Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars - Country rankings

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Foreign Direct Investment, billion USD, 2025:

The average for 2025 based on 187 countries was 9.14 billion U.S. dollars. The highest value was in the USA: 307.02 billion U.S. dollars and the lowest value was in Hungary: -69.94 billion U.S. dollars. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2025. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: billion U.S. dollars; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars, 2025 Global rank Available data
USA 307.02 1 1970 - 2025
Singapore 159.09 2 1970 - 2025
Hong Kong 120.98 3 1970 - 2025
Germany 95.19 4 1971 - 2025
China 79.98 5 1979 - 2025
Brazil 77.68 6 1970 - 2025
Ireland 75 7 1970 - 2025
Canada 70.13 8 1970 - 2025
France 61.1 9 1970 - 2025
UA Emirates 48.24 10 1970 - 2025
Japan 45.81 11 1970 - 2025
Mexico 44.58 12 1970 - 2025
India 40.79 13 1970 - 2025
UK 37.59 14 1970 - 2025
Australia 37.44 15 1970 - 2025
Saudi Arabia 32.63 16 1970 - 2025
Spain 28.61 17 1970 - 2025
Israel 26.24 18 1970 - 2025
Indonesia 22.7 19 1970 - 2025
Vietnam 21.99 20 1970 - 2025
Malaysia 21.62 21 1970 - 2025
Poland 20.94 22 1976 - 2025
Thailand 18.53 23 1970 - 2025
Sweden 17.26 24 1970 - 2025
Denmark 16.95 25 1970 - 2025
South Korea 15.8 26 1970 - 2025
Egypt 15.45 27 1970 - 2025
Chile 14.51 28 1970 - 2025
Malta 14.36 29 1970 - 2025
Greece 13.57 30 1970 - 2025
Turkey 12.97 31 1970 - 2025
Portugal 11.97 32 1970 - 2025
Colombia 11.57 33 1970 - 2025
Cyprus 11.16 34 1970 - 2025
Russia 11.14 35 1992 - 2025
Czechia 10.5 36 1993 - 2025
Peru 10.35 37 1970 - 2025
Romania 9.37 38 1971 - 2025
Guyana 8.97 39 1970 - 2025
Philippines 8.12 40 1970 - 2025
Guinea 7.76 41 1973 - 2025
Oman 6.75 42 1970 - 2025
Mozambique 5.76 43 1970 - 2025
Costa Rica 5.6 44 1970 - 2025
Cambodia 5.1 45 1970 - 2025
Domin. Rep. 4.92 46 1970 - 2025
Bulgaria 4.88 47 1980 - 2025
Uzbekistan 4.47 48 1992 - 2025
Argentina 4.36 49 1970 - 2025
Netherlands 4.02 50 1970 - 2025
Nigeria 4.01 51 1970 - 2025
Serbia 3.94 52 2007 - 2025
Ethiopia 3.8 53 1977 - 2025
New Zealand 3.39 54 1970 - 2025
Uganda 3.36 55 1970 - 2025
Morocco 3.32 56 1970 - 2025
Lithuania 3.09 57 1992 - 2025
Qatar 3.03 58 1970 - 2025
Croatia 2.99 59 1992 - 2025
Mongolia 2.75 60 1981 - 2025
Angola 2.22 61 1970 - 2025
Slovakia 2.05 62 1993 - 2025
Suriname 2.05 63 1970 - 2025
Lebanon 2.04 64 1971 - 2025
Ivory Coast 2.03 65 1970 - 2025
Jordan 2.02 66 1972 - 2025
Uruguay 1.94 67 1970 - 2025
Ghana 1.91 68 1970 - 2025
DR Congo 1.87 69 1970 - 2025
Albania 1.85 70 1980 - 2025
Pakistan 1.85 71 1970 - 2025
Slovenia 1.8 72 1992 - 2025
Bangladesh 1.78 73 1972 - 2025
Tanzania 1.72 74 1970 - 2025
Guatemala 1.71 75 1970 - 2025
Georgia 1.66 76 1993 - 2025
Belarus 1.65 77 1992 - 2025
Iran 1.65 78 1970 - 2025
Ukraine 1.62 79 1992 - 2025
Algeria 1.54 80 1970 - 2025
Bahamas 1.54 81 1970 - 2025
Nicaragua 1.5 82 1970 - 2025
Namibia 1.45 83 1985 - 2025
Laos 1.4 84 1970 - 2025
Ecuador 1.35 85 1970 - 2025
Zambia 1.29 86 1970 - 2025
Paraguay 1.18 87 1970 - 2025
Macao 1.15 88 1971 - 2025
