Which country in North America has the most foreign investment for the size of its economy?

Antigua and Barbuda has the most foreign investment for the size of its economy in North America: 12.1% of GDP (2025). Next come Grenada (12.0% of GDP) and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8.9% of GDP).

Which country in North America has the least foreign investment for the size of its economy?

Trinidad and Tobago, with -3.1% of GDP (2025).

What is the typical foreign investment of a country in North America?

The median of the 22 countries in North America is 2.7% 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 Below zero, more was withdrawn than came in.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.

Countries in North America 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 Below zero, more was withdrawn than came in. 22 countries in North America, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

See it on the map

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Highest

12.1%

Antigua and Barbuda

Median country

2.7%

half above, half below

Lowest

-3.1%

Trinidad and Tobago

Countries in North America by foreign investment, World Bank, mostly 2025
#	Country	% of GDP	Year	Region
1	Antigua and Barbuda	12.1%	2025	Caribbean
2	Grenada	12.0%	2025	Caribbean
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	8.9%	2025	Caribbean
4	Saint Lucia	7.3%	2025	Caribbean
5	Nicaragua	6.9%	2024	Central America
6	Dominica	6.8%	2025	Caribbean
7	Costa Rica	5.4%	2025	Central America
8	Barbados	4.0%	2024	Caribbean
9	Dominican Republic	3.9%	2025	Caribbean
10	Honduras	3.5%	2025	Central America
11	Canada	3.0%	2025	Northern America
=12	Mexico	2.4%	2025	Central America
=12	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.4%	2025	Caribbean
14	El Salvador	2.1%	2025	Central America
15	Guatemala	1.6%	2024	Central America
16	Bahamas	1.5%	2024	Caribbean
17	Jamaica	1.4%	2024	Caribbean
18	United States	1.3%	2025	Northern America
19	Panama	1.0%	2025	Central America
20	Haiti	0.1%	2024	Caribbean
21	Belize	0.0%	2025	Central America
22	Trinidad and Tobago	-3.1%	2025	Caribbean

No World Bank figure for Cuba.

Territories and other places

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

Place	% of GDP	Status
Cayman Islands	40.9%	Territory of United Kingdom
Curaçao	4.3%	Territory of Netherlands
Aruba	2.5%	Territory of Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands	2.5%	Territory of United Kingdom
Sint Maarten	2.1%	Territory of Netherlands
Bermuda	1.3%	Territory of United Kingdom

Questions

Which country in North America has the most foreign investment for the size of its economy?: Antigua and Barbuda has the most foreign investment for the size of its economy in North America: 12.1% of GDP (2025). Next come Grenada (12.0% of GDP) and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8.9% of GDP).
Which country in North America has the least foreign investment for the size of its economy?: Trinidad and Tobago, with -3.1% of GDP (2025).
What is the typical foreign investment of a country in North America?: The median of the 22 countries in North America is 2.7% 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.