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Countries Ranked by Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of gdp) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 186 countries reporting, the median value is 2.52, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Hong Kong SAR, China

30.92

Europe & Central Asia

Luxembourg

113.62

Latin America & Caribbean

Guyana

34.99

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Malta

170.54

North America

Canada

2.81

South Asia

Maldives

11.42

Sub-Saharan Africa

Mozambique

15.43

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Rank	Country	Region	Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
1	Malta	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	170.54
2	Luxembourg	Europe & Central Asia	113.62
3	Guyana	Latin America & Caribbean	34.99
4	Hong Kong SAR, China	East Asia & Pacific	30.92
5	Singapore	East Asia & Pacific	24.68
6	Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa	15.43
7	Namibia	Sub-Saharan Africa	14.47
8	Mauritania	Sub-Saharan Africa	13.20
9	Timor-Leste	East Asia & Pacific	12.09
10	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Latin America & Caribbean	12.01
11	Egypt, Arab Rep.	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	11.97
12	Grenada	Latin America & Caribbean	11.95
13	Mongolia	East Asia & Pacific	11.69
14	Oman	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	11.64
15	Maldives	South Asia	11.42
16	Antigua and Barbuda	Latin America & Caribbean	11.13
17	Seychelles	Sub-Saharan Africa	10.43
18	Liberia	Sub-Saharan Africa	9.87
19	Gambia, The	Sub-Saharan Africa	9.66
20	Cambodia	East Asia & Pacific	9.48
21	Zambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	9.32
22	Dominica	Latin America & Caribbean	8.70
23	Iceland	Europe & Central Asia	8.52
24	New Caledonia	East Asia & Pacific	8.49
25	United Arab Emirates	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	8.26
26	Kosovo	Europe & Central Asia	7.68
27	St. Lucia	Latin America & Caribbean	7.32
28	Montenegro	Europe & Central Asia	7.25
29	Nicaragua	Latin America & Caribbean	6.87
30	Andorra	Europe & Central Asia	6.64
31	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	6.39
32	Albania	Europe & Central Asia	6.32
33	North Macedonia	Europe & Central Asia	6.23
34	Serbia	Europe & Central Asia	6.20
35	Senegal	Sub-Saharan Africa	6.15
36	Uganda	Sub-Saharan Africa	6.04
37	Lao PDR	East Asia & Pacific	5.99
38	Bahrain	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	5.74
39	Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	5.61
40	Costa Rica	Latin America & Caribbean	5.56
41	Lithuania	Europe & Central Asia	5.54
42	Gabon	Sub-Saharan Africa	5.48
43	Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	5.22
44	Croatia	Europe & Central Asia	4.88
45	Georgia	Europe & Central Asia	4.69
46	Marshall Islands	East Asia & Pacific	4.60
47	Mauritius	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.56
48	Sweden	Europe & Central Asia	4.48
49	Curacao	Latin America & Caribbean	4.35
50	Portugal	Europe & Central Asia	4.31
51	Denmark	Europe & Central Asia	4.30
52	Viet Nam	East Asia & Pacific	4.23
53	Congo, Dem. Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.11
54	Barbados	Latin America & Caribbean	4.04
55	Kyrgyz Republic	Europe & Central Asia	4.04
56	Cabo Verde	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.03
57	Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.02
58	Belize	Latin America & Caribbean	4.01
59	Congo, Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.84
60	Macao SAR, China	East Asia & Pacific	3.82
61	Chile	Latin America & Caribbean	3.79
62	Czechia	Europe & Central Asia	3.76
63	St. Kitts and Nevis	Latin America & Caribbean	3.75
64	Panama	Latin America & Caribbean	3.75
65	Malaysia	East Asia & Pacific	3.69
66	Dominican Republic	Latin America & Caribbean	3.60
67	Cote d'Ivoire	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.58
68	Slovak Republic	Europe & Central Asia	3.56
69	Honduras	Latin America & Caribbean	3.53
70	Madagascar	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.48
71	Latvia	Europe & Central Asia	3.47
72	Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.44
73	Fiji	East Asia & Pacific	3.41
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe & Central Asia	3.39
75	Brazil	Latin America & Caribbean	3.39
76	Colombia	Latin America & Caribbean	3.27
77	Turkmenistan	Europe & Central Asia	3.20
78	Bulgaria	Europe & Central Asia	3.13
79	Jordan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	3.06
80	Australia	East Asia & Pacific	3.04
81	Finland	Europe & Central Asia	2.93
82	Canada	North America	2.81
83	Israel	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.73
84	Thailand	East Asia & Pacific	2.72
85	Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.69
86	Greece	Europe & Central Asia	2.63
87	Kiribati	East Asia & Pacific	2.62
88	El Salvador	Latin America & Caribbean	2.61
89	Uzbekistan	Europe & Central Asia	2.60
