | 2016 |
27 | Vietnam | 12,600 | 2016 |
28 | Turkey | 12,307 | 2016 |
29 | Chile | 12,225 | 2016 |
30th | Israel | 11,902 | 2016 |
31 | South Korea | 10,827 | 2016 |
32 | Portugal | 9.214 | 2016 |
33 | United Arab Emirates | 8,985 | 2016 |
34 | Egypt | 8.107 | 2016 |
35 | Philippines | 7,980 | 2016 |
36 | Saudi Arabia | 7,453 | 2016 |
37 | Peru | 6,863 | 2016 |
38 | Czech Republic | 6,497 | 2016 |
39 | Denmark | 6,407 | 2016 |
40 | Panama | 5,994 | 2016 |
41 | Romania | 5,373 | 2016 |
42 | Turkmenistan | 4,522 | 2016 |
43 | Azerbaijan | 4,500 | 2016 |
44 | Nigeria | 4,434 | 2016 |
45 | Indonesia | 4.142 | 2016 |
46 | Angola | 4,104 | 2016 |
47 | Ethiopia | 3,989 | 2016 |
48 | Slovakia | 3,548 | 2016 |
49 | Ghana | 3,485 | 2016 |
50 | Ukraine | 3,441 | 2016 |
Countries by stock
The following list of the CIA World Factbook sorts countries according to the cumulative received foreign direct investment (stock). FDI is defined in a broader sense and includes flows of money in the financial services sector, which greatly inflates the numbers of some countries. In addition, investments in countries that are considered to be tax havens such as B. Ireland is usually not done directly in the country, but in companies based there. All numbers are in millions of dollars.
rank | country | Stock of foreign Direct investment in USD million |
year |
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1 | United States | 3,648,000 | 2016 |
2 | United Kingdom | 2,069,000 | 2016 |
3 | Hong Kong | 1,891,000 | 2016 |
4th | People's Republic of China | 1,458,000 | 2016 |
5 | Germany | 1,416,000 | 2016 |
6th | Switzerland | 1,359,000 | 2016 |
7th | Canada | 1,099,000 | 2016 |
8th | Ireland | 1,057,000 | 2016 |
9 | Belgium | 1,045,000 | 2016 |
10 | Singapore | 1,041,000 | 2016 |
11 | Netherlands | 844,000 | 2016 |
12 | France | 796.800 | 2016 |
13 | Spain | 781,400 | 2016 |
14th | Brazil | 673,000 | 2016 |
15th | Australia | 614,500 | 2016 |
16 | Italy | 472,300 | 2016 |
17th | Sweden | 390,800 | 2016 |
18th | Mexico | 384,300 | 2016 |
19th | India | 351,800 | 2016 |
20th | Russia | 348,000 | 2016 |
21st | Austria | 304,700 | 2016 |
22nd | Indonesia | 292,800 | 2016 |
23 | Saudi Arabia | 258,700 | 2016 |
24 | Hungary | 240,400 | 2016 |
25th | Poland | 228,800 | 2016 |
Cayman Islands | 224,728 | 2015 | |
26th | Norway | 206.200 | 2016 |
27 | Japan | 204,300 | 2016 |
28 | Turkey | 198,400 | 2016 |
29 | Chile | 194,800 | 2016 |
30th | Thailand | 190,600 | 2016 |
31 | South Korea | 179,600 | 2016 |
32 | Malta | 164,400 | 2015 |
33 | Colombia | 161,700 | 2016 |
34 | Malaysia | 154,700 | 2016 |
35 | Finland | 153,500 | 2016 |
36 | Kazakhstan | 148,100 | 2016 |
37 | Cyprus | 142,100 | 2016 |
38 | Czech Republic | 139,100 | 2016 |
