Foreign direct investment (% of GDP) - BOP - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators



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Foreign direct investment is 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 total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are presented as the 100 times the ratio of foreign direct investments to GDP, both in current U.S. dollars. Source: World Bank country economists.
Foreign direct investment (% of GDP) - BOP - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Equatorial Guinea (1996)145.2
2Republic of the Congo (2007)34.51
3Seychelles (2007)26.4
4Djibouti (2007)23.89
5Sao Tome and Principe (2007)22.22
6Liberia (2007)17.91
7Cape Verde (2007)13.24
8Gambia (2007)10.64
9Zambia (2007)8.62
10Guinea (2007)8.46
11Egypt (2007)8.36
12Namibia (2007)8.24
13Lesotho (2007)7.81
14Libya (2007)6.72
15Ghana (2007)6.47
16Mozambique (2008)6.03
17Sierra Leone (2007)5.68
18Uganda (2008)5.42
19Sudan (2007)5.25
20Eritrea (2000)4.4
21Tunisia (2007)4.33
22South Africa (2008)4.31
23North Africa (2007)4.28
24Togo (2006)4.14
25Tanzania (2007)3.85
26Mauritius (2008)3.76
27Nigeria (2007)3.39
28Guinea-Bissau (2004)3.24
29Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2006)3.13
30Africa (2007)2.99
31Morocco (2007)2.92
32Cameroon (2007)2.85
33Kenya (2007)2.57
34Senegal (2007)2.41
35Rwanda (2007)2.35
36Chad (1994)2.25
37Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2006)2.19
38Ivory Coast (2007)2.16
39Gabon (2005)1.93
40Madagascar (2005)1.7
41Niger (2006)1.41
42Benin (2006)1.19
43Ethiopia (2007)1.14
44Mali (2007)0.96
45Sub-Saharan Africa (2006)0.63
46Swaziland (2007)0.5
47Zimbabwe (1994)0.43
48Comoros (1995)0.38
49Burkina Faso (2001)0.29
50Malawi (2002)0.22
51Burundi (2007)0.05
52Mauritania (1998)0.01
53Somalia (1989)0
54Algeria (1991)-0.08
55Botswana (2007)-0.26
56Central African Republic (1994)-0.42
57Angola (2007)-3.05
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