Net portfolio investment by country

Portfolio investment, net (Balance of Payments, current United States dollars)

Countries reporting
178
Highest
223.94 billion usd
United Kingdom
Lowest
-1.15 trillion usd
United States
Median
34.48 million usd
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
3,784

What the numbers show

Net portfolio investment is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 223.94 billion usd in United Kingdom; the lowest is -1.15 trillion usd in United States.

The median across all reporting countries is 34.48 million usd, and the mean is -1.95 billion usd.

Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 34,096.9%), and the largest decrease in Uzbekistan (down 76,121.5%).

Net portfolio investment: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Kingdom 223.94 billion usd 2023 up 195.4% volatile
2 Japan 198.90 billion usd 2023 up 172.4% volatile
4 Singapore 95.90 billion usd 2023 up 49.8% volatile
5 Norway 92.36 billion usd 2023 up 57.7% volatile
6 China 63.24 billion usd 2023 up 219.6% volatile
7 Netherlands 51.76 billion usd 2023 up 382.4% volatile
8 Hong Kong 47.61 billion usd 2023 down 4.4% volatile
9 Kuwait 42.91 billion usd 2023 up 102.1% volatile
10 Switzerland 42.78 billion usd 2023 up 144.2% volatile
11 Saudi Arabia 42.35 billion usd 2023 up 541.1% volatile
12 Qatar 29.44 billion usd 2023 up 60.8% volatile
13 Denmark 20.57 billion usd 2023 up 272.6% volatile
14 Macao 18.77 billion usd 2023 up 50.9% volatile
15 Canada 15.38 billion usd 2023 up 144.6% volatile
16 Australia 14.82 billion usd 2023 up 131.8% volatile
17 Thailand 13.73 billion usd 2023 up 188.0% volatile
18 Israel 11.68 billion usd 2023 up 53.2% volatile
19 Mexico 11.27 billion usd 2023 up 125.3% volatile
20 Cayman Islands 10.89 billion usd 2022 up 88.9% volatile
21 Portugal 9.15 billion usd 2023 up 29.8% volatile
22 Colombia 8.66 billion usd 2023 up 216.5% volatile
23 Malaysia 8.12 billion usd 2023 up 898.3% volatile
24 Oman 7.97 billion usd 2023 up 2,353.7% volatile
25 South Korea 7.45 billion usd 2023 down 20.3% volatile
26 South Africa 6.51 billion usd 2023 up 159.1% volatile
27 Peru 6.30 billion usd 2023 up 239.5% volatile
28 Argentina 5.42 billion usd 2023 up 1,353.0% volatile
29 Kazakhstan 5.35 billion usd 2023 down 11.3% volatile
31 Russia 4.93 billion usd 2023 down 55.2% volatile
32 Poland 4.55 billion usd 2023 up 3,075.2% volatile
33 Czechia 3.86 billion usd 2023 up 181.8% volatile
34 Cyprus 3.42 billion usd 2023 up 119.7% volatile
35 Philippines 3.00 billion usd 2023 up 400.1% volatile
36 Ukraine 2.73 billion usd 2023 up 131.1% volatile
37 Lebanon 2.45 billion usd 2023 up 255.8% volatile
38 Ecuador 2.16 billion usd 2023 up 136.9% volatile
39 Iceland 2.14 billion usd 2023 up 93.9% volatile
40 Chile 1.77 billion usd 2023 up 136.4% volatile
41 Finland 1.72 billion usd 2023 up 138.7% volatile
42 Uruguay 1.47 billion usd 2023 up 178.8% volatile
43 Lithuania 1.40 billion usd 2023 down 25.8% volatile
44 Bulgaria 1.34 billion usd 2023 up 735.4% volatile
45 Vietnam 1.19 billion usd 2023 up 181.1% volatile
46 Venezuela 1.17 billion usd 2016 down 88.2% volatile
47 Jamaica 922.29 million usd 2023 up 3,815.3% volatile
48 Libya 912.90 million usd 2021 up 181.7% volatile
49 Egypt 908.30 million usd 2023 up 130.1% volatile
50 Namibia 837.73 million usd 2023 up 402.0% volatile
51 Botswana 823.15 million usd 2023 down 37.1% volatile
52 Mongolia 817.85 million usd 2023 up 409.2% volatile
53 Georgia 731.29 million usd 2023 up 1,898.3% volatile
54 Mauritius 731.01 million usd 2023 up 55.9% volatile
55 Tunisia 703.68 million usd 2023 up 979.4% volatile
56 Azerbaijan 682.63 million usd 2023 up 195.0% volatile
57 San Marino 649.04 million usd 2022 up 677.1% volatile