39 | Portugal | 138,200 | 2016 |
40 | Denmark | 135,100 | 2016 |
41 | United Arab Emirates | 132,500 | 2016 |
42 | South Africa | 128,300 | 2016 |
43 | Vietnam | 114,700 | 2016 |
44 | Israel | 113,200 | 2016 |
45 | Argentina | 103,700 | 2016 |
46 | Nigeria | 98,730 | 2016 |
47 | Egypt | 94,510 | 2016 |
48 | Peru | 94,260 | 2016 |
49 | Romania | 76,410 | 2016 |
50 | Taiwan | 74,640 | 2016 |
51 | Azerbaijan | 72,700 | 2016 |
52 | New Zealand | 71,190 | 2016 |
53 | Ukraine | 65,950 | 2016 |
54 | Philippines | 62,800 | 2016 |
55 | Slovakia | 59,810 | 2016 |
56 | Lebanon | 58,608 | 2015 |
57 | Morocco | 51,700 | 2016 |
58 | Panama | 49,790 | 2016 |
59 | Bulgaria | 46,390 | 2016 |
60 | Iran | 46,100 | 2016 |
61 | Croatia | 41,170 | 2016 |
62 | Serbia | 39,340 | 2009 |
63 | Tunisia | 37,270 | 2016 |
64 | Qatar | 35,380 | 2016 |
65 | Pakistan | 33,820 | 2016 |
66 | Venezuela | 33,780 | 2016 |
67 | Dominican Republic | 33,390 | 2016 |
69 | Costa Rica | 31,860 | 2016 |
70 | Jordan | 31,200 | 2016 |
71 | Cambodia | 29,170 | 2014 |
72 | Mozambique | 28,768 | 2015 |
73 | Trinidad and Tobago | 27,810 | 2015 |
74 | Iraq | 26,630 | 2015 |
75 | Algeria | 25,540 | 2016 |
76 | Sudan | 24,410 | 2015 |
77 | Republic of the Congo | 23,496 | 2015 |
78 | Uruguay | 23,300 | 2016 |
79 | Estonia | 22,860 | 2016 |
80 | Greece | 22,150 | 2016 |
81 | Kosovo | 21,200 | 2016 |
82 | Myanmar | 20,476 | 2015 |
Gibraltar | 20,132 | 2015 | |
83 | Oman | 20,027 | 2015 |
84 | DR Congo | 19,982 | 2015 |
85 | Ghana | 19,850 | 2013 |
86 | Bahamas | 19,136 | 2015 |
87 | Libya | 18,960 | 2016 |
88 | Macau | 18,910 | 2011 |
89 | Tanzania | 18,483 | 2015 |
90 | Bahrain | 18,320 | 2016 |
91 | Ecuador | 17,830 | 2016 |
92 | Mongolia | 17,620 | 2016 |
93 | Iceland | 17,190 | 2016 |
94 | Zambia | 16,544 | 2015 |
95 | Latvia | 16,410 | 2016 |
96 | Lithuania | 16,330 | 2016 |
97 | Slovenia | 15,640 | 2016 |
98 | Laos | 15,140 | 2012 |
99 | Jamaica | 14,102 | 2015 |
100 | Equatorial Guinea | 13,739 | 2015 |
101 | Georgia | 13,680 | 2016 |
102 | Bangladesh | 13,240 | 2016 |
103 | Guatemala | 13,167 | 2015 |
104 | Angola | 13,010 | 2015 |
105 | Honduras | 12,431 | 2015 |
106 | Kuwait | 12,390 | 2016 |
107 | Uganda | 10,887 | 2015 |
108 | Ethiopia | 10,692 | 2015 |
109 | Bolivia | 10,560 | 2013 |
110 | El Salvador | 10,560 | 2016 |
111 | Belarus | 10.170 | 2014 |
112 | Sri Lanka | 9,972 | 2015 |
113 | Uzbekistan | 9,888 | 2015 |
114 | Nicaragua | 8,919 | 2015 |
115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7,920 | 2014 |
116 | Cameroon | 7,621 | 2015 |
117 | Ivory Coast | 7,318 | 2015 |
118 | Paraguay | 7.114 | 2016 |
119 | Liberia | 7,056 | 2015 |
120 | Gabon | 6,805 | 2015 |
121 | Madagascar | 6,795 | 2015 |