90	Vanuatu	East Asia & Pacific	2.58
91	Slovenia	Europe & Central Asia	2.56
92	Austria	Europe & Central Asia	2.55
93	Benin	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.53
94	Turks and Caicos Islands	Latin America & Caribbean	2.52
95	Moldova	Europe & Central Asia	2.52
96	Norway	Europe & Central Asia	2.51
97	Spain	Europe & Central Asia	2.48
98	Paraguay	Latin America & Caribbean	2.47
99	Mexico	Latin America & Caribbean	2.45
100	Aruba	Latin America & Caribbean	2.42
101	Botswana	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.41
102	Peru	Latin America & Caribbean	2.35
103	Belarus	Europe & Central Asia	2.29
104	Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.28
105	Poland	Europe & Central Asia	2.25
106	Tanzania	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.18
107	Ghana	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.15
108	Ukraine	Europe & Central Asia	2.11
109	Solomon Islands	East Asia & Pacific	2.08
110	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	Latin America & Caribbean	2.06
111	Tajikistan	Europe & Central Asia	2.05
112	Philippines	East Asia & Pacific	2.04
113	Romania	Europe & Central Asia	1.87
114	Argentina	Latin America & Caribbean	1.82
115	Niger	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.80
116	Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.75
117	Indonesia	East Asia & Pacific	1.74
118	Saudi Arabia	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.72
119	Cameroon	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.67
120	France	Europe & Central Asia	1.65
121	Djibouti	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.63
122	Guatemala	Latin America & Caribbean	1.63
123	Eswatini	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.55
124	Bahamas, The	Latin America & Caribbean	1.52
125	Tunisia	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.48
126	Myanmar	East Asia & Pacific	1.48
127	Equatorial Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.47
128	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.47
129	Jamaica	Latin America & Caribbean	1.39
130	Venezuela, RB	Latin America & Caribbean	1.36
131	Bermuda	North America	1.28
132	Guinea-Bissau	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.20
133	West Bank and Gaza	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.18
134	Italy	Europe & Central Asia	1.13
135	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.12
136	Burundi	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.08
137	United States	North America	1.03
138	Morocco	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.02
139	Germany	Europe & Central Asia	1.02
140	Turkiye	Europe & Central Asia	0.86
141	Ireland	Europe & Central Asia	0.79
142	Togo	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.79
143	Sri Lanka	South Asia	0.77
144	Pakistan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.72
145	India	South Asia	0.69
146	Korea, Rep.	East Asia & Pacific	0.69
147	Kazakhstan	Europe & Central Asia	0.68
148	New Zealand	East Asia & Pacific	0.68
149	Bolivia	Latin America & Caribbean	0.65
150	South Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.58
151	Armenia	Europe & Central Asia	0.51
152	Comoros	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.49
153	Algeria	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.46
154	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.43
155	Japan	East Asia & Pacific	0.40
156	Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.39
157	Kuwait	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.38
158	Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.36
159	Ecuador	Latin America & Caribbean	0.36
160	Samoa	East Asia & Pacific	0.32
161	Azerbaijan	Europe & Central Asia	0.31
162	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.30
163	Bangladesh	South Asia	0.28
164	Qatar	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.21
165	Brunei Darussalam	East Asia & Pacific	0.19
166	Nepal	South Asia	0.13
167	China	East Asia & Pacific	0.10
168	Haiti	Latin America & Caribbean	0.08
169	French Polynesia	East Asia & Pacific	-0.22
170	United Kingdom	Europe & Central Asia	-0.35
171	Russian Federation	Europe & Central Asia	-0.43
172	Lesotho	Sub-Saharan Africa	-0.55
173	Papua New Guinea	East Asia & Pacific	-0.62
174	Suriname	Latin America & Caribbean	-0.85
175	Angola	Sub-Saharan Africa	-1.10
176	Netherlands	Europe & Central Asia	-1.40
177	Trinidad and Tobago	Latin America & Caribbean	-1.77
178	Sao Tome and Principe	Sub-Saharan Africa	-2.03
179	Iraq	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	-2.74
180	Nauru	East Asia & Pacific	-3.60
181	Uruguay	Latin America & Caribbean	-4.86
182	Belgium	Europe & Central Asia	-6.16
183	Estonia	Europe & Central Asia	-7.97
184	Switzerland	Europe & Central Asia	-11.57
185	Hungary	Europe & Central Asia	-27.92
186	Cyprus	Europe & Central Asia	-133.82

Source: World Bank Open Data (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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