| Stock: Direct investment abroad - Foreign direct investment - UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics - Country Comparison (2008) |
Rank | Country | FDI Outward |
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| 1 |  United States | 3,162,021 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 1,510,593 |
| 3 | Germany | 1,450,910 |
| 4 | France | 1,396,997 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 843,737 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 724,687 |
| 7 | Japan | 680,331 |
| 8 | Spain | 601,849 |
| 9 | Belgium | 588,269 |
| 10 | Canada | 520,399 |
| 11 | Italy | 517,051 |
| 12 | Sweden | 319,310 |
| 13 | Russia | 202,837 |
| 14 | Australia | 194,721 |
| 15 | Denmark | 192,523 |
| 16 | Singapore | 189,094 |
| 17 | British Virgin Islands | 176,862 |
| 18 | Norway | 171,164 |
| 19 | Brazil | 162,218 |
| 20 | Ireland | 159,363 |
| 21 | Austria | 152,562 |
| 22 | China | 147,949 |
| 23 | Finland | 114,526 |
| 24 | Malaysia | 67,580 |
| 25 | Portugal | 63,642 |
| 26 | Luxembourg | 62,664 |
| 27 | South Africa | 62,325 |
| 28 | India | 61,765 |
| 29 | Israel | 53,672 |
| 30 | Cayman Islands | 51,287 |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 50,801 |
| 32 | Mexico | 45,389 |
| 33 | Greece | 32,441 |
| 34 | Chile | 31,728 |
| 35 | Argentina | 28,749 |
| 36 | Indonesia | 27,233 |
| 37 | Panama | 26,846 |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 23,130 |
| 39 | Poland | 21,814 |
| 40 | Venezuela | 16,619 |
| 41 | Kuwait | 15,807 |
| 42 | Iceland | 14,783 |
| 43 | Hungary | 14,179 |
| 44 | Turkey | 13,865 |
| 45 | New Zealand | 13,093 |
| 46 | Colombia | 13,084 |
| 47 | Thailand | 10,857 |
| 48 | Libya | 10,823 |
| 49 | Cyprus | 10,493 |
| 50 | Czech Republic | 9,913 |
| 51 | Bahrain | 9,340 |
| 52 | Qatar | 8,738 |
| 53 | Slovenia | 8,650 |
| 54 | Ukraine | 7,005 |
| 55 | Estonia | 6,686 |
| 56 | Nigeria | 6,020 |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 5,842 |
| 58 | Philippines | 5,810 |
| 59 | Lebanon | 5,451 |
| 60 | Azerbaijan | 5,232 |
| 61 | Liberia | 3,981 |
| 62 | Egypt | 3,701 |
| 63 | Angola | 3,696 |
| 64 | Croatia | 3,635 |
| 65 | Peru | 2,270 |
| 66 | Lithuania | 1,990 |
| 67 | Bermuda | 1,952 |
| 68 | Oman | 1,902 |
| 69 | Slovakia | 1,901 |
| 70 | Iran | 1,853 |
| 71 | Morocco | 1,706 |
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,694 |
| 73 | Occupied Palestinian territory | 1,635 |
| 74 | Malta | 1,517 |
| 75 | Jamaica | 1,452 |
| 76 | Algeria | 1,335 |
| 77 | Pakistan | 1,284 |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 1,248 |
| 79 | Latvia | 1,066 |
| 80 | Botswana | 1,060 |
| 81 | Romania | 912 |
| 82 | Brunei Darussalam | 732 |
| 83 | Guinea | 701 |
| 84 | Syria | 567 |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 532 |
| 86 | Gabon | 495 |
| 87 | El Salvador | 449 |
| 88 | Yemen | 376 |
| 89 | Solomon Islands | 375 |
| 90 | Jordan | 373 |
| 91 | Aruba | 360 |
| 92 | Mauritius | 348 |
| 93 | Barbados | 340 |
| 94 | Uruguay | 338 |
| 95 | Guatemala | 332 |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 314 |
| 97 | Montenegro | 310 |
| 98 | Cambodia | 308 |
| 99 | Papua New Guinea | 276 |
