List of countries by FDI made

The following list sorts countries according to their foreign direct investments . Any investment that a country has made by companies or private individuals abroad is considered to be foreign direct investment . 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 according to investments made

Countries by net direct investment abroad in 2016. All data from the World Bank . Companies that have relocated their headquarters to a certain country due to tax advantages and make their investments from there, the numbers of some countries or territories are greatly inflated. For example in the case of Ireland.

rank	country	made foreign Investments in million USD	year
1	United States	311,582	2016
2	Netherlands	252,440	2016
3	People's Republic of China	217.203	2016
4th	Japan	169,654	2016
5	Ireland	102.188	2016
6th	Germany	76,261	2016
7th	Hong Kong	71,417	2016
8th	Canada	67,349	2016
9	Hungary	66,363	2016
10	France	64,386	2016
11	Spain	50,472	2016
12	United Kingdom	49,858	2016
13	Switzerland	39,797	2016
14th	Luxembourg	31,642	2016
15th	Belgium	28,720	2016
16	South Korea	27,274	2016
	Cayman Islands	25,736	2016
17th	Singapore	23,888	2016
18th	Russia	22,314	2016
19th	Denmark	17,593	2016
20th	Sweden	17,144	2016
21st	United Arab Emirates	15,711	2016
22nd	Italy	15,238	2016
23	Thailand	13,409	2016
24	Finland	13,245	2016
25th	Israel	13,072	2016
26th	Brazil	12,816	2016
27	Poland	11,170	2016
28	Malaysia	10,063	2016
29	Norway	8,619	2016
30th	Saudi Arabia	8,603	2016
31	Qatar	7.902	2016
32	Chile	7.125	2016
33	Kuwait	6,402	2016
34	Portugal	5,529	2016
35	Mexico	5,515	2016
36	India	5,047	2016
37	Colombia	4,516	2016
38	Slovakia	4.116	2016
39	Kazakhstan	3,464	2016
40	South Africa	3,345	2016
41	Turkey	3,147	2016
42	Angola	2,748	2016
43	Azerbaijan	2,574	2016
44	Philippines	2.113	2016
45	Argentina	1,787	2016
46	Venezuela	1,560	2016
47	Nigeria	1,301	2016
48	Cyprus	1,160	2016
49	Romania	1,045	2016
50	Vietnam	1,000	2016

Countries by stock

The following list of the CIA World Factbook sorts countries according to the cumulative foreign direct investments made (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
1	United States	5,644,000	2017
2	Germany	2,074,000	2017
3	Hong Kong	1,806,000	2017
4th	United Kingdom	1,634,000	2017
5	Switzerland	1,556,000	2017
6th	Japan	1,548,000	2017
6th	Ireland	1,490,000	2017
7th	France	1,452,000	2017
10	Canada	1,366,000	2017
9	People's Republic of China	1,342,000	2017
11	Netherlands	1,234,000	2017
12	Belgium	1,035,000	2017
13	Spain	696,900	2016
14th	Singapore	682,400	2016
15th	Italy	584.100	2016
16	Sweden	479,300	2016
17th	Australia	441,400	2016
18th	Russia	418,000	2016
19th	Taiwan	354,000	2016
20th	Brazil	319.100	2016
21st	South Korea	310,300	2016
22nd	Austria	300,500	2016
23	Denmark	235,400	2016
24	Hungary	222,600	2016
25th	Norway	191,700	2016
26th	Cyprus	175,300	2016
27	South Africa	172,800	2016
28	Finland	153,700	2016
29	Mexico	148,600	2016
30th	India	144,100	2016
31	Malaysia	126,900	2016
32	United Arab Emirates	114,600	2016
33	Israel	98.110	2016
34	Thailand	96,270	2016
35	Chile	90,540	2016
36	Portugal	84,730	2016
37	Kuwait	74,130	2016
38	Poland	64,520	2016
39	New Zealand	59,080	2009
40	Qatar	57,630	2016
41	Colombia	51,820	2016
42	Saudi Arabia	46,450	2016
43	Philippines	45,380	2016
44	Czech Republic	43,090	2016
45	Argentina	39,740	2016
46	Turkey	38,310	2016
47	Greece	32,910	2016
48	Kazakhstan	32,740	2016
49	Venezuela	31,120	2016
50	Angola	23,020	2016
5	Libya	22,190	2016
52	Indonesia	18,420	2016
53	Iceland	17,640	2016
54	Azerbaijan	17,050	2016
55	Ghana	16,620	2016
56	Tajikistan	16,620	2009
57	Nigeria	15,650	2016
58	Slovakia	15,060	2016
59	Panama	10,710	2016
60	Bahrain	10,500	2016
61	Estonia	9,396	2016
62	Ukraine	7,983	2016
63	Slovenia	7,837	2016
64	Croatia	7,757	2016
65	Vietnam	7,700	2009
66	Egypt	7,257	2016
67	Ecuador	6.330	2012
68	Romania	5,963	2016
69	Morocco	5,203	2016
70	Bulgaria	4,988	2016
71	Iran	4,656	2016
72	Lithuania	4,480	2016
73	Peru	4,255	2016
74	Cuba	4.138	2006
75	Costa Rica	3,781	2016
76	Belarus	3,547	2016
77	Latvia	2,485	2016
78	Georgia	2,185	2016
79	Iraq	2,109	2015
80	Pakistan	2,094	2016
81	Algeria	2,025	2016
82	Trinidad and Tobago	1,266	2014
83	Macau	1.166	2012
84	El Salvador	1,111	2016
85	Bermuda	889	2014
86	North Macedonia	849	2016
87	Kyrgyzstan	655	2016
88	Jordan	612	2016
89	Paraguay	591	2016
90	Mongolia	455	2016
91	Dominican Republic	388	2016
92	Tunisia	285	2016
93	Zimbabwe	272	2016
94	Bangladesh	229	2016
95	Armenia	228	2015
96	Moldova	206	2016
97	Liberia	201	2013
98	Uruguay	136	2016
99	Montenegro	133	2014
100	Fiji	115	2016
101	Guinea	69	2016
102	Malta	65	2015
103	Mali	62	2016
104	Solomon Islands	50	2016
105	Rwanda	27	2016
106	Vanuatu	22nd	2016
107	Sierra Leone	10	2016
108	Sao Tome and Principe	2	2016

See also

• List of countries by FDI received
• investment

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US $) | Data. Retrieved January 10, 2018 (American English). 
3. ^ Welcome to the CIA Web Site - Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved June 1, 2017 . 
4. ^ The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved January 10, 2018 . 
5. ↑ unctad.org | World Investment Report 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2017 (American English).