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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 Below zero, more was withdrawn than came in. 183 countries, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

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Map: Foreign investment — World
Highest
170.1%
Malta
Median country
2.1%
half above, half below
Lowest
-92.8%
Luxembourg
#Country% of GDPYearRegion
1Malta170.1%2024Southern Europe
2Suriname45.1%2025South America
3Guyana35.0%2024South America
4Cyprus27.1%2025Western Asia
5Singapore26.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
6Palau21.5%2024Micronesia
7Mozambique15.4%2024Eastern Africa
8Namibia14.2%2024Southern Africa
9Timor-Leste13.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
10Mauritania13.2%2024Western Africa
11Antigua and Barbuda12.1%2025Caribbean
12Grenada12.0%2025Caribbean
13Mongolia11.7%2024Eastern Asia
14Oman11.6%2024Western Asia
15Maldives11.4%2024Southern Asia
16Seychelles10.1%2024Eastern Africa
=17Cambodia9.9%2025South-Eastern Asia
=17Liberia9.9%2024Western Africa
19Gambia9.7%2024Western Africa
20Zambia9.3%2024Eastern Africa
21Saint Vincent and the Grenadines8.9%2025Caribbean
22United Arab Emirates8.3%2024Western Asia
=23Montenegro7.3%2025Southern Europe
=23Saint Lucia7.3%2025Caribbean
25Lebanon7.1%2024Western Asia
26Nicaragua6.9%2024Central America
27Dominica6.8%2025Caribbean
28Andorra6.6%2024Southern Europe
29Somalia6.4%2024Eastern Africa
30Senegal6.3%2024Western Africa
31Albania6.1%2025Southern Europe
=32Laos6.0%2024South-Eastern Asia
=32Uganda6.0%2024Eastern Africa
34Bahrain5.7%2024Western Asia
35Guinea5.6%2024Western Africa
36Gabon5.5%2024Middle Africa
37Costa Rica5.4%2025Central America
38Chad5.1%2024Middle Africa
39Cabo Verde5.0%2025Western Africa
40Croatia4.9%2024Southern Europe
41Marshall Islands4.7%2024Micronesia
42Mauritius4.6%2024Eastern Africa
=43Denmark4.3%2024Northern Europe
=43Georgia4.3%2025Western Asia
=43Israel4.3%2025Western Asia
=43Portugal4.3%2024Southern Europe
=47Egypt4.2%2025Northern Africa
=47Vietnam4.2%2024South-Eastern Asia
49Chile4.1%2025South America
50Barbados4.0%2024Caribbean
=51Dominican Republic3.9%2025Caribbean
=51Serbia3.9%2025Southern Europe
=53Congo3.8%2024Middle Africa
=53Rwanda3.8%2024Eastern Africa
=55Bulgaria3.7%2025Eastern Europe
=55Malaysia3.7%2024South-Eastern Asia
=55Turkmenistan3.7%2024Central Asia
58Côte d'Ivoire3.6%2024Western Africa
=59Honduras3.5%2025Central America
=59North Macedonia3.5%2025Southern Europe
=61Brazil3.4%2025South America
=61Fiji3.4%2024Melanesia
=61Madagascar3.4%2024Eastern Africa
=61Mali3.4%2024Western Africa
65Thailand3.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
66Lithuania3.2%2025Northern Europe
67Peru3.1%2025South America
=68Canada3.0%2025Northern America
=68Uzbekistan3.0%2025Central Asia
70Sweden2.9%2025Northern Europe
71Jordan2.8%2024Western Asia
=72Czechia2.7%2025Eastern Europe
=72Ethiopia2.7%2024Eastern Africa
=74Greece2.6%2024Southern Europe
=74Saudi Arabia2.6%2025Western Asia
=76Benin2.5%2024Western Africa
=76Colombia2.5%2025South America
=78Botswana2.4%2024Southern Africa
=78Mexico2.4%2025Central America
=78Paraguay2.4%2025South America
=78Saint Kitts and Nevis2.4%2025Caribbean
=82Malawi2.3%2024Eastern Africa
=82Moldova2.3%2025Eastern Europe
=82Slovenia2.3%2025Southern Europe
=85Bosnia and Herzegovina2.2%2025Southern Europe
=85France2.2%2025Western Europe
=85Romania2.2%2025Eastern Europe
=85Tanzania2.2%2024Eastern Africa
=85Vanuatu2.2%2024Melanesia
=90Armenia2.1%2025Western Asia
=90DR Congo2.1%2025Middle Africa
=90El Salvador2.1%2025Central America
=90Solomon Islands2.1%2024Melanesia
=90Ukraine2.1%2024Eastern Europe
95Australia2.0%2025Australia and New Zealand
