Total FDI inflows — Value US$ by country
FDI is an investment which aims to acquire a lasting management influence (10 percent or more of the voting stock) in an enterprise operating in a foreign economy. FDI may be undertaken by individuals, as well as business entities. The foreign direct investor most often is aiming to gain access to natural...
Countries reporting
207
Highest
163,253 million USD
China, mainland
Lowest
-168,450 million USD
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Median
842.82 million USD
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,713
What the numbers show
Total FDI inflows — Value US$ is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 163,253 million USD in China, mainland; the lowest is -168,450 million USD in Netherlands (Kingdom of the).
The median across all reporting countries is 842.82 million USD, and the mean is 5,759 million USD.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in French Guiana (up 9,999,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Papua New Guinea (down 2,431.2%).
Total FDI inflows — Value US$: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, mainland | 163,253 million USD | 2023 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Singapore | 159,670 million USD | 2023 | up 181.7% | volatile |
| 3 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 112,676 million USD | 2023 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Caribbean | 74,479 million USD | 2023 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 65,897 million USD | 2023 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Canada | 50,324 million USD | 2023 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 7 | France | 42,032 million USD | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 8 | British Virgin Islands | 39,889 million USD | 2023 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Germany | 36,698 million USD | 2023 | up 186.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Mexico | 36,057 million USD | 2023 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 11 | Spain | 34,376 million USD | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia and New Zealand | 33,442 million USD | 2023 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 30,688 million USD | 2023 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Australia | 29,874 million USD | 2023 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Sweden | 29,418 million USD | 2023 | up 648.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Poland | 28,685 million USD | 2023 | up 949.2% | volatile |
| 17 | India | 28,163 million USD | 2023 | up 75.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Cayman Islands | 28,134 million USD | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Belgium | 23,019 million USD | 2023 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Argentina | 22,352 million USD | 2023 | up 66.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Indonesia | 21,628 million USD | 2023 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Japan | 21,433 million USD | 2023 | up 830.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Chile | 21,027 million USD | 2023 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Malta | 20,900 million USD | 2023 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Viet Nam | 18,500 million USD | 2023 | up 107.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Italy | 18,219 million USD | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Colombia | 17,446 million USD | 2023 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Israel | 16,422 million USD | 2023 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Republic of Korea | 15,178 million USD | 2023 | up 149.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Switzerland | 13,507 million USD | 2023 | up 1,069.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 12,319 million USD | 2023 | up 265.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Egypt | 9,841 million USD | 2023 | up 131.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Denmark | 8,781 million USD | 2023 | up 886.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Malaysia | 8,653 million USD | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Russian Federation | 8,364 million USD | 2023 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Norway | 7,960 million USD | 2023 | up 344.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Czechia | 7,785 million USD | 2023 | up 113.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Portugal | 7,301 million USD | 2023 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Guyana | 7,198 million USD | 2023 | up 3,263.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Romania | 7,130 million USD | 2023 | up 98.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Bahrain | 6,840 million USD | 2023 | up 349.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Philippines | 6,210 million USD | 2023 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Hungary | 6,016 million USD | 2023 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Croatia | 5,870 million USD | 2023 | up 224.2% | volatile |
| 45 | China, Taiwan Province of | 5,700 million USD | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Türkiye | 5,578 million USD | 2023 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Greece | 5,430 million USD | 2023 | up 92.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Serbia | 4,870 million USD | 2023 | up 136.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Oman | 4,745 million USD | 2023 | up 203.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Estonia | 4,565 million USD | 2023 | up 492.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Thailand | 4,548 million USD | 2023 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Austria | 4,466 million USD | 2023 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 4,390 million USD | 2023 | up 120.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Ukraine | 4,247 million USD | 2023 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Cambodia | 3,959 million USD | 2023 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 3,921 million USD | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 3,913 million USD | 2023 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 58 | New Zealand | 3,568 million USD | 2023 | up 91.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Cyprus | 3,447 million USD | 2023 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Uruguay | 3,429 million USD | 2023 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Peru | 3,331 million USD | 2023 | up 178.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Ethiopia | 3,263 million USD | 2023 | up 142.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 3,223 million USD | 2023 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Mongolia | 3,084 million USD | 2023 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Bangladesh | 3,004 million USD | 2023 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Uganda | 2,886 million USD | 2023 | up 163.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Senegal | 2,641 million USD | 2023 | up 748.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Mozambique | 2,509 million USD | 2023 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Namibia | 2,345 million USD | 2023 | up 204.6% | volatile |
