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

Net outflows of foreign direct investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world.

Countries reporting
183
Highest
145.6%
Malta
Lowest
-24.7%
Hungary
Median
0.3%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
7,265

What the numbers show

Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 145.6% in Malta; the lowest is -24.7% in Hungary.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3%, and the mean is 2.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 11,980.1%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 488.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malta 145.6% 2024 up 298.6% volatile
2 Luxembourg 116.4% 2024 up 84.5% volatile
3 Hong Kong 19.7% 2024 down 59.2% volatile
4 Singapore 15.6% 2025 up 6.2% volatile
5 United Arab Emirates 14.0% 2024 up 405.9% volatile
6 Ireland 11.0% 2024 down 68.0% volatile
7 Denmark 7.2% 2024 up 157.2% volatile
8 Japan 4.9% 2025 up 60.8% volatile
9 Cyprus 3.8% 2025 down 98.1% volatile
10 Solomon Islands 3.3% 2024 up 6,524.1% volatile
11 Malaysia 3.1% 2024 down 35.0% volatile
12 Croatia 3.0% 2024 down 21.8% volatile
13 Andorra 2.9% 2024 down 9.4% rising
14 Macao 2.5% 2024 up 1.4% volatile
15 Papua New Guinea 2.5% 2024 up 879.0% volatile
16 Canada 2.5% 2025 down 54.3% volatile
17 Spain 2.4% 2025 down 49.6% volatile
18 Chile 2.4% 2025 down 62.8% volatile
19 Switzerland 2.4% 2025 down 86.4% volatile
20 France 2.4% 2025 down 26.5% volatile
21 Israel 2.4% 2025 down 34.6% volatile
22 Czechia 2.2% 2025 up 11.9% volatile
23 Republic of Korea 2.2% 2025 up 43.1% volatile
24 Portugal 2.2% 2024 up 37.0% volatile
25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.2% 2025 up 206.3% volatile
26 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.2% 2024 up 2.3% volatile
27 Germany 2.1% 2025 down 38.5% volatile
28 Saudi Arabia 2.1% 2025 up 172.3% volatile
29 Finland 2.1% 2025 up 1,211.9% volatile
30 Aruba 2.1% 2024 up 267.3% volatile
31 North Macedonia 2.1% 2025 up 218.0% volatile
32 Kuwait 1.9% 2025 down 59.9% volatile
33 Thailand 1.6% 2025 up 30.1% volatile
34 Liberia 1.6% 2024 up 242.3% volatile
35 Qatar 1.6% 2025 down 37.6% volatile
36 Lebanon 1.5% 2024 down 41.7% volatile
37 Honduras 1.5% 2025 down 14.9% volatile
38 United States 1.4% 2025 down 16.9% volatile
39 Slovenia 1.3% 2025 up 74.9% volatile
40 Serbia 1.3% 2025 up 59.7% volatile
41 Brazil 1.3% 2025 up 661.1% volatile
42 Eswatini 1.3% 2024 up 10,532.7% volatile
43 Zambia 1.2% 2024 up 134.1% volatile
44 Slovakia 1.2% 2025 down 24.5% volatile
45 Sweden 1.2% 2025 down 57.8% volatile
46 Azerbaijan 1.2% 2025 down 80.2% volatile
47 Equatorial Guinea 1.2% 2024 up 11,980.1% volatile
48 Bulgaria 1.2% 2025 up 376.3% volatile
49 Albania 1.1% 2025 up 61.8% volatile
50 Colombia 1.1% 2025 down 26.6% volatile
51 Bahamas 1.0% 2024 down 95.7% volatile
52 India 0.9% 2025 up 152.6% volatile
53 Italy 0.9% 2025 up 7.4% volatile
54 El Salvador 0.9% 2025 up 107.0% volatile
55 Greece 0.9% 2024 down 32.8% volatile
56 Armenia 0.9% 2025 up 216.7% volatile
57 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.8% 2025 up 262.1% volatile
