Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) by country
Foreign direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the voting power is evidence of a direct...
Countries reporting
192
Highest
171.95 billion BoP, current US$
Japan
Lowest
-64.89 billion BoP, current US$
Singapore
Median
-413.29 million BoP, current US$
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
7,300
What the numbers show
Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 171.95 billion BoP, current US$ in Japan; the lowest is -64.89 billion BoP, current US$ in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is -413.29 million BoP, current US$, and the mean is -419.39 million BoP, current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Papua New Guinea (up 3,148.3%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 42,155.2%).
Foreign direct investment, net: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Japan | 171.95 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 3 | China | 77.23 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 213.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Switzerland | 37.60 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 678.6% | volatile |
| 6 | South Korea | 25.43 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Italy | 22.02 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 938.4% | volatile |
| 8 | United States | 21.71 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 110.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Spain | 18.29 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Germany | 12.94 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Denmark | 12.46 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 272.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Netherlands | 11.13 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 10.30 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Belgium | 9.47 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Hungary | 9.10 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 440.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Norway | 8.93 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Iraq | 8.09 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 18 | France | 7.24 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Finland | 6.97 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 138.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Austria | 5.61 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Kuwait | 2.58 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 1.38 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 142.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Guyana | 1.14 billion BoP, current US$ | 2023 | up 669.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Papua New Guinea | 967.88 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 3,148.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Mauritius | 962.72 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 104.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Estonia | 813.92 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 479.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 536.01 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 163.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Trinidad and Tobago | 404.28 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 933.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Congo | 330.18 million BoP, current US$ | 2021 | up 266.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Qatar | 310.99 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 259.26 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 190.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Aruba | 192.34 million BoP, current US$ | 2023 | up 186.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Latvia | 72.46 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 110.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Afghanistan | 24.26 million BoP, current US$ | 2020 | up 112.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Sao Tome and Principe | 20.51 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 190.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Solomon Islands | 19.91 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 197.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Yemen | 15.44 million BoP, current US$ | 2015 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Tonga | 13.33 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 207.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Tajikistan | 8.20 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 101.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Lesotho | 5.77 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 105.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Nauru | 4.51 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 106.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Central African Republic | 3.60 million BoP, current US$ | 1994 | up 173.6% | volatile |
| 43 | South Sudan | 2.21 million BoP, current US$ | 2019 | up 313.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Belize | 1.16 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 102.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Tuvalu | -915,228 BoP, current US$ | 2021 | down 868.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Samoa | -1.83 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 92.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Bhutan | -2.82 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 88.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Kiribati | -4.14 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 540.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Comoros | -5.35 million BoP, current US$ | 2023 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Vanuatu | -9.21 million BoP, current US$ | 2022 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Eswatini | -11.76 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Marshall Islands | -13.36 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -18.46 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Haiti | -20.00 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 79.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Gabon | -25.25 million BoP, current US$ | 2015 | up 84.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Guinea-Bissau | -26.26 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Chad | -26.51 million BoP, current US$ | 1994 | down 188.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Venezuela | -27.00 million BoP, current US$ | 2016 | down 101.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Eritrea | -27.88 million BoP, current US$ | 2000 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Burundi | -31.21 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 325.5% | volatile |
| 61 | French Polynesia | -37.32 million BoP, current US$ | 2016 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Iran | -39.00 million BoP, current US$ | 2000 | down 1,850.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | -45.13 million BoP, current US$ | 2023 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Kenya | -45.78 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 93.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Dominica | -49.48 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 165.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Togo | -53.06 million BoP, current US$ | 2020 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Nepal | -56.90 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Djibouti | -67.82 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Bahamas | -77.61 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 69.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Palau | -79.89 million BoP, current US$ | 2023 | down 342.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Turks and Caicos Islands | -93.77 million BoP, current US$ | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -113.48 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Bermuda | -114.03 million BoP, current US$ | 2023 | down 2,534.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Sierra Leone | -121.78 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Curacao | -129.34 million BoP, current US$ | 2023 | down 795.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Cape Verde | -129.99 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Andorra | -150.01 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Brunei | -157.23 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Grenada | -174.28 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Saint Lucia | -175.31 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Fiji | -178.03 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Slovakia | -198.03 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 94.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Malawi | -201.56 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 66.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Barbados | -207.83 million BoP, current US$ | 2017 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Gambia | -232.36 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 559.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | -237.97 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 87 | East Timor | -253.24 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 735.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Seychelles | -267.55 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 89 | North Macedonia | -275.71 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Antigua and Barbuda | -291.29 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 191.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Argentina | -299.98 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 97.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Jamaica | -304.01 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Palestine | -315.17 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 962.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Niger | -337.36 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Armenia | -352.83 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 127.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Moldova | -359.92 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Equatorial Guinea | -376.18 million BoP, current US$ | 1996 | down 42,155.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Liberia | -396.63 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Benin | -429.95 million BoP, current US$ | 2023 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 100 | El Salvador | -445.44 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Uruguay | -457.14 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Bolivia | -463.86 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Botswana | -464.25 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Zimbabwe | -465.43 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Madagascar | -471.82 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -525.95 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Rwanda | -559.78 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 80.5% | falling |