| 70 | China, Macao SAR | 2,324 million USD | 2023 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Uzbekistan | 2,187 million USD | 2023 | up 216.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Kuwait | 2,113 million USD | 2023 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Belarus | 2,060 million USD | 2023 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Panama | 2,015 million USD | 2023 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Lithuania | 1,908 million USD | 2023 | up 232.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Nigeria | 1,873 million USD | 2023 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Pakistan | 1,818 million USD | 2023 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1,753 million USD | 2023 | up 330.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,668 million USD | 2023 | up 144.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,635 million USD | 2023 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Albania | 1,614 million USD | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Georgia | 1,595 million USD | 2023 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Guatemala | 1,552 million USD | 2023 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Myanmar | 1,520 million USD | 2023 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Kenya | 1,504 million USD | 2023 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Bahamas | 1,459 million USD | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1,422 million USD | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Turkmenistan | 1,378 million USD | 2023 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Ghana | 1,354 million USD | 2023 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 90 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,339 million USD | 2023 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Nicaragua | 1,230 million USD | 2023 | up 50.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Algeria | 1,216 million USD | 2023 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Latvia | 1,212 million USD | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Gabon | 1,151 million USD | 2023 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Slovenia | 1,103 million USD | 2023 | up 829.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Morocco | 1,095 million USD | 2023 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Honduras | 1,076 million USD | 2023 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Iceland | 977.11 million USD | 2023 | up 146.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Niger | 966.03 million USD | 2023 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 945.96 million USD | 2023 | up 242.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Chad | 913.33 million USD | 2023 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Guinea | 893.15 million USD | 2023 | up 777.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Mauritania | 873.44 million USD | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Jordan | 842.82 million USD | 2023 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Syrian Arab Republic | 804.16 million USD | 2011 | up 631.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Cameroon | 799.21 million USD | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Tunisia | 767.99 million USD | 2023 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Maldives | 761.52 million USD | 2023 | up 111.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Mauritius | 759.82 million USD | 2023 | up 69.5% | volatile |
| 110 | El Salvador | 759.73 million USD | 2023 | up 323.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Liberia | 744.58 million USD | 2023 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 711.83 million USD | 2023 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Libya | 702 million USD | 2013 | up 390.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Mali | 697.97 million USD | 2023 | up 126.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 688 million USD | 2023 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 116 | New Caledonia | 687.25 million USD | 2023 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Somalia | 676.5 million USD | 2023 | up 162.2% | volatile |
| 118 | North Macedonia | 666.83 million USD | 2023 | up 99.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Lebanon | 655.44 million USD | 2023 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Congo | 626.47 million USD | 2023 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Zimbabwe | 588.4 million USD | 2023 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Sudan | 548.2 million USD | 2023 | down 67.5% | falling |
| 123 | Montenegro | 526.25 million USD | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Rwanda | 523.27 million USD | 2023 | up 103.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 490.4 million USD | 2023 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Armenia | 442.64 million USD | 2023 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Benin | 433.85 million USD | 2023 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Jamaica | 430.87 million USD | 2023 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Republic of Moldova | 428.36 million USD | 2023 | up 83.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Madagascar | 414.54 million USD | 2023 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Melanesia | 388.19 million USD | 2023 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Ecuador | 372.31 million USD | 2023 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Antigua and Barbuda | 326.69 million USD | 2023 | up 245.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 293.69 million USD | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Sierra Leone | 262.97 million USD | 2023 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Azerbaijan | 252.84 million USD | 2023 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Paraguay | 240.72 million USD | 2023 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Seychelles | 238.47 million USD | 2023 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Barbados | 224.9 million USD | 2023 | up 90.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Gambia | 208.37 million USD | 2023 | up 717.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Malawi | 208.31 million USD | 2023 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Botswana | 198.47 million USD | 2023 | up 195.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Saint Lucia | 185.95 million USD | 2023 | up 102.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Grenada | 180.99 million USD | 2023 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Slovakia | 180.26 million USD | 2023 | up 129.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Bermuda | 156.44 million USD | 2023 | up 185.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Curaçao | 154.67 million USD | 2023 | up 1,129.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Anguilla | 147.28 million USD | 2023 | up 160.