Country rankings
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by Country
United States has the highest FDI Net Inflows in 2024 ($297B), followed by Singapore ($152B) and Hong Kong ($117B). Switzerland has the lowest (-$93B).
193 of 235 countries
FDI Net Inflows, 2024
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 193 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
$1.02B
Middle half $128M – $4.7B
Average
$7.83B
193 countries
Highest
$297B
United States
Lowest
-$93B
Switzerland
Over time · 1980–2024
The top 5 in 2024, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- United States
- Singapore
- Hong Kong
- Luxembourg
- Brazil
Data
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194 countries · # = rank by FDI Net Inflows
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | $297B | $322B |
| 2 |  Singapore | $152B | $55.3B |
| 3 |  Hong Kong | $117B | $78.1B |
| 4 |  Luxembourg | $106B | $109B |
| 5 |  Brazil | $74.1B | $26.3B |
| 6 |  Canada | $58.8B | $86.6B |
| 7 |  Australia | $54B | $14.8B |
| 8 |  British Virgin Islands | $53.6B | $59.5B |
| 9 |  France | $52.1B | $41.7B |
| 10 |  Germany | $47.6B | $80.2B |
| 11 |  Egypt | $46.6B | $508M |
| 12 |  United Arab Emirates | $45.6B | $77.2B |
| 13 |  Mexico | $45.3B | $13B |
| 14 |  Spain | $42.8B | $71.5B |
| 15 |  Malta | $42.6B | $36.5B |
| 16 |  Cayman Islands | $35.9B | $27.2B |
| 17 |  Sweden | $31.6B | $33.7B |
| 18 |  India | $27.1B | $24.2B |
| 19 |  Italy | $26.9B | $45.9B |
| 20 |  Indonesia | $24.2B | $8.39B |
| 21 |  Saudi Arabia | $21.3B | $27.6B |
| 22 |  Poland | $20.6B | $10B |
| 23 |  Vietnam | $20.2B | $600M |
| 24 |  China | $18.6B | $172B |
| 25 |  Denmark | $18.5B | $30.4B |
| 26 |  Japan | $17.2B | $208B |
| 27 |  Malaysia | $15.6B | $13B |
| 28 |  South Korea | $15.2B | $48.6B |
| 29 |  Israel | $14.8B | $9.92B |
| 30 |  Thailand | $14.3B | $7.36B |
| 31 |  Colombia | $13.7B | $4.51B |
| 31 |  Austria | $13.7B | $13.8B |
| 33 |  Portugal | $13.5B | $6.84B |
| 34 |  Czechia | $13.1B | $11.2B |
| 35 |  Chile | $12.5B | $3.59B |
| 35 |  Oman | $12.5B | -$140M |
| 37 |  Argentina | $11.6B | $2.76B |
| 38 |  Norway | $11.5B | $3.72B |
| 39 |  Philippines | $9.44B | $2.87B |
| 40 |  Finland | $8.74B | $12B |
| 41 |  Guyana | $8.63B | $5.7M |
| 42 |  Romania | $7.16B | $1.99B |
| 43 |  Peru | $6.8B | $1.17B |
| 44 |  Greece | $6.74B | $2.22B |
| 45 |  Serbia | $5.59B | $657M |
| 46 |  Costa Rica | $5.3B | $337M |
| 47 |  Slovakia | $5.01B | $2.24B |
| 48 |  Ireland | $4.82B | $67.1B |
| 49 |  Lithuania | $4.7B | $795M |
| 50 |  Croatia | $4.67B | $2.79B |
| 51 |  Dominican Republic | $4.48B | -$47M |
| 52 |  Cambodia | $4.39B | $172M |
| 53 |  Ethiopia | $4.02B | — |
| 53 |  Ukraine | $4.02B | $305M |
| 55 |  Ivory Coast | $3.8B | $563M |
| 56 |  Mozambique | $3.51B | -$44M |
| 57 |  Bulgaria | $3.48B | $1.25B |
| 58 |  Uganda | $3.26B | $399,794 |
| 59 |  Panama | $3.24B | $865M |
| 60 |  Republic of the Congo | $2.92B | $198M |
| 61 |  Uzbekistan | $2.85B | $36.7M |
| 62 |  Mongolia | $2.78B | $55.47M |
| 63 |  Bahrain | $2.7B | $275M |
| 63 |  Iceland | $2.7B | $461M |
| 65 |  Pakistan | $2.66B | $84M |
| 66 |  South Africa | $2.33B | -$1.3B |
| 67 |  Senegal | $2.02B | $48.08M |
| 68 |  Kazakhstan | $1.98B | -$1.9B |
