Foreign direct investment inflows by country, 2025
Net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10% or more of voting stock) in enterprises in the country, from foreign investors, as a percentage of GDP. Values can be negative when disinvestment exceeds new investment.
184 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Malta (51.7%). Lowest: Luxembourg (-32.7%). The median is 2.0%.
Highest 10
- 1. Malta 51.7%
- 2. Suriname 45.4%
- 3. Guyana 33.1%
- 4. Hong Kong SAR, China 28.3%
- 5. Guinea 27.4%
- 6. Cyprus 27.1%
- 7. Singapore 26.3%
- 8. Mozambique 25.8%
- 9. Palau 16.6%
- 10. Timor-Leste 13.3%
Lowest 10
- 184. Luxembourg -32.7%
- 183. Hungary -28.4%
- 182. Belgium -4.0%
- 181. Papua New Guinea -3.6%
- 180. Botswana -3.3%
- 179. Trinidad and Tobago -3.1%
- 178. Iraq -3.0%
- 177. Estonia -2.2%
- 176. Iceland -2.2%
- 175. Austria -2.0%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 184. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
In short
- Among the 184 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Malta (51.7%) and the lowest Luxembourg (-32.7%).
- Half of the countries are above 2.0% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 87 countries and fell in 97.
- The figure for the world was 1.4% in 2025, against 1.3% in 2020 (+0.1 percentage points).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malta | 51.7% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Suriname | 45.4% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Guyana | 33.1% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 28.3% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Guinea | 27.4% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Cyprus | 27.1% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Singapore | 26.3% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Mozambique | 25.8% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Palau | 16.6% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 13.3% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.1% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Grenada | 12.0% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Maldives | 11.1% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Mongolia | 10.8% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Gambia | 10.6% | 2025 | |
| 16 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 10.5% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Ireland | 10.4% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Kosovo | 10.0% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Seychelles | 10.0% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Cambodia | 9.9% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Namibia | 9.6% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Liberia | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.9% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Laos | 7.7% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Montenegro | 7.3% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Saint Lucia | 7.3% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Dominica | 6.8% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 6.8% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 6.4% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Oman | 6.2% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Albania | 6.1% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Andorra | 6.0% | 2025 | |
| 33 | Rwanda | 5.9% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| 35 | Mauritania | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| 36 | Uganda | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| 37 | Cabo Verde | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| 38 | Mauritius | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| 39 | Greece | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| 40 | Malaysia | 4.6% | 2025 | |
| 41 | Madagascar | 4.5% | 2025 | |
| 42 | Zambia | 4.5% | 2025 | |
| 43 | Georgia | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| 44 | Israel | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| 45 | Viet Nam | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| 46 | Fiji | 4.2% | 2025 | |
| 47 | Egypt | 4.2% | 2025 | |
| 48 | Chile | 4.1% | 2025 | |
| 49 | Serbia | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| 51 | Solomon Islands | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 3.7% | 2025 | |
| 53 | Denmark | 3.7% | 2025 | |
| 54 | Republic of the Congo | 3.7% | 2025 | |
| 55 | Malawi | 3.6% | 2025 | |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| 57 | Portugal | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| 58 | Brazil | 3.4% | 2025 | |
| 59 | Barbados | 3.4% | 2025 | |
| 60 | Jordan | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| 61 | Lithuania | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| 62 | Djibouti | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| 63 | Thailand | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| 64 | Peru | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| 66 | Canada | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| 67 | Ethiopia | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| 68 | Croatia | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| 70 | Mali | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| 71 | Honduras | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| 72 | Czechia | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| 73 | Tonga | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| 75 | Sweden | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| 77 | Colombia | 2.5% | 2025 | |
| 78 | Mexico | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| 79 | Vanuatu | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| 80 | Armenia | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| 81 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| 82 | Paraguay | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| 84 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| 85 | Uruguay | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| 86 | Slovenia | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| 87 | Moldova | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| 88 | Macao SAR, China | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| 89 | Romania | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| 90 | Australia | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| 91 | El Salvador | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| 92 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| 93 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| 94 | Poland | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| 95 | Tunisia | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| 96 | Benin | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| 97 | West Bank and Gaza | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| 98 | Tanzania | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| 99 | Germany | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| 100 | Zimbabwe | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| 101 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| 102 | Togo | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| 103 | Morocco | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| 104 | France | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| 105 | Angola | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| 106 | Gabon | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| 107 | Belarus | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| 108 | Libya | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| 109 | Bahrain | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| 110 | Ghana | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| 111 | Philippines | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| 112 | Indonesia | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| 113 | Spain | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| 114 | Central African Republic | 1.4% | 2025 | |
| 115 | Turkmenistan | 1.4% | 2025 | |
| 116 | Qatar | 1.4% | 2025 | |
| 117 | Guatemala | 1.4% | 2025 | |
| 118 | Nigeria | 1.4% | 2025 | |
| 119 | Slovakia | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| 120 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| 121 | Myanmar | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| 122 | Lesotho | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| 123 | New Zealand | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| 124 | Jamaica | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| 125 | Kiribati | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| 126 | Niger | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| 127 | Burkina Faso | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| 128 | Burundi | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| 129 | Marshall Islands | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| 130 | Panama | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| 131 | Ecuador | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| 132 | Japan | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| 133 | India | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| 134 | Eswatini | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| 135 | Cameroon | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| 136 | United States | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| 137 | Sri Lanka | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| 138 | United Kingdom | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| 139 | South Korea | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| 140 | Latvia | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| 141 | Kenya | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| 142 | Bolivia | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| 143 | Türkiye | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| 144 | Ukraine | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| 145 | Argentina | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| 146 | Algeria | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| 147 | Comoros | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| 148 | Azerbaijan | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| 149 | Tajikistan | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| 150 | Pakistan | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| 151 | Iran | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| 152 | Russia | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| 153 | Brunei | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| 154 | China | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| 155 | Tuvalu | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| 156 | Bangladesh | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| 157 | Netherlands | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| 158 | Kuwait | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| 159 | Bhutan | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| 160 | Samoa | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| 161 | Finland | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| 162 | Senegal | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| 163 | Nepal | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| 164 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| 165 | Italy | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| 166 | Chad | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| 167 | Belize | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| 168 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| 169 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| 170 | Naoero | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| 171 | Kazakhstan | -0.3% | 2025 | |
| 172 | South Africa | -0.5% | 2025 | |
| 173 | Venezuela | -0.5% | 2025 | |
| 174 | Norway | -1.3% | 2025 | |
| 175 | Austria | -2.0% | 2025 | |
| 176 | Iceland | -2.2% | 2025 | |
| 177 | Estonia | -2.2% | 2025 | |
| 178 | Iraq | -3.0% | 2025 | |
| 179 | Trinidad and Tobago | -3.1% | 2025 | |
| 180 | Botswana | -3.3% | 2025 | |
| 181 | Papua New Guinea | -3.6% | 2025 | |
| 182 | Belgium | -4.0% | 2025 | |
| 183 | Hungary | -28.4% | 2025 | |
| 184 | Luxembourg | -32.7% | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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