Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP by country

Net inflows of foreign direct investment from foreign investors to the reporting economy.

Countries reporting
198
Highest
170.1%
Malta
Lowest
-1,303.1%
Liechtenstein
Median
2.1%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
9,280

What the numbers show

Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 170.1% in Malta; the lowest is -1,303.1% in Liechtenstein.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.1%, and the mean is -2.5%.

Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 12,869.1%), and the largest decrease in Papua New Guinea (down 607.6%).

Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malta 170.1% 2024 up 12,869.1% volatile
2 Suriname 45.1% 2025 up 1,157.8% volatile
3 Cayman Islands 40.9% 2024 down 95.9% volatile
4 Guyana 35.0% 2024 up 507.5% volatile
5 Hong Kong 30.8% 2024 down 30.8% volatile
6 Cyprus 27.1% 2025 down 80.3% volatile
7 Singapore 26.3% 2025 up 16.3% volatile
8 Palau 21.5% 2024 up 32.3% volatile
9 Mozambique 15.4% 2024 down 44.5% volatile
10 Namibia 14.2% 2024 up 295.9% volatile
11 Timor-Leste 13.3% 2025 up 392.4% volatile
12 Mauritania 13.2% 2024 up 74.3% volatile
13 Antigua and Barbuda 12.1% 2025 up 52.0% volatile
14 Grenada 12.0% 2025 down 22.3% volatile
15 Mongolia 11.7% 2024 up 323.2% volatile
16 Oman 11.6% 2024 up 738.5% volatile
17 Maldives 11.4% 2024 up 26.6% volatile
18 Seychelles 10.1% 2024 up 29.9% volatile
19 Cambodia 9.9% 2025 up 31.9% volatile
20 Liberia 9.9% 2024 down 36.6% volatile
21 Gambia 9.7% 2024 up 416.2% volatile
22 Zambia 9.3% 2024 up 67.8% volatile
23 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.9% 2025 down 43.7% volatile
24 New Caledonia 8.5% 2024 down 48.6% volatile
25 United Arab Emirates 8.3% 2024 up 217.1% volatile
26 Montenegro 7.3% 2025 down 58.0% volatile
27 Saint Lucia 7.3% 2025 down 13.3% volatile
28 Lebanon 7.1% 2024 up 19.2% volatile
29 Nicaragua 6.9% 2024 down 24.2% volatile
30 Dominica 6.8% 2025 up 456.7% volatile
31 Andorra 6.6% 2024 down 50.4% falling
32 Somalia 6.4% 2024 up 40.3% volatile
33 Senegal 6.3% 2024 up 207.8% volatile
34 Albania 6.1% 2025 down 29.7% volatile
35 Uganda 6.0% 2024 up 86.1% volatile
36 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6.0% 2024 down 8.3% volatile
37 Bahrain 5.7% 2024 up 31.1% volatile
38 Guinea 5.6% 2024 up 767.1% volatile
39 Gabon 5.5% 2024 down 21.1% volatile
40 Costa Rica 5.4% 2025 up 3.7% rising
41 Chad 5.1% 2024 up 237.6% volatile
42 Cape Verde 5.0% 2025 down 8.3% volatile
43 Croatia 4.9% 2024 down 8.8% volatile
44 Marshall Islands 4.7% 2024 down 3.6% volatile
45 Mauritius 4.6% 2024 up 32.5% volatile
46 Curacao 4.3% 2024 up 91.9% rising
47 Georgia 4.3% 2025 down 61.9% volatile
48 Portugal 4.3% 2024 down 20.9% volatile
49 Denmark 4.3% 2024 up 130.5% volatile
50 Israel 4.3% 2025 up 14.7% volatile
51 Viet Nam 4.2% 2024 up 7.5% volatile
52 Egypt 4.2% 2025 up 101.2% volatile
53 Chile 4.1% 2025 down 44.6% volatile
54 Barbados 4.0% 2024 down 69.9% volatile
55 Serbia 3.9% 2025 down 30.6% falling
56 Dominican Republic 3.9% 2025 up 23.0% volatile
57 Congo 3.8% 2024 down 76.2% volatile
58 Macao 3.8% 2024 down 13.4% volatile
59 Rwanda 3.8% 2024 down 1.8% volatile
60 Bulgaria 3.7% 2025 down 14.7% volatile
61 Turkmenistan 3.7% 2024 down 57.8% volatile
62 Malaysia 3.7% 2024 up 17.6% falling