| 108 | Sudan | -573.50 million BoP, current US$ | 2022 | up 75.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Lebanon | -582.76 million BoP, current US$ | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 110 | Montenegro | -601.07 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 111 | Iceland | -650.01 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | -650.82 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Macao | -650.90 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 114 | New Caledonia | -702.86 million BoP, current US$ | 2016 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Tunisia | -725.01 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Slovenia | -738.18 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Libya | -794.70 million BoP, current US$ | 2023 | down 212.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Maldives | -806.20 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 141.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Honduras | -809.53 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Cameroon | -824.80 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Mali | -842.97 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 487.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Paraguay | -944.77 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 223.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Guatemala | -982.79 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Laos | -988.46 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Angola | -1.02 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Algeria | -1.23 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Nicaragua | -1.28 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Ecuador | -1.30 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Georgia | -1.39 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Guinea | -1.40 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 1,919.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Belarus | -1.43 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Mauritania | -1.44 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 186.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Syria | -1.47 billion BoP, current US$ | 2010 | down 444.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Albania | -1.51 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Jordan | -1.58 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Pakistan | -1.58 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Tanzania | -1.72 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Myanmar | -1.74 billion BoP, current US$ | 2019 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Croatia | -1.74 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Panama | -1.81 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Bangladesh | -1.84 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 142 | South Africa | -1.85 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 146.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -1.87 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Ghana | -1.87 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Czechia | -1.88 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 193.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Namibia | -1.89 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 346.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Suriname | -2.04 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 664.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Zambia | -2.05 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Bahrain | -2.43 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Morocco | -2.51 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Malaysia | -2.55 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 147.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Serbia | -2.60 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 153 | Mongolia | -2.73 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 1,082.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Nigeria | -2.82 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Cote d'Ivoire | -2.89 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 583.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Lithuania | -2.96 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 335.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Uganda | -3.26 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 215.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Bulgaria | -3.37 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 159 | India | -3.41 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 90.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Mozambique | -3.55 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 161 | New Zealand | -3.58 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 6,316.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Ukraine | -3.71 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 1,141.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Ethiopia | -4.02 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 116.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Uzbekistan | -4.24 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 309.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Greece | -4.52 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 1,518.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Senegal | -4.72 billion BoP, current US$ | 2023 | down 1,597.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Cayman Islands | -4.92 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Cambodia | -4.96 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 185.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Dominican Republic | -5.03 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 128.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Turkey | -5.08 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Costa Rica | -5.12 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 101.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Saudi Arabia | -5.60 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 494.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Chile | -5.83 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 204.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Philippines | -6.19 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 6,110.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Portugal | -6.64 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Colombia | -7.31 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Romania | -8.57 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 160.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Peru | -8.93 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Thailand | -9.51 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 141.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Cyprus | -9.59 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 183.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Sweden | -11.12 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 347.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Poland | -11.65 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Israel | -11.75 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 3,096.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Canada | -11.86 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 149.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Russia | -12.35 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 181.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Oman | -12.61 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 18,121.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Indonesia | -14.35 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Egypt | -14.76 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 118.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Vietnam | -19.57 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 143.1% | volatile |
| 191 | Mexico | -31.80 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 192 | Australia | -41.07 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Hong Kong | -45.28 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 510.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Brazil | -47.50 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 195 | Singapore | -64.89 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 164.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
About this data
Foreign 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 voting power is evidence of a direct investment relationship. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.