58 Montenegro 0.8% 2025 up 163.3% volatile
59 Poland 0.8% 2025 down 23.4% volatile
60 China 0.8% 2025 down 47.8% volatile
61 Cape Verde 0.8% 2025 up 185.8% volatile
62 Uruguay 0.8% 2025 down 76.5% volatile
63 Guatemala 0.8% 2024 up 2,131.5% volatile
64 Madagascar 0.8% 2024 up 160.2% volatile
65 Saint Lucia 0.7% 2025 down 45.4% volatile
66 Georgia 0.7% 2025 down 66.4% volatile
67 Latvia 0.7% 2025 up 19.3% volatile
68 Mexico 0.6% 2025 down 31.9% volatile
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6% 2025 up 1.3% volatile
70 Bahrain 0.6% 2024 up 151.4% volatile
71 Indonesia 0.5% 2025 down 48.0% volatile
72 New Caledonia 0.5% 2024 down 2.1% volatile
73 Tajikistan 0.5% 2025 up 6.1% volatile
74 Malawi 0.5% 2024 up 1,026.8% volatile
75 Republic of Moldova 0.5% 2025 up 422.0% volatile
76 Türkiye 0.5% 2024 down 35.0% volatile
77 Paraguay 0.5% 2025 down 66.3% volatile
78 Sao Tome and Principe 0.5% 2024 down 65.4% volatile
79 Costa Rica 0.5% 2025 down 38.3% volatile
80 Morocco 0.4% 2025 down 25.2% volatile
81 Fiji 0.4% 2024 down 45.7% volatile
82 Peru 0.4% 2025 up 221.6% volatile
83 Argentina 0.4% 2025 up 181.9% volatile
84 Russian Federation 0.4% 2025 down 74.5% volatile
85 Nigeria 0.4% 2025 up 40.2% volatile
86 Nicaragua 0.4% 2024 down 52.6% volatile
87 Bermuda 0.4% 2024 down 80.3% volatile
88 Kenya 0.3% 2024 up 215.3% volatile
89 Philippines 0.3% 2025 down 81.8% volatile
90 Namibia 0.3% 2024 up 82.1% volatile
91 Zimbabwe 0.3% 2024 down 14.3% volatile
92 Mali 0.3% 2024 up 7,999.7% volatile
93 Benin 0.3% 2024 up 115.8% volatile
94 Comoros 0.3% 1990 volatile
95 Cambodia 0.3% 2025 down 25.6% volatile
96 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.3% 2024 up 193.0% volatile
97 Côte d'Ivoire 0.3% 2024 up 687.4% volatile
98 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.3% 2024 down 70.8% volatile
99 Mauritius 0.3% 2024 down 75.9% volatile
100 Burkina Faso 0.2% 2024 down 50.6% volatile
101 Barbados 0.2% 2024 up 120.6% volatile
102 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.2% 2025 up 4,562.5% volatile
103 Timor-Leste 0.2% 2024 down 72.4% volatile
104 Mongolia 0.2% 2024 down 73.4% volatile
105 Curacao 0.2% 2024 down 84.1% volatile
106 Afghanistan 0.2% 2021 up 3,280.9% volatile
107 Vanuatu 0.2% 2024 up 100.5% volatile
108 Norway 0.2% 2025 down 96.1% volatile
109 Tonga 0.2% 2024 up 2.9% volatile
110 Egypt 0.2% 2025 up 245.4% volatile
111 Belarus 0.2% 2025 down 0.4% volatile
112 Romania 0.2% 2025 down 67.7% volatile
113 French Polynesia 0.2% 2024 down 64.0% volatile
114 Congo 0.2% 2024 down 97.7% volatile
115 Ukraine 0.2% 2024 down 61.1% volatile
116 Sudan 0.2% 2021 volatile
117 Iraq 0.2% 2024 up 48.4% volatile
118 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2025 down 91.5% volatile
119 Senegal 0.1% 2024 up 7.7% volatile
120 Lithuania 0.1% 2025 down 84.4% volatile
121 Viet Nam 0.1% 2024 down 74.4% volatile
122 Cameroon 0.1% 2024 up 467.3% volatile
123 Burundi 0.1% 2025 up 3,026.0% volatile
124 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2024 up 36.8% volatile
125 Uzbekistan 0.1% 2025 up 2,194.7% volatile
126 Niger 0.1% 2024 down 87.1% volatile
127 Angola 0.1% 2025 up 113.4% volatile