Tunisia 1.14 89 1970 - 2025
Kenya 1.11 90 1970 - 2025
Burma 1.07 91 1971 - 2025
Honduras 1.07 92 1970 - 2025
Sri Lanka 1.04 93 1970 - 2025
Rwanda 0.97 94 1970 - 2025
Zimbabwe 0.97 95 1970 - 2025
Panama 0.94 96 1977 - 2025
Madagascar 0.89 97 1970 - 2025
Italy 0.88 98 1970 - 2025
Maldives 0.86 99 1973 - 2025
Bosnia & Herz. 0.85 100 1998 - 2025
Mali 0.84 101 1971 - 2025
Libya 0.83 102 1970 - 2025
Somalia 0.83 103 1970 - 2025
Bahrain 0.82 104 1973 - 2025
Mauritius 0.8 105 1970 - 2025
El Salvador 0.76 106 1970 - 2025
Armenia 0.71 107 1992 - 2025
Turkmenistan 0.7 108 1992 - 2025
Montenegro 0.68 109 2007 - 2025
North Macedonia 0.68 110 1994 - 2025
Kyrgyzstan 0.64 111 1993 - 2025
Mauritania 0.63 112 1970 - 2025
Cameroon 0.6 113 1970 - 2025
R. of Congo 0.6 114 1970 - 2025
Bolivia 0.53 115 1970 - 2025
Malawi 0.53 116 1970 - 2025
Liberia 0.5 117 1970 - 2025
Benin 0.48 118 1970 - 2025
Moldova 0.46 119 1992 - 2025
N. Caledonia 0.44 120 2000 - 2025
Kuwait 0.41 121 1970 - 2025
Latvia 0.4 122 1992 - 2025
Gabon 0.38 123 1970 - 2025
Azerbaijan 0.37 124 1993 - 2025
Finland 0.36 125 1970 - 2025
Palestine 0.33 126 1995 - 2025
Burkina Faso 0.31 127 1970 - 2025
Eq. Guinea 0.29 128 1978 - 2025
Ant.& Barb. 0.28 129 1977 - 2025
Jamaica 0.28 130 1970 - 2025
Andorra 0.27 131 2019 - 2025
Barbados 0.27 132 1970 - 2025
Gambia 0.27 133 1970 - 2025
Fiji 0.26 134 1970 - 2025
Niger 0.26 135 1970 - 2025
Seychelles 0.24 136 1970 - 2025
Togo 0.22 137 1970 - 2025
Saint Lucia 0.19 138 1976 - 2025
Sierra Leone 0.18 139 1970 - 2025
Grenada 0.17 140 1977 - 2025
Cape Verde 0.15 141 1977 - 2025
Djibouti 0.15 142 1973 - 2025
St. Vincent & ... 0.11 143 1978 - 2025
S.T.&Principe 0.1 144 1974 - 2025
Tajikistan 0.09 145 1992 - 2025
Eritrea 0.08 146 1992 - 2025
Aruba 0.07 147 1986 - 2025
Solomon Isl. 0.07 148 1971 - 2025
Brunei 0.06 149 1970 - 2025
Palau 0.06 150 1989 - 2025
Dominica 0.05 151 1976 - 2025
Swaziland 0.05 152 1972 - 2025
Burundi 0.04 153 1970 - 2025
C.A. Republic 0.04 154 1970 - 2025
Nepal 0.04 155 1972 - 2025
Senegal 0.04 156 1970 - 2025
G.-Bissau 0.03 157 1975 - 2025
Lesotho 0.03 158 1975 - 2025
Vanuatu 0.03 159 1971 - 2025
Switzerland 0.02 160 1983 - 2025
Tonga 0.02 161 1971 - 2025
Bhutan 0.01 162 1974 - 2025
Comoros 0.01 163 1978 - 2025
Haiti 0.01 164 1970 - 2025
North Korea 0.01 165 1986 - 2025
Belize 0 166 1970 - 2025
Chad 0 167 1970 - 2025
Kiribati 0 168 1979 - 2025
Samoa 0 169 1970 - 2025
Sudan 0 170 1970 - 2025
Tuvalu 0 171 2001 - 2025
Yemen -0.01 172 1990 - 2025
Bermuda -0.18 173 1997 - 2025
Venezuela -0.52 174 1970 - 2025
Botswana -0.65 175 1974 - 2025
Tr.&Tobago -0.79 176 1970 - 2025
Iceland -0.83 177 1970 - 2025
Kazakhstan -0.92 178 1992 - 2025
Estonia -1.03 179 1992 - 2025
Papua N.G. -1.18 180 1970 - 2025
South Africa -2.16 181 1970 - 2025
Norway -7.08 182 1970 - 2025
Iraq -7.62 183 1970 - 2025
Austria -11.68 184 1970 - 2025
Belgium -28.79 185 1970 - 2025
Luxembourg -33.06 186 2002 - 2025
Hungary -69.94 187 1982 - 2025


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Definition: Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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1. USA
