Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) by country
Foreign direct investment is the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term...
Countries reporting
201
Highest
51.7%
Malta
Lowest
-1,303.1%
Liechtenstein
Median
2.0%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
12,013
What the numbers show
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 51.7% in Malta; the lowest is -1,303.1% in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.0%, and the mean is -2.6%.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 119 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 4,421.2%), and the largest decrease in Papua New Guinea (down 2,728.9%).
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malta | 51.7% | 2025 | up 61.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Suriname | 45.4% | 2025 | up 1,165.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Cayman Islands | 40.9% | 2024 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Guyana | 33.1% | 2025 | up 928.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 28.3% | 2025 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Guinea | 27.4% | 2025 | up 4,421.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Cyprus | 27.1% | 2025 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Singapore | 26.3% | 2025 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Mozambique | 25.8% | 2025 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Palau | 16.6% | 2025 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 11 | East Timor | 13.3% | 2025 | up 392.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.1% | 2025 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Grenada | 12.0% | 2025 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Maldives | 11.1% | 2025 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Mongolia | 10.8% | 2025 | up 1,233.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Gambia | 10.6% | 2025 | up 102.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10.5% | 2025 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Ireland | 10.4% | 2025 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Kosovo | 10.0% | 2025 | up 83.5% | falling |
| 19 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 10.0% | 2025 | up 83.5% | falling |
| 21 | Seychelles | 10.0% | 2025 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Cambodia | 9.9% | 2025 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Namibia | 9.6% | 2025 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Liberia | 9.5% | 2025 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.9% | 2025 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 8.3% | 2024 | up 217.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Laos | 7.7% | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Montenegro | 7.3% | 2025 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Saint Lucia | 7.3% | 2025 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Dominica | 6.8% | 2025 | up 456.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Lebanon | 6.8% | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Nicaragua | 6.8% | 2025 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Somalia | 6.4% | 2025 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Oman | 6.2% | 2025 | up 323.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Albania | 6.1% | 2025 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Andorra | 6.0% | 2025 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 37 | Rwanda | 5.9% | 2025 | up 208.0% | volatile |
| 38 | New Caledonia | 5.9% | 2024 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Costa Rica | 5.4% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 40 | Mauritania | 5.4% | 2025 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Uganda | 5.4% | 2025 | up 137.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Cape Verde | 5.0% | 2025 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Mauritius | 5.0% | 2025 | up 179.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Greece | 4.8% | 2025 | up 641.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Malaysia | 4.6% | 2025 | up 40.0% | flat |
| 46 | Madagascar | 4.5% | 2025 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Zambia | 4.5% | 2025 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Curacao | 4.3% | 2024 | up 91.9% | rising |
| 49 | Georgia | 4.3% | 2025 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Israel | 4.3% | 2025 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Vietnam | 4.3% | 2025 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Fiji | 4.2% | 2025 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Egypt | 4.2% | 2025 | up 101.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Chile | 4.1% | 2025 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Serbia | 3.9% | 2025 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 3.9% | 2025 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Solomon Islands | 3.8% | 2025 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 3.7% | 2025 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Denmark | 3.7% | 2025 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Congo | 3.7% | 2025 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Malawi | 3.6% | 2025 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 3.5% | 2025 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Portugal | 3.5% | 2025 | up 443.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Brazil | 3.4% | 2025 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Barbados | 3.4% | 2025 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Jordan | 3.3% | 2025 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Lithuania | 3.2% | 2025 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Djibouti | 3.2% | 2025 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Thailand | 3.2% | 2025 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Peru | 3.1% | 2025 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Uzbekistan | 3.0% | 2025 | up 185.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Canada | 3.0% | 2025 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Ethiopia | 3.0% | 2025 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Croatia | 2.8% | 2025 | up 197.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.8% | 2025 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Mali | 2.8% | 2025 | up 58.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Honduras | 2.7% | 2025 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Czechia | 2.7% | 2025 | up 198.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Tonga | 2.6% | 2025 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.6% | 2025 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Sweden | 2.6% | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 2.6% | 2025 | up 346.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Colombia | 2.5% | 2025 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.5% | 2024 | up 134.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Aruba | 2.5% | 2024 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Mexico | 2.4% | 2025 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 87 | Vanuatu | 2.4% | 2025 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Armenia | 2.4% | 2025 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.4% | 2025 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Paraguay | 2.4% | 2025 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Sierra Leone | 2.4% | 2025 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.3% | 2025 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Uruguay | 2.3% | 2025 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Slovenia | 2.3% | 2025 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Moldova | 2.3% | 2025 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Macao | 2.2% | 2025 | up 104.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Romania | 2.2% | 2025 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Australia | 2.1% | 2025 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 99 | El Salvador | 2.1% | 2025 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.1% | 2025 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.0% | 2025 | up 88.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Poland | 2.0% | 2025 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 103 | Tunisia | 2.0% | 2025 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Benin | 2.0% | 2025 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Palestine | 1.9% | 2025 | up 155.