58 Kenya 645.52 million usd 2023 up 338.6% volatile
59 Montenegro 482.82 million usd 2023 up 930.3% volatile
60 Cameroon 476.20 million usd 2022 up 31,598.1% volatile
61 Costa Rica 467.98 million usd 2023 up 121.2% volatile
62 Togo 467.39 million usd 2020 up 2,039.2% volatile
63 Cote d'Ivoire 420.02 million usd 2022 up 395.2% volatile
64 Ghana 402.43 million usd 2023 up 161.1% volatile
65 Cambodia 349.98 million usd 2023 up 1,762.1% volatile
66 Honduras 345.39 million usd 2023 up 134.3% volatile
67 Bahamas 330.20 million usd 2023 up 525.4% volatile
68 Burkina Faso 324.01 million usd 2022 up 1,093.5% volatile
69 Bangladesh 323.20 million usd 2023 up 355.4% volatile
70 Aruba 321.96 million usd 2022 up 324.8% volatile
71 Palestine 305.97 million usd 2023 up 304.8% volatile
72 Uganda 301.69 million usd 2023 up 1,982.3% volatile
73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 248.04 million usd 2023 up 152.8% volatile
74 Iraq 243.10 million usd 2023 up 101.7% volatile
75 Estonia 241.79 million usd 2023 down 66.5% volatile
76 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 149.03 million usd 2023 up 479.0% volatile
77 Eswatini 147.99 million usd 2023 up 229.4% volatile
78 El Salvador 141.13 million usd 2023 up 1,147.7% volatile
79 Grenada 120.58 million usd 2023 up 435.9% volatile
80 Lesotho 108.71 million usd 2023 up 34,096.9% volatile
81 Guyana 106.47 million usd 2022 up 27.1% volatile
82 Laos 98.87 million usd 2023 up 157.2% volatile
83 Benin 94.98 million usd 2022 down 44.9% volatile
84 Antigua and Barbuda 79.75 million usd 2023 up 339.4% volatile
85 Rwanda 70.78 million usd 2023 up 117.6% volatile
86 Barbados 67.99 million usd 2017 up 31.8% volatile
87 Mali 67.64 million usd 2022 up 64.1% volatile
88 Afghanistan 60.62 million usd 2020 up 507.3% volatile
89 North Macedonia 58.36 million usd 2023 down 72.1% volatile
90 New Caledonia 51.99 million usd 2016 up 52.7% volatile
91 Suriname 34.69 million usd 2023 up 2,692.4% volatile
92 Congo 34.28 million usd 2021 up 116.8% volatile
93 Fiji 24.84 million usd 2022 down 54.2% volatile
94 Nauru 23.60 million usd 2023 up 2,255.7% volatile
95 Papua New Guinea 23.00 million usd 2023 down 78.8% volatile
96 Saint Kitts and Nevis 20.00 million usd 2023 down 74.0% volatile
97 Maldives 17.88 million usd 2023 down 66.5% volatile
98 Djibouti 16.84 million usd 2023 up 1,746.6% volatile
99 Tuvalu 11.72 million usd 2022 up 61.8% volatile
100 Yemen 11.12 million usd 2016 down 67.3% volatile
101 Moldova 9.38 million usd 2023 up 414.8% volatile
102 Sao Tome and Principe 8.14 million usd 2022 up 477.8% volatile
103 French Polynesia 7.32 million usd 2016 up 143.1% volatile
104 Samoa 6.25 million usd 2023 up 263.1% volatile
105 Micronesia (country) 6.22 million usd 2014 up 197.2% volatile
106 Sudan 4.84 million usd 2022 up 586.7% volatile
107 Solomon Islands 4.51 million usd 2023 up 7,215.0% volatile
108 Kiribati 3.55 million usd 2023 up 137.5% volatile
109 Marshall Islands 3.53 million usd 2021 up 135.1% volatile
110 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.36 million usd 2023 up 0.0% volatile
111 Tajikistan 1.80 million usd 2023 up 50.6% volatile
112 Vanuatu 186,291 usd 2022 down 4.8% volatile
113 Comoros 45,002 usd 2010 up 291.4% rising
114 Belize 593.35 usd 2023 down 100.0% volatile
115 Cape Verde -6,140 usd 2023 down 100.0% volatile
116 Tonga -152,338 usd 2023 down 11,005.1% volatile
117 Madagascar -304,576 usd 2022 down 126.5% volatile
118 Kyrgyzstan -396,546 usd 2022 up 93.0% volatile
119 Mozambique -1.96 million usd 2023 up 99.7% volatile
120 Malawi -2.60 million usd 2023 up 66.3% volatile
121 Sierra Leone -3.43 million usd 2015 down 3,276.5% volatile