63 Côte d'Ivoire 3.6% 2024 up 298.4% volatile
64 North Macedonia 3.5% 2025 up 20.0% volatile
65 Honduras 3.5% 2025 down 43.8% volatile
66 Madagascar 3.4% 2024 up 15.7% volatile
67 Mali 3.4% 2024 up 307.7% volatile
68 Fiji 3.4% 2024 down 56.1% volatile
69 Brazil 3.4% 2025 down 5.2% volatile
70 Thailand 3.3% 2025 up 46.8% volatile
71 Lithuania 3.2% 2025 up 29.9% volatile
72 Peru 3.1% 2025 down 20.8% volatile
73 Uzbekistan 3.0% 2025 up 180.3% volatile
74 Canada 3.0% 2025 down 22.8% volatile
75 Sweden 2.9% 2025 up 46.8% volatile
76 Jordan 2.8% 2024 down 48.1% volatile
77 Czechia 2.7% 2025 up 198.8% volatile
78 Ethiopia 2.7% 2024 down 19.5% volatile
79 Greece 2.6% 2024 up 128.2% volatile
80 Saudi Arabia 2.6% 2025 up 346.2% volatile
81 Colombia 2.5% 2025 down 36.1% volatile
82 Benin 2.5% 2024 down 17.2% volatile
83 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.5% 2024 up 134.7% volatile
84 Aruba 2.5% 2024 down 66.8% volatile
85 Botswana 2.4% 2024 down 27.2% volatile
86 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.4% 2025 down 82.1% volatile
87 Paraguay 2.4% 2025 up 7.7% volatile
88 Mexico 2.4% 2025 down 21.3% rising
89 Malawi 2.3% 2024 down 66.4% volatile
90 Slovenia 2.3% 2025 down 44.2% volatile
91 Republic of Moldova 2.3% 2025 down 22.1% volatile
92 Vanuatu 2.2% 2024 up 47.4% volatile
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.2% 2025 down 5.9% volatile
94 Romania 2.2% 2025 down 9.9% volatile
95 France 2.2% 2025 up 22.8% volatile
96 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.2% 2024 down 23.5% volatile
97 Ukraine 2.1% 2024 up 231.9% volatile
98 Solomon Islands 2.1% 2024 up 32.2% volatile
99 El Salvador 2.1% 2025 down 1.4% volatile
100 Armenia 2.1% 2025 up 18.6% volatile
101 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2.1% 2024 down 41.1% volatile
102 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.1% 2025 down 29.2% volatile
103 Australia 2.0% 2025 down 41.2% volatile
104 Poland 1.9% 2025 down 41.3% rising
105 Palestine, State of 1.9% 2025 up 155.8% volatile
106 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.9% 2025 up 24.4% volatile
107 Eritrea 1.9% 2011 up 17.1% volatile
108 Germany 1.9% 2025 up 3.4% volatile
109 Morocco 1.8% 2025 down 38.2% volatile
110 Niger 1.8% 2024 down 76.0% volatile
111 Libya 1.8% 2023 up 93.7% volatile
112 Sierra Leone 1.7% 2024 down 64.2% volatile
113 Belarus 1.7% 2025 down 41.4% volatile
114 Ghana 1.7% 2025 down 74.1% volatile
115 Cameroon 1.7% 2024 down 16.5% volatile
116 Djibouti 1.6% 2024 down 76.3% volatile
117 Guatemala 1.6% 2024 down 32.9% volatile
118 Philippines 1.6% 2025 down 13.1% volatile
119 Eswatini 1.6% 2024 up 158.4% volatile
120 Indonesia 1.5% 2025 down 32.9% volatile
121 Bahamas 1.5% 2024 down 32.6% volatile
122 Myanmar 1.5% 2024 down 55.4% volatile
123 Tunisia 1.5% 2024 down 27.5% volatile
124 Spain 1.5% 2025 down 25.3% volatile
125 Central African Republic 1.5% 2024 up 700.7% volatile
126 Equatorial Guinea 1.4% 2024 up 83.9% volatile
127 Qatar 1.4% 2025 up 112.5% volatile
128 Kyrgyzstan 1.4% 2024 down 69.4% volatile
129 Jamaica 1.4% 2024 down 66.9% volatile
130 Nigeria 1.4% 2025 up 121.6% volatile
131 Sudan 1.4% 2023 down 65.0% volatile
132 New Zealand 1.4% 2025 up 3,416.9% volatile
133 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.4% 2024 up 156.3% volatile
134 Slovakia 1.3% 2025 down 22.0% volatile