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Tanzania | 1.9% | 2025 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Germany | 1.9% | 2025 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Zimbabwe | 1.9% | 2025 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.9% | 2025 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Togo | 1.9% | 2025 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Morocco | 1.8% | 2025 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 112 | France | 1.8% | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Angola | 1.8% | 2025 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Gabon | 1.8% | 2025 | up 509.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Belarus | 1.8% | 2025 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Libya | 1.7% | 2025 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Bahrain | 1.7% | 2025 | up 740.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Ghana | 1.7% | 2025 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Philippines | 1.7% | 2025 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Indonesia | 1.6% | 2025 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Bahamas | 1.5% | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Spain | 1.5% | 2025 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 1.4% | 2025 | up 707.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Turkmenistan | 1.4% | 2025 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Qatar | 1.4% | 2025 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Guatemala | 1.4% | 2025 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Nigeria | 1.4% | 2025 | up 121.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Slovakia | 1.3% | 2025 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.3% | 2025 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Myanmar | 1.3% | 2025 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Lesotho | 1.3% | 2025 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 132 | New Zealand | 1.3% | 2025 | up 3,220.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Bermuda | 1.3% | 2024 | up 2,494.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Jamaica | 1.2% | 2025 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Kiribati | 1.2% | 2025 | up 378.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Syria | 1.2% | 2011 | up 117.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Niger | 1.2% | 2025 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Burkina Faso | 1.1% | 2025 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Burundi | 1.0% | 2025 | up 294.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Marshall Islands | 1.0% | 2025 | up 135.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Panama | 1.0% | 2025 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Ecuador | 1.0% | 2025 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Japan | 1.0% | 2025 | up 791.6% | volatile |
| 144 | India | 1.0% | 2025 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Eswatini | 1.0% | 2025 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Cameroon | 1.0% | 2025 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 147 | United States | 1.0% | 2025 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Sri Lanka | 1.0% | 2025 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 149 | United Kingdom | 0.9% | 2025 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 150 | South Korea | 0.8% | 2025 | up 216.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Latvia | 0.8% | 2025 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Kenya | 0.8% | 2025 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Bolivia | 0.8% | 2025 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Turkey | 0.8% | 2025 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Ukraine | 0.8% | 2025 | up 448.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Argentina | 0.6% | 2025 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Algeria | 0.5% | 2025 | up 287.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Comoros | 0.5% | 2025 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Azerbaijan | 0.5% | 2025 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Tajikistan | 0.5% | 2025 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Pakistan | 0.5% | 2025 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Iran | 0.5% | 2025 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Russia | 0.4% | 2025 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Brunei | 0.4% | 2025 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 165 | China | 0.4% | 2025 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Tuvalu | 0.4% | 2025 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Bangladesh | 0.4% | 2025 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Eritrea | 0.3% | 2011 | up 116.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Netherlands | 0.3% | 2025 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Kuwait | 0.3% | 2025 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Bhutan | 0.2% | 2025 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Samoa | 0.2% | 2025 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Afghanistan | 0.1% | 2021 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Finland | 0.1% | 2025 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Senegal | 0.1% | 2025 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Nepal | 0.1% | 2025 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2025 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Italy | 0.0% | 2025 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Chad | 0.0% | 2025 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Belize | 0.0% | 2025 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2020 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Nauru | -0.0% | 2025 | down 217.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Yemen | -0.0% | 2018 | down 100.6% | volatile |
| 186 | French Polynesia | -0.2% | 2024 | down 121.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Kazakhstan | -0.3% | 2025 | down 108.4% | volatile |
| 188 | South Africa | -0.5% | 2025 | down 215.3% | volatile |
| 189 | Venezuela | -0.5% | 2025 | down 122.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Norway | -1.3% | 2025 | down 173.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Austria | -2.0% | 2025 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Iceland | -2.2% | 2025 | down 133.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Estonia | -2.2% | 2025 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 194 | Iraq | -3.0% | 2025 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 195 | Trinidad and Tobago | -3.1% | 2025 | down 564.8% | volatile |
| 196 | Botswana | -3.3% | 2025 | down 216.4% | volatile |
| 197 | Papua New Guinea | -3.6% | 2025 | down 2,728.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Belgium | -4.0% | 2025 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 199 | Hungary | -28.4% | 2025 | down 549.7% | volatile |
| 200 | Luxembourg | -32.7% | 2025 | down 143.2% | volatile |
| 201 | Liechtenstein | -1,303.1% | 2018 | down 508.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Caribbean Small States 14.4%
- Small states 12.2%
- Other small states 11.9%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 4.0%
- Low income 3.7%
- Pacific island small states 3.6%
- IDA only 3.2%
- Least developed countries 2.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean 2.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 2.6%
- Africa Western and Central 2.5%
- IDA total 2.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 2.1%
- Arab World 2.0%
- Pre-demographic dividend 1.9%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 1.9%
- East Asia & Pacific 1.7%
- Early-demographic dividend 1.6%
- High income 1.5%
- Lower middle income 1.5%
- Euro area 1.4%
- World 1.4%
- Post-demographic dividend 1.4%
- IDA blend 1.4%
- Late-demographic dividend 1.4%
- IDA & IBRD total 1.2%
- European Union 1.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.2%
- Low & middle income 1.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.2%
- OECD members 1.2%
- Middle income 1.2%
- IBRD only 1.2%
- North America 1.1%
- Upper middle income 1.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 1.0%
About this data
Foreign direct investment is the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.