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 141.78 million USD | 2023 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Tajikistan | 140.58 million USD | 2023 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Djibouti | 137.01 million USD | 2023 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Cabo Verde | 118.32 million USD | 2023 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Zambia | 108.01 million USD | 2023 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Fiji | 91.02 million USD | 2023 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Burkina Faso | 85.35 million USD | 2023 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 78.63 million USD | 2023 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Nepal | 73.88 million USD | 2023 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Micronesia | 52.04 million USD | 2023 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Belize | 49.73 million USD | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Palau | 47.82 million USD | 2023 | up 165.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 37.31 million USD | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 36.37 million USD | 2023 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Palestine | 35.33 million USD | 2023 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Togo | 33.59 million USD | 2023 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 32.66 million USD | 2023 | up 146.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Haiti | 32 million USD | 2023 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Eswatini | 29.34 million USD | 2023 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Burundi | 28.5 million USD | 2023 | up 284.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Solomon Islands | 25.46 million USD | 2023 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Tonga | 24.34 million USD | 2023 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Guinea-Bissau | 23.8 million USD | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Polynesia | 20.71 million USD | 2023 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Afghanistan | 20.6 million USD | 2021 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 18.44 million USD | 2023 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Bhutan | 18.34 million USD | 2023 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Dominica | 14.02 million USD | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Timor-Leste | 13.32 million USD | 2023 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 13.26 million USD | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Vanuatu | 9.27 million USD | 2023 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Montserrat | 6.95 million USD | 2023 | up 86.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Cook Islands | 5.64 million USD | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Comoros | 5 million USD | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Kiribati | 2.18 million USD | 2023 | up 160.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Eritrea | 2.07 million USD | 2023 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Marshall Islands | 2.04 million USD | 2023 | down 93.7% | volatile |
| 186 | French Guiana | 1 million USD | 2001 | up 9,999,900.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Tuvalu | 0.1663 million USD | 2023 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.001 million USD | 1996 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Samoa | -2.95 million USD | 2023 | down 121.1% | volatile |
| 190 | South Sudan | -6.33 million USD | 2023 | up 99.2% | volatile |
| 191 | French Polynesia | -6.5 million USD | 2023 | down 106.5% | volatile |
| 192 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | -21.96 million USD | 2006 | up 63.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Lesotho | -25.63 million USD | 2023 | down 120.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Brunei Darussalam | -51.08 million USD | 2023 | down 106.6% | volatile |
| 195 | Suriname | -64.79 million USD | 2023 | down 134.5% | volatile |
| 196 | Aruba | -177.94 million USD | 2023 | down 178.3% | volatile |
| 197 | Yemen | -370.98 million USD | 2019 | down 387.2% | volatile |
| 198 | Papua New Guinea | -424.8 million USD | 2023 | down 2,431.2% | volatile |
| 199 | Qatar | -474.18 million USD | 2023 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 200 | Trinidad and Tobago | -1,105 million USD | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 201 | Finland | -1,676 million USD | 2023 | down 1,477.4% | volatile |
| 202 | Angola | -2,086 million USD | 2023 | up 70.7% | volatile |
| 203 | Iraq | -5,273 million USD | 2023 | down 125.8% | volatile |
| 204 | Ireland | -9,165 million USD | 2023 | down 118.1% | volatile |
| 205 | Luxembourg | -62,808 million USD | 2023 | down 369.5% | volatile |
| 206 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | -89,247 million USD | 2023 | down 272.7% | volatile |
| 207 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | -168,450 million USD | 2023 | down 429.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.40 million million USD
- Asia 673,600 million USD
- Americas 624,778 million USD
- Northern America 361,428 million USD
- Eastern Asia 323,662 million USD
- United States of America 310,947 million USD
- Small Island Developing States 243,888 million USD
- South-eastern Asia 226,317 million USD
- South America 142,210 million USD
- Southern Europe 101,822 million USD
- Western Asia 80,228 million USD
- Eastern Europe 68,810 million USD
About this data
FDI is an investment which aims to acquire a lasting management influence (10 percent or more of the voting stock) in an enterprise operating in a foreign economy. FDI may be undertaken by individuals, as well as business entities. The foreign direct investor most often is aiming to gain access to natural resources, to markets, to labour supply, to technology, to ensure security of supplies or to control the quality of a certain product. FDI can be decomposed into two types of investments: mergers and acquisitions (MA) and greenfield investments. The latter type results in the creation of new entities and the setting up of offices, buildings, plants or factories from scratch in a foreign economy. FDI is the sum of equity capital, reinvested earnings and other FDI capital. Equity capital comprises equity in branches, all shares in subsidiaries and associates (except non-participating, preferred shares that are treated as debt securities and are included under other FDI capital) and other contributions such as the provision of machinery. Reinvested earnings consist of the direct investor's share (in proportion to equity participation) of earnings not distributed by the direct investment enterprise. Other FDI capital (loans) includes the borrowing and lending of funds, including debt securities and trade credits between direct investors and direct investment enterprises. FDI inflows and outflows are important for tracking the direct investment conditions each year. Outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows record the value of cross-border direct investment transactions from the reporting economy during a year. It represents transactions affecting the investment in enterprises resident abroad. Whereas, Inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows record the value of cross-border direct investment transactions received by the reporting economy during a year. It represents transactions affecting the investment in enterprises of a specific industry resident in the reporting economy.