2. Singapore
3. Hong Kong
4. Germany
5. China
6. Brazil
7. Ireland
8. Canada
9. France
10. UA Emirates
11. Japan
12. Mexico
13. India
14. UK
15. Australia
16. Saudi Arabia
17. Spain
18. Israel
19. Indonesia
20. Vietnam
21. Malaysia
22. Poland
23. Thailand
24. Sweden
25. Denmark
26. South Korea
27. Egypt
28. Chile
29. Malta
30. Greece
31. Turkey
32. Portugal
33. Colombia
34. Cyprus
35. Russia
36. Czechia
37. Peru
38. Romania
39. Guyana
40. Philippines
41. Guinea
42. Oman
43. Mozambique
44. Costa Rica
45. Cambodia
46. Domin. Rep.
47. Bulgaria
48. Uzbekistan
49. Argentina
50. Netherlands
51. Nigeria
52. Serbia
53. Ethiopia
54. New Zealand
55. Uganda
56. Morocco
57. Lithuania
58. Qatar
59. Croatia
60. Mongolia
61. Angola
62. Slovakia
63. Suriname
64. Lebanon
65. Ivory Coast
66. Jordan
67. Uruguay
68. Ghana
69. DR Congo
70. Albania
71. Pakistan
72. Slovenia
73. Bangladesh
74. Tanzania
75. Guatemala
76. Georgia
77. Belarus
78. Iran
79. Ukraine
80. Algeria
81. Bahamas
82. Nicaragua
83. Namibia
84. Laos
85. Ecuador
86. Zambia
87. Paraguay
88. Macao
89. Tunisia
90. Kenya
91. Burma
92. Honduras
93. Sri Lanka
94. Rwanda
95. Zimbabwe
96. Panama
97. Madagascar
98. Italy
99. Maldives
100. Bosnia & Herz.
101. Mali
102. Libya
103. Somalia
104. Bahrain
105. Mauritius
106. El Salvador
107. Armenia
108. Turkmenistan
109. Montenegro
110. North Macedonia
111. Kyrgyzstan
112. Mauritania
113. Cameroon
114. R. of Congo
115. Bolivia
116. Malawi
117. Liberia
118. Benin
119. Moldova
120. N. Caledonia
121. Kuwait
122. Latvia
123. Gabon
124. Azerbaijan
125. Finland
126. Palestine
127. Burkina Faso
128. Eq. Guinea
129. Ant.& Barb.
130. Jamaica
131. Andorra
132. Barbados
133. Gambia
134. Fiji
135. Niger
136. Seychelles
137. Togo
138. Saint Lucia
139. Sierra Leone
140. Grenada
141. Cape Verde
142. Djibouti
143. St. Vincent & ...
144. S.T.&Principe
145. Tajikistan
146. Eritrea
147. Aruba
148. Solomon Isl.
149. Brunei
150. Palau
151. Dominica
152. Swaziland
153. Burundi
154. C.A. Republic
155. Nepal
156. Senegal
157. G.-Bissau
158. Lesotho
159. Vanuatu
160. Switzerland
161. Tonga
162. Bhutan
163. Comoros
164. Haiti
165. North Korea
166. Belize
167. Chad
168. Kiribati
169. Samoa
170. Sudan
171. Tuvalu
172. Yemen
173. Bermuda
174. Venezuela
175. Botswana
176. Tr.&Tobago
177. Iceland
178. Kazakhstan
179. Estonia
180. Papua N.G.
181. South Africa
182. Norway
183. Iraq
184. Austria
185. Belgium
186. Luxembourg
187. Hungary
307.02
159.09
120.98
95.19
79.98
77.68
75.00
70.13
61.10
48.24
45.81
44.58
40.79
37.59
37.44
32.63
28.61
26.24
22.70
21.99
21.62
20.94
18.53
17.26
16.95
15.80
15.45
14.51
14.36
13.57
12.97
11.97
11.57
11.16
11.14
10.50
10.35
9.37
8.97
8.12
7.76
6.75
5.76
5.60
5.10
4.92
4.88
4.47
4.36
4.02
4.01
3.94
3.80
3.39
3.36
3.32
3.09
3.03
2.99
2.75
2.22
2.05
2.05
2.04
2.03
2.02
1.94
1.91
1.87
1.85
1.85
1.80
1.78
1.72
1.71
1.66
1.65
1.65
1.62
1.54
1.54
1.50
1.45
1.40
1.35
1.29
1.18
1.15
1.14
1.11
1.07
1.07
1.04
0.97
0.97
0.94
0.89
0.88
0.86
0.85
0.84
0.83
0.83
0.82
0.80
0.76
0.71
0.70
0.68
0.68
0.64
0.63
0.60
0.60
0.53
0.53
0.50
0.48
0.46
0.44
0.41
0.40
0.38
0.37
0.36
0.33
0.31
0.29
0.28
0.28
0.27
0.27
0.27
0.26
0.26
0.24
0.22
0.19
0.18
0.17
0.15
0.15
0.11
0.10
0.09
0.08
0.07
0.07
0.06
0.06
0.05
0.05
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-0.01
-0.18
-0.52
-0.65
-0.79
-0.83
-0.92
-1.03
-1.18
-2.16
-7.08
-7.62
-11.68
-28.79
-33.06
-69.94
-69.94
24.3
118.5
212.8
307.02


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