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Countries by foreign direct investment

Net inflows of foreign direct investment — foreigners buying or building lasting stakes in companies — as a share of GDP. Below zero, more was withdrawn than came in. 184 countries, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

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Map: Foreign investment — World
Highest
170.1%
Malta
Median country
2.0%
half above, half below
Lowest
-92.8%
Luxembourg
#Country% of GDPYearRegion
1Malta170.1%2024Southern Europe
2Suriname45.4%2025South America
3Guyana33.1%2025South America
4Guinea27.4%2025Western Africa
5Cyprus27.1%2025Western Asia
6Singapore26.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
7Mozambique25.8%2025Eastern Africa
8Palau16.6%2025Micronesia
9Timor-Leste13.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
10Antigua and Barbuda12.1%2025Caribbean
11Grenada12.0%2025Caribbean
12Maldives11.1%2025Southern Asia
13Mongolia10.8%2025Eastern Asia
14Gambia10.6%2025Western Africa
15São Tomé and Principe10.5%2025Middle Africa
16Ireland10.4%2025Northern Europe
17Seychelles10.0%2025Eastern Africa
18Cambodia9.9%2025South-Eastern Asia
19Namibia9.6%2025Southern Africa
20Liberia9.5%2025Western Africa
21Saint Vincent and the Grenadines8.9%2025Caribbean
22United Arab Emirates8.3%2024Western Asia
23Laos7.7%2025South-Eastern Asia
=24Montenegro7.3%2025Southern Europe
=24Saint Lucia7.3%2025Caribbean
=26Dominica6.8%2025Caribbean
=26Lebanon6.8%2024Western Asia
=26Nicaragua6.8%2025Central America
29Somalia6.4%2025Eastern Africa
30Oman6.2%2025Western Asia
31Albania6.1%2025Southern Europe
32Andorra6.0%2025Southern Europe
33Rwanda5.9%2025Eastern Africa
=34Costa Rica5.4%2025Central America
=34Mauritania5.4%2025Western Africa
=34Uganda5.4%2025Eastern Africa
=37Cabo Verde5.0%2025Western Africa
=37Mauritius5.0%2025Eastern Africa
39Greece4.8%2025Southern Europe
40Malaysia4.6%2025South-Eastern Asia
=41Madagascar4.5%2025Eastern Africa
=41Zambia4.5%2025Eastern Africa
=43Georgia4.3%2025Western Asia
=43Israel4.3%2025Western Asia
=43Vietnam4.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
=46Egypt4.2%2025Northern Africa
=46Fiji4.2%2025Melanesia
48Chile4.1%2025South America
=49Dominican Republic3.9%2025Caribbean
=49Serbia3.9%2025Southern Europe
51Solomon Islands3.8%2025Melanesia
=52Bulgaria3.7%2025Eastern Europe
=52Congo3.7%2025Middle Africa
=52Denmark3.7%2025Northern Europe
55Malawi3.6%2025Eastern Africa
=56North Macedonia3.5%2025Southern Europe
=56Portugal3.5%2025Southern Europe
=58Barbados3.4%2025Caribbean
=58Brazil3.4%2025South America
60Jordan3.3%2025Western Asia
=61Djibouti3.2%2025Eastern Africa
=61Lithuania3.2%2025Northern Europe
=61Thailand3.2%2025South-Eastern Asia
64Peru3.1%2025South America
=65Canada3.0%2025Northern America
=65Ethiopia3.0%2025Eastern Africa
=65Uzbekistan3.0%2025Central Asia
=68Croatia2.8%2025Southern Europe
=68Kyrgyzstan2.8%2025Central Asia
=68Mali2.8%2025Western Africa
=71Czechia2.7%2025Eastern Europe
=71Honduras2.7%2025Central America
=73Bosnia and Herzegovina2.6%2025Southern Europe
=73Saudi Arabia2.6%2025Western Asia
=73Sweden2.6%2025Northern Europe
=73Tonga2.6%2025Polynesia
77Colombia2.5%2025South America
=78Armenia2.4%2025Western Asia
=78Mexico2.4%2025Central America
=78Paraguay2.4%2025South America
=78Saint Kitts and Nevis2.4%2025Caribbean
=78Sierra Leone2.4%2025Western Africa
=78Vanuatu2.4%2025Melanesia
=84Equatorial Guinea2.3%2025Middle Africa
=84Moldova2.3%2025Eastern Europe
=84Slovenia2.3%2025Southern Europe
=84Uruguay2.3%2025South America
88Romania2.2%2025Eastern Europe
=89Australia2.1%2025Australia and New Zealand
=89DR Congo2.1%2025Middle Africa
=89El Salvador2.1%2025Central America
=92Benin2.0%2025Western Africa
=92Côte d'Ivoire2.0%2025Western Africa
=92Poland2.0%2025Eastern Europe
=92Tunisia2.0%2025Northern Africa
=96Germany1.9%2025Western Europe
=96Tanzania1.9%2025Eastern Africa
=96Togo1.9%2025Western Africa
=96Zimbabwe1.9%2025Eastern Africa
=100Angola1.8%2025Middle Africa
=100Belarus1.8%2025Eastern Europe
=100France1.8%2025Western Europe
=100Gabon1.8%2025Middle Africa
=100Morocco1.8%2025Northern Africa
=105Bahrain1.7%2025Western Asia
=105Ghana1.7%2025Western Africa
