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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 Below zero, more was withdrawn than came in. 44 countries in Asia, highest first.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
-2.7%
Iraq
#Country% of GDPYearRegion
1Cyprus27.1%2025Western Asia
2Singapore26.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
3Timor-Leste13.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
4Mongolia11.7%2024Eastern Asia
5Oman11.6%2024Western Asia
6Maldives11.4%2024Southern Asia
7Cambodia9.9%2025South-Eastern Asia
8United Arab Emirates8.3%2024Western Asia
9Lebanon7.1%2024Western Asia
10Laos6.0%2024South-Eastern Asia
11Bahrain5.7%2024Western Asia
=12Georgia4.3%2025Western Asia
=12Israel4.3%2025Western Asia
14Vietnam4.2%2024South-Eastern Asia
=15Malaysia3.7%2024South-Eastern Asia
=15Turkmenistan3.7%2024Central Asia
17Thailand3.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
18Uzbekistan3.0%2025Central Asia
19Jordan2.8%2024Western Asia
20Saudi Arabia2.6%2025Western Asia
21Armenia2.1%2025Western Asia
22Philippines1.6%2025South-Eastern Asia
=23Indonesia1.5%2025South-Eastern Asia
=23Myanmar1.5%2024South-Eastern Asia
=25Kyrgyzstan1.4%2024Central Asia
=25Qatar1.4%2025Western Asia
=27India1.0%2025Southern Asia
=27Japan1.0%2025Eastern Asia
29Turkey0.9%2024Western Asia
=30South Korea0.8%2025Eastern Asia
=30Sri Lanka0.8%2024Southern Asia
=32Azerbaijan0.5%2025Western Asia
=32Pakistan0.5%2025Southern Asia
=32Tajikistan0.5%2025Central Asia
=35Bangladesh0.4%2025Southern Asia
=35Brunei0.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
=35China0.4%2025Eastern Asia
=38Iran0.3%2024Southern Asia
=38Kuwait0.3%2025Western Asia
=40Afghanistan0.1%2021Southern Asia
=40Bhutan0.1%2024Southern Asia
=40Nepal0.1%2024Southern Asia
43Kazakhstan-0.3%2025Central Asia
44Iraq-2.7%2024Western 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 Kong30.8%Territory of China
Macao3.8%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 -2.7% of GDP (2024).
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.