Foreign direct investment, net inflows in reporting economy (DRS, current US$) - Capital & financial account - Balance of payments - Economic Policy & Debt - World Development Indicators



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Foreign direct investment (net) shows the net change in foreign investment in the reporting country. Foreign direct investment is defined as investment that is made to acquire a lasting management interest (usually of 10 percent of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in a country other than that of the investor (defined according to residency), the investor's purpose being an effective voice in the management of the enterprise. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows in the reporting economy. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Foreign direct investment, net inflows in reporting economy (DRS, current US$) - Capital & financial account - Balance of payments - Economic Policy & Debt - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Low & middle income593,627,876,015
2Middle income567,187,865,084
3Upper middle income296,252,956,215
4Lower middle income270,934,908,869
5East Asia & Pacific187,103,917,710
6Europe & Central Asia173,616,555,062
7China147,791,063,822
8Latin America & Caribbean125,009,294,033
9Russia73,053,146,000
10South Asia48,678,335,487
11Brazil45,058,156,304
12India41,168,605,242
13Sub-Saharan Africa33,102,522,880
14Low income26,440,010,931
15Middle East & North Africa26,117,250,843
16Mexico22,481,100,000
17Turkey17,963,000,000
18Poland16,974,000,000
19Chile16,786,861,523
20Kazakhstan14,647,520,460
21Romania13,328,000,000
22Ukraine10,913,000,000
23Colombia10,600,190,000
24Thailand9,834,975,088
25South Africa9,631,825,783
26Vietnam9,579,000,000
27Egypt9,494,600,000
28Bulgaria9,204,680,510
29Argentina8,852,868,228
30Indonesia8,698,412,550
31Malaysia7,375,907,983
32Pakistan5,438,000,000
33Peru4,079,203,670
34Nigeria3,635,553,931
35Lebanon3,606,422,491
36Serbia2,991,842,335
37Dominican Republic2,884,700,000
38Algeria2,646,000,000
39Tunisia2,638,495,303
40Republic of the Congo2,622,000,000
41Sudan2,600,500,000
42Morocco2,466,288,357
43Panama2,401,700,000
44Uruguay2,205,132,779
45Belarus2,158,100,000
46Ghana2,111,590,000
47Costa Rica2,021,002,938
48Jordan1,965,822,847
49Lithuania1,927,471,273
50Angola1,678,971,010
51Georgia1,564,030,345
52Yemen1,554,624,168
53Iran1,492,000,000
54Madagascar1,477,000,000
55Jamaica1,436,576,321
56Philippines1,403,000,000
57Latvia1,357,400,000
58Bosnia and Herzegovina1,055,604,918
59Democratic Republic of the Congo1,000,000,000
60Ecuador993,214,020
61Bangladesh973,108,114
62Montenegro939,000,000
63Zambia938,600,000
64Albania937,048,963
65Armenia935,434,360
66Uzbekistan918,000,000
67Honduras877,009,910
68Guatemala837,700,000
69Chad834,000,000
70Turkmenistan820,000,000
71Cambodia815,180,218
72Uganda787,890,933
73El Salvador784,150,000
74Sri Lanka752,200,000
75Tanzania744,017,258
76Moldova707,570,000
77Senegal706,000,000
78Mongolia683,000,000
79Nicaragua626,100,000
80Macedonia598,469,464
81Mozambique587,066,215
82Bolivia512,328,508
83Ivory Coast402,407,068
84Guinea381,880,000
85Mauritius377,724,738
86Tajikistan375,787,400
87Seychelles364,000,000
88Venezuela350,000,000
89Fiji320,378,050
90Paraguay319,700,000
91Afghanistan300,000,000
92Burma283,000,000
93Djibouti252,997,676
94Kyrgyzstan232,674,034
95Laos228,000,000
96Lesotho218,041,081
97Cape Verde211,318,796
98Belize178,762,441
99Guyana168,000,000
100Grenada161,209,241
101Niger147,000,000
102Liberia143,818,469
103Burkina Faso137,000,000
104Mali127,000,000
105Central African Republic121,000,000
106Benin120,000,000
107St. Vincent and the Grenadines119,313,335
108Botswana109,136,726
109Ethiopia108,537,544
110St. Lucia104,749,415
111Rwanda103,350,000
112Mauritania103,000,000
113Kenya95,585,680
114St. Kitts and Nevis87,659,575
115Somalia87,000,000
116Solomon Islands76,000,000
117Gambia72,087,910
118Togo68,000,000
119Dominica52,105,826
120Zimbabwe52,000,000
121Cameroon38,201,874
122Malawi37,000,000
123Eritrea36,000,000
124Vanuatu34,000,000
125Sao Tome and Principe33,000,000
126Bhutan30,000,000
127Haiti29,800,000
128Gabon20,000,000
129Maldives15,427,007
130Guinea-Bissau15,000,000
131Azerbaijan14,775,000
132Swaziland10,000,000
133Comoros8,000,000
134Tonga6,000,000
135Samoa6,000,000
136Burundi3,833,076
137Nepal995,124
138Sierra Leone-3,415,214.44
139Papua New Guinea-30,000,000
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