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Countries in Asia by foreign 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 Below zero, more was withdrawn than came in. 44 countries in Asia, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

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Map: Foreign investment — Asia
Highest
27.1%
Cyprus
Median country
1.6%
half above, half below
Lowest
-3.0%
Iraq
#Country% of GDPYearRegion
1Cyprus27.1%2025Western Asia
2Singapore26.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
3Timor-Leste13.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
4Maldives11.1%2025Southern Asia
5Mongolia10.8%2025Eastern Asia
6Cambodia9.9%2025South-Eastern Asia
7United Arab Emirates8.3%2024Western Asia
8Laos7.7%2025South-Eastern Asia
9Lebanon6.8%2024Western Asia
10Oman6.2%2025Western Asia
11Malaysia4.6%2025South-Eastern Asia
=12Georgia4.3%2025Western Asia
=12Israel4.3%2025Western Asia
=12Vietnam4.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
15Jordan3.3%2025Western Asia
16Thailand3.2%2025South-Eastern Asia
17Uzbekistan3.0%2025Central Asia
18Kyrgyzstan2.8%2025Central Asia
19Saudi Arabia2.6%2025Western Asia
20Armenia2.4%2025Western Asia
=21Bahrain1.7%2025Western Asia
=21Philippines1.7%2025South-Eastern Asia
23Indonesia1.6%2025South-Eastern Asia
=24Qatar1.4%2025Western Asia
=24Turkmenistan1.4%2025Central Asia
26Myanmar1.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
=27India1.0%2025Southern Asia
=27Japan1.0%2025Eastern Asia
=27Sri Lanka1.0%2025Southern Asia
=30South Korea0.8%2025Eastern Asia
=30Turkey0.8%2025Western Asia
=32Azerbaijan0.5%2025Western Asia
=32Iran0.5%2025Southern Asia
=32Pakistan0.5%2025Southern Asia
=32Tajikistan0.5%2025Central Asia
=36Bangladesh0.4%2025Southern Asia
=36Brunei0.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
=36China0.4%2025Eastern Asia
39Kuwait0.3%2025Western Asia
40Bhutan0.2%2025Southern Asia
=41Afghanistan0.1%2021Southern Asia
=41Nepal0.1%2025Southern Asia
43Kazakhstan-0.3%2025Central Asia
44Iraq-3.0%2025Western Asia

No World Bank figure for 4 countries: North Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Yemen.

Territories and other places

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

Place% of GDPStatus
Hong Kong28.3%Territory of China
Macao2.2%Territory of China
Palestine1.9%Status disputed

Questions

Which country in Asia has the most foreign investment for the size of its economy?
Cyprus has the most foreign investment for the size of its economy in Asia: 27.1% of GDP (2025). Next come Singapore (26.3% of GDP) and Timor-Leste (13.3% of GDP).
Which country in Asia has the least foreign investment for the size of its economy?
Iraq, with -3.0% of GDP (2025).
What is the typical foreign investment of a country in Asia?
The median of the 44 countries in Asia is 1.6% 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

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.