Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) - Capital & financial account - Balance of payments - Economic Policy & Debt - World Development Indicators

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Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. 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 (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.

Rank	Country	Value
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) - Capital & financial account - Balance of payments - Economic Policy & Debt - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Luxembourg	215.58
2	Seychelles	43.70
3	Hungary	40.59
4	Hong Kong	29.26
5	Djibouti	28.92
6	Grenada	25.27
7	Republic of the Congo	24.45
8	Antigua and Barbuda	20.82
9	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.95
10	Belgium	19.78
11	Montenegro	19.20
12	Sao Tome and Principe	18.90
13	Bulgaria	18.45
14	Liberia	17.07
15	St. Kitts and Nevis	16.13
16	Madagascar	15.61
17	Cyprus	15.47
18	Dominica	14.58
19	Guyana	14.54
20	Belize	13.99
21	Lesotho	13.44
22	Cape Verde	13.27
23	Mongolia	12.99
24	Ghana	12.68
25	Singapore	12.49
26	Lebanon	12.32
27	Georgia	12.23
28	Solomon Islands	11.79
29	Moldova	11.70
30	Kazakhstan	10.98
31	Vietnam	10.57
32	St. Lucia	10.51
33	Panama	10.40
34	Guinea	10.05
35	Chad	9.93
36	Chile	9.91
37	Jamaica	9.83
38	Nicaragua	9.50
39	High income: nonOECD	9.38
40	Jordan	9.26
41	Fiji	8.92
42	Gambia	8.89
43	Sweden	8.75
44	Democratic Republic of the Congo	8.57
45	Estonia	8.32
46	Bahrain	8.19
47	Cambodia	7.87
48	Armenia	7.85
49	Albania	7.62
50	Tajikistan	7.32
51	Romania	6.94
52	Croatia	6.92
53	Uruguay	6.85
54	Costa Rica	6.81
55	Honduras	6.57
56	Zambia	6.56
57	Tunisia	6.55
58	Dominican Republic	6.33
59	Macedonia	6.29
60	Central African Republic	6.09
61	Namibia	6.06
62	Ukraine	6.05
63	Serbia	5.98
64	Mozambique	5.96
65	Egypt	5.85
66	Yemen	5.85
67	Vanuatu	5.77
68	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.70
69	Uganda	5.50
70	Turkmenistan	5.35
71	Senegal	5.32
72	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	5.17
73	Low income	5.08
74	Czech Republic	5.04
75	Saudi Arabia	4.80
76	Israel	4.77
77	Australia	4.66
78	Sudan	4.65
79	Kyrgyzstan	4.60
80	Middle East & North Africa	4.57
81	Europe & Central Asia	4.44
82	Spain	4.44
83	Libya	4.41
84	Colombia	4.34
85	Russia	4.34
86	New Zealand	4.21
87	Iceland	4.20
88	Laos	4.11
89	Mauritius	4.05
90	Latvia	4.02
91	Lithuania	3.74
92	Least developed countries: UN classification	3.65
93	Tanzania	3.63
94	Upper middle income	3.63
95	Thailand	3.61
96	Mauritania	3.60
97	Belarus	3.58
98	Low & middle income	3.56
99	El Salvador	3.55
100	India	3.55
101	France	3.51
102	Slovenia	3.51
103	Middle income	3.51
104	United Kingdom	3.50
105	Guinea-Bissau	3.49
106	Austria	3.49
107	South Africa	3.49
108	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.47
109	China	3.42
110	Lower middle income	3.39
111	Malaysia	3.33
112	East Asia & Pacific	3.33
113	South Asia	3.31
114	Pakistan	3.30
115	Uzbekistan	3.29
116	Slovakia	3.28
117	Peru	3.16
118	Euro area	3.14
119	Bolivia	3.07
120	Canada	3.02
121	Latin America & Caribbean	3.01
122	Argentina	2.97
123	Brazil	2.86
124	High income	2.84
125	Afghanistan	2.82
126	Poland	2.81
127	Morocco	2.77
128	Niger	2.75
129	High income: OECD	2.62
130	Turkey	2.49
131	Togo	2.35
132	Bhutan	2.34
133	Rwanda	2.32
134	United States	2.27
135	Eritrea	2.18
136	Tonga	2.16
137	Guatemala	2.15
138	Mexico	2.07
139	Paraguay	2
140	Angola	1.98
141	Sri Lanka	1.85
142	Ecuador	1.82
143	Indonesia	1.82
144	Benin	1.80
145	Nigeria	1.76
146	Burkina Faso	1.72
147	Ivory Coast	1.72
148	Algeria	1.59
149	Comoros	1.51
150	Greece	1.49
151	Portugal	1.47
152	Mali	1.45
153	Switzerland	1.33
154	Bangladesh	1.22
155	Maldives	1.22
156	Samoa	1.15
157	Denmark	0.91
158	Malawi	0.87
159	Philippines	0.84
160	Botswana	0.81
161	Italy	0.67
162	Germany	0.58
163	Japan	0.50
164	Ethiopia	0.42
165	Haiti	0.41
166	Swaziland	0.35
167	Burundi	0.33
168	Kenya	0.31
169	North Korea	0.24
170	South Korea	0.24
171	Cameroon	0.16
172	Gabon	0.14
173	Venezuela	0.11
174	Kuwait	0.04
175	Azerbaijan	0.03
176	Nepal	0.01
177	Sierra Leone	-0.17
178	Netherlands	-0.27
179	Norway	-0.34
180	Papua New Guinea	-0.36
181	Finland	-2.85
182	Ireland	-7.43
183	Suriname	-7.70

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