=96Germany1.9%2025Western Europe
=96Poland1.9%2025Eastern Europe
=96United Kingdom1.9%2025Northern Europe
=99Libya1.8%2023Northern Africa
=99Morocco1.8%2025Northern Africa
=99Niger1.8%2024Western Africa
=102Belarus1.7%2025Eastern Europe
=102Cameroon1.7%2024Middle Africa
=102Ghana1.7%2025Western Africa
=102Sierra Leone1.7%2024Western Africa
=106Djibouti1.6%2024Eastern Africa
=106Eswatini1.6%2024Southern Africa
=106Guatemala1.6%2024Central America
=106Philippines1.6%2025South-Eastern Asia
=110Bahamas1.5%2024Caribbean
=110Central African Republic1.5%2024Middle Africa
=110Indonesia1.5%2025South-Eastern Asia
=110Myanmar1.5%2024South-Eastern Asia
=110Spain1.5%2025Southern Europe
=110Tunisia1.5%2024Northern Africa
=116Equatorial Guinea1.4%2024Middle Africa
=116Jamaica1.4%2024Caribbean
=116Kyrgyzstan1.4%2024Central Asia
=116New Zealand1.4%2025Australia and New Zealand
=116Nigeria1.4%2025Western Africa
=116Qatar1.4%2025Western Asia
=116Sudan1.4%2023Northern Africa
=116Venezuela1.4%2024South America
=124Slovakia1.3%2025Eastern Europe
=124United States1.3%2025Northern America
=124Uruguay1.3%2025South America
=127Guinea-Bissau1.2%2024Western Africa
=127Kiribati1.2%2025Micronesia
129Zimbabwe1.1%2024Eastern Africa
=130Bolivia1.0%2025South America
=130Burundi1.0%2025Eastern Africa
=130Ecuador1.0%2025South America
=130India1.0%2025Southern Asia
=130Japan1.0%2025Eastern Asia
=130Panama1.0%2025Central America
=136Angola0.9%2025Middle Africa
=136Russia0.9%2025Eastern Europe
=136Turkey0.9%2024Western Asia
=139Ireland0.8%2024Northern Europe
=139South Korea0.8%2025Eastern Asia
=139Sri Lanka0.8%2024Southern Asia
=139Togo0.8%2024Western Africa
=143Algeria0.5%2024Northern Africa
=143Argentina0.5%2025South America
=143Azerbaijan0.5%2025Western Asia
=143Latvia0.5%2025Northern Europe
=143Pakistan0.5%2025Southern Asia
=143Tajikistan0.5%2025Central Asia
=149Bangladesh0.4%2025Southern Asia
=149Brunei0.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
=149China0.4%2025Eastern Asia
=149Comoros0.4%2024Eastern Africa
=149Kenya0.4%2024Eastern Africa
=154Iran0.3%2024Southern Asia
=154Kuwait0.3%2025Western Asia
156Samoa0.2%2025Polynesia
=157Afghanistan0.1%2021Southern Asia
=157Bhutan0.1%2024Southern Asia
=157Haiti0.1%2024Caribbean
=157Nepal0.1%2024Southern Asia
=161Belize0.0%2025Central America
=161Italy0.0%2025Southern Europe
163Finland-0.1%2025Northern Europe
164Lesotho-0.2%2025Southern Africa
165Kazakhstan-0.3%2025Central Asia
=166Iceland-0.5%2025Northern Europe
=166South Africa-0.5%2025Southern Africa
168Papua New Guinea-0.6%2024Melanesia
=169Burkina Faso-0.9%2024Western Africa
=169San Marino-0.9%2023Southern Europe
171Switzerland-1.2%2025Western Europe
172Netherlands-1.4%2024Western Europe
173Norway-1.5%2025Northern Europe
174Estonia-1.8%2025Northern Europe
175Tonga-1.9%2024Polynesia
=176Austria-2.0%2025Western Europe
=176São Tomé and Principe-2.0%2024Middle Africa
178Iraq-2.7%2024Western Asia
179Trinidad and Tobago-3.1%2025Caribbean
180Nauru-3.5%2024Micronesia
181Belgium-4.0%2025Western Europe
182Hungary-28.4%2025Eastern Europe
183Luxembourg-92.8%2025Western Europe

No World Bank figure for 11 countries: Cuba, 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 Kong30.8%Territory of China
New Caledonia8.5%Territory of France
Curaçao4.3%Territory of Netherlands
Macao3.8%Territory of China
Aruba2.5%Territory of Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands2.5%Territory of United Kingdom
Sint Maarten2.1%Territory of Netherlands
Palestine1.9%Status disputed
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 (45.1% of GDP) and Guyana (35.0% 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 183 countries is 2.1% 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.