122 | Barbados | 6,667 | 2015 |
123 | Mauritania | 6,470 | 2015 |
124 | North Macedonia | 6,373 | 2016 |
125 | Brunei | 6,061 | 2015 |
126 | Albania | 5,557 | 2013 |
127 | Kenya | 5,537 | 2016 |
128 | Niger | 5,161 | 2015 |
129 | Chad | 4,901 | 2015 |
130 | Kyrgyzstan | 4,897 | 2016 |
131 | Armenia | 4,817 | 2013 |
132 | Botswana | 4,670 | 2015 |
133 | Montenegro | 4,344 | 2015 |
134 | Fiji | 4,077 | 2015 |
135 | Namibia | 3,707 | 2015 |
136 | Mauritius | 3,706 | 2015 |
137 | Moldova | 3,647 | 2014 |
138 | Zimbabwe | 3,413 | 2016 |
139 | Papua New Guinea | 3,318 | 2015 |
140 | Turkmenistan | 3,061 | 2013 |
141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2,987 | 2015 |
142 | Guyana | 2,915 | 2015 |
143 | Senegal | 2,808 | 2015 |
144 | Maldives | 2,784 | 2015 |
145 | Seychelles | 2,762 | 2015 |
146 | Mali | 2,645 | 2016 |
147 | St. Lucia | 2,623 | 2015 |
148 | Palestine | 2,486 | 2015 |
Bermuda | 2,432 | 2015 | |
149 | Tajikistan | 2,272 | 2013 |
150 | Somalia | 2.172 | 2015 |
151 | Guinea | 2,171 | 2015 |
152 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.156 | 2015 |
153 | Belize | 2,055 | 2015 |
154 | Sierra Leone | 1,848 | 2015 |
155 | Rwanda | 1,779 | 2016 |
156 | Afghanistan | 1,750 | 2015 |
157 | Djibouti | 1,767 | 2016 |
158 | Burkina Faso | 1,682 | 2015 |
159 | Suriname | 1,676 | 2015 |
160 | Benin | 1,666 | 2015 |
161 | Grenada | 1,565 | 2015 |
163 | Cape Verde | 1,486 | 2015 |
164 | Malawi | 1,486 | 2015 |
165 | Togo | 1,367 | 2015 |
166 | Haiti | 1,270 | 2015 |
167 | Eritrea | 886 | 2015 |
168 | Dominica | 833 | 2015 |
169 | Swaziland | 799 | 2015 |
170 | Yemen | 697 | 2015 |
171 | North Korea | 664 | 2015 |
172 | Central African Republic | 626 | 2015 |
173 | Nepal | 579 | 2015 |
174 | Solomon Islands | 522 | 2015 |
175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 376 | 2015 |
176 | Gambia | 350 | 2015 |
177 | East Timor | 332 | 2015 |
178 | Lesotho | 251 | 2015 |
179 | Bhutan | 215 | 2015 |
180 | Guinea-Bissau | 134 | 2015 |
181 | Comoros | 107 | 2015 |
182 | Burundi | 70 | 2015 |
See also
- List of countries by FDI made
- investment
- List of countries by gross domestic product
- List of countries by gross domestic product per capita
Individual evidence
- ↑ Definition of »direct investment« | Gabler Economic Lexicon . ( gabler.de [accessed June 1, 2017]).
- ↑ Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US $) | Data. Retrieved January 9, 2018 (American English).
- ^ Welcome to the CIA Web Site - Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved June 1, 2017 .
- ^ The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved June 1, 2017 .
- ↑ unctad.org | World Investment Report 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2017 (American English).