128 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2024 down 93.7% volatile
129 Jordan 0.1% 2024 down 55.1% volatile
130 Rwanda 0.1% 2024 up 86.8% volatile
131 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2025 down 84.1% volatile
132 Tunisia 0.1% 2024 up 55.2% volatile
133 Pakistan 0.1% 2025 up 686.5% volatile
134 Belize 0.0% 2025 up 95.7% volatile
135 Mauritania 0.0% 2024 down 91.5% volatile
136 Ghana 0.0% 2025 down 92.4% volatile
137 Samoa 0.0% 2025 down 93.2% volatile
138 Guyana 0.0% 2024 down 96.0% volatile
139 Iran 0.0% 2024 up 2,427.1% volatile
140 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2024 down 92.7% volatile
141 Yemen 0.0% 2018 down 98.0% volatile
142 Botswana 0.0% 2024 down 97.8% volatile
143 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% 2003 down 0.5% volatile
144 New Zealand 0.0% 2025 up 202.4% volatile
145 Jamaica 0.0% 2024 down 98.9% volatile
146 Kiribati 0.0% 2025 down 92.8% volatile
147 Bangladesh 0.0% 2025 down 92.8% volatile
148 Uganda 0.0% 2024 down 99.1% volatile
149 Central African Republic 0.0% 2002 down 100.0% volatile
150 Guinea 0.0% 2024 down 99.7% volatile
151 Algeria 0.0% 2024 up 101.3% volatile
152 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2022 up 100.0% volatile
153 Lesotho 0.0% 1989 volatile
160 Sierra Leone -0.0% 2010 down 105.2% volatile
161 Suriname -0.0% 2025 up 98.7% volatile
162 Haiti -0.0% 1999 down 160.0% volatile
163 Gambia -0.0% 2024 up 97.2% volatile
164 Estonia -0.1% 2025 up 97.9% volatile
165 Dominica -0.1% 2024 up 81.0% volatile
166 Dominican Republic -0.1% 2025 down 383.5% volatile
167 Libya -0.1% 2024 up 13.8% volatile
168 Oman -0.1% 2024 down 109.1% volatile
169 Chad -0.1% 1999 down 116.0% volatile
170 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.2% 2025 down 116.1% volatile
171 Mozambique -0.2% 2024 down 135.9% volatile
172 Gabon -0.2% 2019 down 110.0% volatile
173 Australia -0.3% 2025 down 141.5% volatile
174 Grenada -0.3% 2025 down 113.3% volatile
175 Antigua and Barbuda -0.4% 2025 down 140.8% volatile
176 Netherlands -0.5% 2024 down 102.6% volatile
177 Togo -0.7% 2024 down 112.3% volatile
178 Naoero -0.8% 2024 up 98.8% volatile
179 South Africa -0.9% 2025 down 159.0% volatile
180 Panama -1.0% 2025 down 146.8% volatile
181 Austria -1.0% 2025 down 488.1% volatile
182 Tuvalu -1.5% 2021 volatile
183 Trinidad and Tobago -1.5% 2025 down 414.5% volatile
184 Seychelles -1.9% 2024 up 66.5% volatile
185 Iceland -2.2% 2025 down 186.7% volatile
186 Belgium -2.7% 2025 down 267.5% volatile
187 Turks and Caicos Islands -3.9% 2018 volatile
188 Cayman Islands -22.4% 2024 down 105.7% volatile
189 Hungary -24.7% 2025 down 279.7% volatile

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Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net outflows as share of GDP
Unit
% of GDP
Source
International Monetary Fund (Balance of Payments), UNCTAD, and national sources, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
189 places, 7,265 data points, 1970–2025
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Net outflows of foreign direct investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world.