=105Libya1.7%2025Northern Africa
=105Philippines1.7%2025South-Eastern Asia
109Indonesia1.6%2025South-Eastern Asia
=110Bahamas1.5%2024Caribbean
=110Spain1.5%2025Southern Europe
=112Central African Republic1.4%2025Middle Africa
=112Guatemala1.4%2025Central America
=112Nigeria1.4%2025Western Africa
=112Qatar1.4%2025Western Asia
=112Turkmenistan1.4%2025Central Asia
=117Guinea-Bissau1.3%2025Western Africa
=117Lesotho1.3%2025Southern Africa
=117Myanmar1.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
=117New Zealand1.3%2025Australia and New Zealand
=117Slovakia1.3%2025Eastern Europe
=122Jamaica1.2%2025Caribbean
=122Kiribati1.2%2025Micronesia
=122Niger1.2%2025Western Africa
125Burkina Faso1.1%2025Western Africa
=126Burundi1.0%2025Eastern Africa
=126Cameroon1.0%2025Middle Africa
=126Ecuador1.0%2025South America
=126Eswatini1.0%2025Southern Africa
=126India1.0%2025Southern Asia
=126Japan1.0%2025Eastern Asia
=126Marshall Islands1.0%2025Micronesia
=126Panama1.0%2025Central America
=126Sri Lanka1.0%2025Southern Asia
=126United States1.0%2025Northern America
136United Kingdom0.9%2025Northern Europe
=137Bolivia0.8%2025South America
=137Kenya0.8%2025Eastern Africa
=137Latvia0.8%2025Northern Europe
=137South Korea0.8%2025Eastern Asia
=137Turkey0.8%2025Western Asia
=137Ukraine0.8%2025Eastern Europe
143Argentina0.6%2025South America
=144Algeria0.5%2025Northern Africa
=144Azerbaijan0.5%2025Western Asia
=144Comoros0.5%2025Eastern Africa
=144Iran0.5%2025Southern Asia
=144Pakistan0.5%2025Southern Asia
=144Tajikistan0.5%2025Central Asia
=150Bangladesh0.4%2025Southern Asia
=150Brunei0.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
=150China0.4%2025Eastern Asia
=150Russia0.4%2025Eastern Europe
=154Kuwait0.3%2025Western Asia
=154Netherlands0.3%2025Western Europe
=156Bhutan0.2%2025Southern Asia
=156Samoa0.2%2025Polynesia
=158Afghanistan0.1%2021Southern Asia
=158Finland0.1%2025Northern Europe
=158Nepal0.1%2025Southern Asia
=158Senegal0.1%2025Western Africa
=162Belize0.0%2025Central America
=162Chad0.0%2025Middle Africa
=162Cuba0.0%2020Caribbean
=162Haiti0.0%2025Caribbean
=162Italy0.0%2025Southern Europe
=162Nauru0.0%2025Micronesia
=162Sudan0.0%2025Northern Africa
=162Switzerland0.0%2025Western Europe
170Kazakhstan-0.3%2025Central Asia
=171South Africa-0.5%2025Southern Africa
=171Venezuela-0.5%2025South America
173San Marino-0.9%2023Southern Europe
174Norway-1.3%2025Northern Europe
175Austria-2.0%2025Western Europe
=176Estonia-2.2%2025Northern Europe
=176Iceland-2.2%2025Northern Europe
178Iraq-3.0%2025Western Asia
179Trinidad and Tobago-3.1%2025Caribbean
180Botswana-3.3%2025Southern Africa
181Papua New Guinea-3.6%2025Melanesia
182Belgium-4.0%2025Western Europe
183Hungary-28.4%2025Eastern Europe
184Luxembourg-92.8%2025Western Europe

No World Bank figure for 10 countries: Eritrea, Liechtenstein, Micronesia, Monaco, North Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Vatican City, Yemen.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place% of GDPStatus
Cayman Islands40.9%Territory of United Kingdom
Hong Kong28.3%Territory of China
New Caledonia5.9%Territory of France
Curaçao4.3%Territory of Netherlands
Aruba2.5%Territory of Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands2.5%Territory of United Kingdom
Macao2.2%Territory of China
Palestine1.9%Status disputed
Sint Maarten1.9%Territory of Netherlands
Bermuda1.3%Territory of United Kingdom
French Polynesia-0.2%Territory of France

Questions

Which country has the most foreign investment for the size of its economy?
Malta has the most foreign investment for the size of its economy: 170.1% of GDP (2024). Next come Suriname (45.4% of GDP) and Guyana (33.1% of GDP).
Which country has the least foreign investment for the size of its economy?
Luxembourg, with -92.8% of GDP (2025).
What is the typical foreign investment of a country?
The median of the 184 countries is 2.0% of GDP: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?
Net inflows of foreign direct investment — foreigners buying or building lasting stakes in companies — as a share of GDP. Below zero, more was withdrawn than came in. Source: World Bank, mostly 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.