135 Uruguay 1.3% 2025 down 71.7% volatile
136 United States 1.3% 2025 down 53.4% volatile
137 Bermuda 1.3% 2024 up 2,499.8% volatile
138 Guinea-Bissau 1.2% 2024 down 52.3% volatile
139 Kiribati 1.2% 2025 up 378.4% volatile
140 Syria 1.2% 2011 up 117.3% volatile
141 Zimbabwe 1.1% 2024 down 53.8% volatile
142 Burundi 1.0% 2025 up 294.3% volatile
143 Panama 1.0% 2025 down 88.7% volatile
144 Japan 1.0% 2025 up 791.6% volatile
145 Ecuador 1.0% 2025 down 26.7% volatile
146 India 1.0% 2025 down 52.8% volatile
147 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.0% 2025 down 43.0% volatile
148 Angola 0.9% 2025 down 90.4% volatile
149 Russian Federation 0.9% 2025 up 78.1% volatile
150 Türkiye 0.9% 2024 down 39.2% volatile
151 Republic of Korea 0.8% 2025 up 216.6% volatile
152 Ireland 0.8% 2024 down 98.0% volatile
153 Togo 0.8% 2024 down 6.9% volatile
154 Sri Lanka 0.8% 2024 down 29.4% volatile
155 Latvia 0.5% 2025 down 83.8% volatile
156 Azerbaijan 0.5% 2025 down 93.5% volatile
157 Tajikistan 0.5% 2025 down 91.1% volatile
158 Argentina 0.5% 2025 down 76.8% volatile
159 Algeria 0.5% 2024 down 27.6% volatile
160 Tuvalu 0.5% 2024 down 41.4% volatile
161 Pakistan 0.5% 2025 down 18.5% volatile
162 Comoros 0.4% 2024 up 8.2% volatile
163 Brunei Darussalam 0.4% 2025 down 69.0% volatile
164 China 0.4% 2025 down 80.9% volatile
165 Bangladesh 0.4% 2025 down 72.1% volatile
166 Kenya 0.4% 2024 down 68.0% volatile
167 Iran 0.3% 2024 down 33.1% volatile
168 Kuwait 0.3% 2025 up 5.8% volatile
169 Samoa 0.2% 2025 down 94.7% volatile
170 Afghanistan 0.1% 2021 down 50.7% volatile
171 Nepal 0.1% 2024 down 1.7% volatile
172 Bhutan 0.1% 2024 down 92.5% volatile
173 Haiti 0.1% 2024 down 87.4% volatile
174 Italy 0.0% 2025 down 95.2% volatile
175 Belize 0.0% 2025 down 99.7% volatile
176 Finland -0.1% 2025 down 101.2% volatile
177 French Polynesia -0.2% 2024 down 121.8% volatile
178 Lesotho -0.2% 2025 down 104.7% volatile
179 Kazakhstan -0.3% 2025 down 108.4% volatile
180 South Africa -0.5% 2025 down 215.3% volatile
181 Iceland -0.5% 2025 down 108.1% volatile
182 Papua New Guinea -0.6% 2024 down 607.6% volatile
183 Burkina Faso -0.9% 2024 down 134.1% volatile
184 Switzerland -1.2% 2025 down 106.9% volatile
185 Yemen -1.3% 2018 down 122.6% volatile
186 Netherlands -1.4% 2024 down 108.8% volatile
187 Norway -1.5% 2025 down 181.2% volatile
188 Estonia -1.8% 2025 up 41.9% volatile
189 Tonga -1.9% 2024 down 162.1% volatile
190 Austria -2.0% 2025 down 11.7% volatile
191 Sao Tome and Principe -2.0% 2024 down 122.4% volatile
192 Iraq -2.7% 2024 up 38.6% volatile
193 Trinidad and Tobago -3.1% 2025 down 564.8% volatile
194 Naoero -3.5% 2024 down 159.2% volatile
195 Belgium -4.0% 2025 up 6.2% volatile
196 Hungary -28.4% 2025 down 549.7% volatile
197 Luxembourg -92.8% 2025 down 222.7% volatile
198 Liechtenstein -1,303.1% 2018 down 508.4% volatile

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Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net inflows as share of GDP
Unit
% of GDP
Source
IMF International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments; World Bank International Debt Statistics and GDP estimates; and OECD GDP estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 9,280 data points, 1970–2025
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Net inflows of foreign direct investment from foreign investors to the reporting economy.