122 Curacao -5.17 million usd 2023 up 97.4% volatile
123 Liberia -6.05 million usd 2014 volatile
124 Tanzania -7.29 million usd 2023 down 62.6% volatile
125 Burundi -8.61 million usd 2023 down 72.8% volatile
126 Seychelles -10.15 million usd 2023 down 156.9% volatile
127 Dominica -11.25 million usd 2023 down 28,946.1% volatile
128 Palau -12.09 million usd 2022 down 294.3% volatile
129 Saint Lucia -16.81 million usd 2023 up 81.0% volatile
130 Zimbabwe -22.80 million usd 2023 up 80.0% volatile
131 Turks and Caicos Islands -32.02 million usd 2018 volatile
132 Angola -33.45 million usd 2023 down 113.4% volatile
133 Guinea-Bissau -35.53 million usd 2022 down 1,913.8% volatile
134 Myanmar -41.60 million usd 2019 down 147.4% volatile
135 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) -58.10 million usd 2023 down 242.3% volatile
136 Armenia -64.47 million usd 2023 up 90.6% volatile
137 Guinea -78.66 million usd 2023 down 2,653.9% volatile
138 Pakistan -92.00 million usd 2023 down 240.7% volatile
139 Zambia -136.08 million usd 2023 down 41.0% volatile
140 Gabon -141.30 million usd 2015 down 1,528.7% volatile
141 Paraguay -192.15 million usd 2023 up 42.5% volatile
142 Nicaragua -199.10 million usd 2023 down 54.8% volatile
143 East Timor -218.62 million usd 2023 down 108.6% volatile
144 Bolivia -245.59 million usd 2023 down 157.3% volatile
145 Niger -259.04 million usd 2022 down 701.9% volatile
146 Brunei -270.85 million usd 2023 down 159.1% volatile
147 Slovenia -275.31 million usd 2023 up 95.0% volatile
148 Belarus -359.09 million usd 2023 down 707.6% volatile
149 Trinidad and Tobago -370.15 million usd 2023 down 299.6% volatile
150 Senegal -602.98 million usd 2021 up 31.6% volatile
151 Croatia -687.55 million usd 2023 up 73.3% volatile
152 Sri Lanka -757.40 million usd 2023 up 63.4% volatile
153 Bahrain -796.81 million usd 2023 down 117.7% volatile
154 Bermuda -972.04 million usd 2021 down 140.6% volatile
155 Serbia -982.10 million usd 2023 up 61.2% volatile
156 Uzbekistan -994.44 million usd 2023 down 76,121.5% volatile
157 Panama -1.18 billion usd 2023 down 232.5% volatile
158 Jordan -1.21 billion usd 2023 up 27.0% volatile
159 Latvia -1.63 billion usd 2023 down 725.7% volatile
160 Guatemala -1.70 billion usd 2023 down 138.2% volatile
161 Indonesia -2.22 billion usd 2023 up 79.5% volatile
162 Morocco -2.31 billion usd 2023 down 944.7% volatile
163 Dominican Republic -2.41 billion usd 2023 down 35.0% volatile
164 Greece -2.77 billion usd 2023 down 136.2% volatile
165 Germany -5.75 billion usd 2023 down 102.7% volatile
166 Nigeria -6.22 billion usd 2023 up 39.8% volatile
167 Brazil -7.34 billion usd 2023 up 77.3% volatile
168 Turkey -8.14 billion usd 2023 up 64.0% volatile
169 Slovakia -8.29 billion usd 2023 up 4.2% volatile
170 Hungary -9.03 billion usd 2023 down 128.1% volatile
171 Sweden -10.75 billion usd 2023 up 78.0% volatile
172 New Zealand -11.16 billion usd 2023 down 417.9% volatile
173 Romania -14.84 billion usd 2023 down 106.7% volatile
174 Austria -15.32 billion usd 2023 down 473.2% volatile
175 Spain -18.23 billion usd 2023 up 79.3% volatile
176 Belgium -20.61 billion usd 2023 up 48.3% volatile
177 Italy -27.10 billion usd 2023 down 348.2% volatile
178 India -31.03 billion usd 2023 down 352.4% volatile
180 France -149.44 billion usd 2023 down 104.3% volatile
181 United States -1.15 trillion usd 2023 down 3,645.7% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Net portfolio investment
Unit
usd
Source
International Monetary Fund – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
181 places, 3,784 data points, 2000–2023
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Portfolio investment, net (Balance of Payments, current United States dollars)