| 100 | Zimbabwe | 253 |
| 101 | Cameroon | 252 |
| 102 | Kenya | 243 |
| 103 | Paraguay | 234 |
| 104 | Ecuador | 201 |
| 105 | Senegal | 196 |
| 106 | Netherlands Antilles | 166 |
| 107 | Tunisia | 155 |
| 108 | Zambia | 154 |
| 109 | Albania | 147 |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 140 |
| 111 | Georgia | 130 |
| 112 | Niger | 122 |
| 113 | French Polynesia | 81.86 |
| 114 | Fiji | 81.79 |
| 115 | Bangladesh | 81 |
| 116 | Moldova | 74.54 |
| 117 | Chad | 70.26 |
| 118 | Seychelles | 68 |
| 119 | Bolivia | 64 |
| 120 | Swaziland | 58.90 |
| 121 | Vanuatu | 58.36 |
| 122 | Macedonia | 54.02 |
| 123 | Mali | 53.56 |
| 124 | Belarus | 50.20 |
| 125 | Belize | 49.11 |
| 126 | Central African Republic | 43.17 |
| 127 | Ivory Coast | 29.52 |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29.01 |
| 129 | Benin | 26.95 |
| 130 | Honduras | 24.60 |
| 131 | Armenia | 24.49 |
| 132 | Mauritania | 22.42 |
| 133 | Malawi | 21.07 |
| 134 | Laos | 20.48 |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 18.20 |
| 136 | Namibia | 11.39 |
| 137 | Cape Verde | 10.95 |
| 138 | Burkina Faso | 10.19 |
| 139 | Madagascar | 6.39 |
| 140 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.58 |
| 141 | Burundi | 2.38 |
| 142 | Lesotho | 2.15 |
| 143 | Haiti | 2 |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.99 |
| 145 | Guyana | 1.51 |
| 146 | Mozambique | 0.53 |
| 147 | Grenada | 0 |
| 148 | Gibraltar | 0 |
| 149 | Ghana | 0 |
| 150 | Maldives | 0 |
| 151 | Gambia | 0 |
| 152 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 |
| 153 | Marshall Islands | 0 |
| 154 | Ethiopia | 0 |
| 155 | Eritrea | 0 |
| 156 | Rwanda | 0 |
| 157 | Saint Helena | 0 |
| 158 | Mayotte | 0 |
| 159 | St. Lucia | 0 |
| 160 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 |
| 161 | Samoa | 0 |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 |
| 163 | Dominican Republic | 0 |
| 164 | Micronesia | 0 |
| 165 | Serbia | 0 |
| 166 | Mongolia | 0 |
| 167 | Sierra Leone | 0 |
| 168 | Dominica | 0 |
| 169 | Montserrat | 0 |
| 170 | Djibouti | 0 |
| 171 | Somalia | 0 |
| 172 | Burma | 0 |
| 173 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 |
| 174 | Nauru | 0 |
| 175 | Sudan | 0 |
| 176 | Suriname | 0 |
| 177 | Nepal | 0 |
| 178 | Cuba | 0 |
| 179 | Cook Islands | 0 |
| 180 | New Caledonia | 0 |
| 181 | Tajikistan | 0 |
| 182 | Afghanistan | 0 |
| 183 | Republic of the Congo | 0 |
| 184 | Timor-Leste | 0 |
| 185 | Tokelau | 0 |
| 186 | Tonga | 0 |
| 187 | Comoros | 0 |
| 188 | Bhutan | 0 |
| 189 | Bahamas | 0 |
| 190 | Turkmenistan | 0 |
| 191 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 |
| 192 | Tuvalu | 0 |
| 193 | Uganda | 0 |
| 194 | Niue | 0 |
| 195 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 |
| 197 | Tanzania | 0 |
| 198 | Anguilla | 0 |
| 199 | South Korea | 0 |
| 200 | Uzbekistan | 0 |
| 201 | North Korea | 0 |
| 202 | Palau | 0 |
| 203 | Vietnam | 0 |
| 204 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 0 |
| 205 | Kiribati | 0 |
| 206 | Iraq | 0 |
| 207 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0 |
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