| 69 |  Namibia | $1.97B | $44.46M |
| 70 |  Slovenia | $1.87B | $1.46B |
| 71 |  Guatemala | $1.85B | $865M |
| 72 |  Lebanon | $1.84B | $391M |
| 73 |  Ghana | $1.77B | $5.37M |
| 74 |  New Zealand | $1.76B | $882M |
| 75 |  Belarus | $1.74B | $170M |
| 76 |  Tanzania | $1.72B | — |
| 77 |  Albania | $1.71B | $261M |
| 78 |  Morocco | $1.64B | $691M |
| 78 |  Turkmenistan | $1.64B | — |
| 80 |  Venezuela | $1.63B | $2.6B |
| 80 |  Jordan | $1.63B | $54.08M |
| 82 |  Georgia | $1.6B | $462M |
| 83 |  Bangladesh | $1.54B | $47.1M |
| 84 |  Latvia | $1.51B | $257M |
| 85 |  Iran | $1.45B | $89.42M |
| 85 |  Macau | $1.45B | $879M |
| 87 |  Mauritania | $1.44B | $3.9M |
| 88 |  Guinea | $1.4B | $30,000 |
| 89 |  Nicaragua | $1.35B | $73.8M |
| 90 |  Honduras | $1.31B | $689M |
| 91 |  Algeria | $1.23B | $264,865 |
| 92 |  Zambia | $1.18B | -$140M |
| 93 |  Gabon | $1.14B | — |
| 94 |  Myanmar | $1.1B | — |
| 95 |  Nigeria | $1.08B | $408M |
| 96 |  North Macedonia | $1.06B | -$65M |
| 97 |  Chad | $1.02B | — |
| 98 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1B | $119M |
| 99 |  Laos | $988M | — |
| 100 |  Cameroon | $925M | $5.56M |
| 101 |  El Salvador | $924M | $288M |
| 102 |  Maldives | $806M | — |
| 103 |  Somalia | $765M | — |
| 104 |  Sri Lanka | $761M | $110M |
| 105 |  Tunisia | $760M | $34.59M |
| 106 |  Liberia | $747M | $89.81M |
| 107 |  New Caledonia | $726M | $45.87M |
| 108 |  Mali | $709M | $35.45M |
| 109 |  Kyrgyzstan | $705M | $20M |
| 110 |  Mauritius | $681M | $38.33M |
| 111 |  Kuwait | $615M | $10.3B |
| 112 |  DR Congo | $604M | $25.39M |
| 113 |  Montenegro | $599M | $67.78M |
| 114 |  Rwanda | $573M | $13.15M |
| 115 |  Benin | $543M | $60.28M |
| 116 |  Niger | $526M | $12.22M |
| 117 |  Botswana | $467M | $3.02M |
| 118 |  Zimbabwe | $465M | $131M |
| 119 |  Kenya | $463M | $418M |
| 120 |  Qatar | $460M | $1.56B |
| 121 |  Moldova | $458M | $98.39M |
| 122 |  Ecuador | $438M | — |
| 123 |  Madagascar | $413M | $125M |
| 124 |  Paraguay | $400M | $64.81M |
| 125 |  Jamaica | $305M | $1.07M |
| 126 |  Barbados | $303M | $18.57M |
| 127 |  Bolivia | $292M | $179M |
| 128 |  Tajikistan | $291M | $101M |
| 129 |  Sierra Leone | $274M | — |
| 130 |  Antigua and Barbuda | $271M | $17.88M |
| 131 |  Andorra | $268M | $118M |
| 132 |  Malawi | $258M | $56.42M |
| 133 |  Bahamas | $241M | $163M |
| 134 |  Gambia | $232M | -$665,150 |
| 135 |  Azerbaijan | $231M | $742M |
| 136 |  Seychelles | $226M | -$35M |
| 136 |  Grenada | $226M | $2.72M |
| 138 |  Timor-Leste | $216M | $4.5M |
| 139 |  Fiji | $204M | $25.61M |
| 140 |  Equatorial Guinea | $188M | $154M |
| 141 |  Saint Lucia | $179M | -$8.14M |
| 142 |  Palestine | $162M | — |
| 143 |  Curacao | $155M | $8.09M |
| 144 |  Armenia | $132M | $56.78M |
| 145 |  Belize | $128M | $2.61M |
| 146 |  Bermuda | $118M | $33.8M |
| 147 |  Cape Verde | $110M | $20.76M |
| 148 |  Aruba | $103M | $87.67M |
| 149 |  Togo | $83.75M | -$73M |
| 150 |  South Sudan | $83.42M | — |
| 151 |  Burkina Faso | $82.94M | $2.73M |
| 152 |  Eswatini | $75.53M | $63.77M |
| 153 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $73.77M | -$277,307 |
| 154 |  Palau | $69.08M | — |
| 155 |  Djibouti | $67.82M | — |
| 156 |  Nepal | $56.9M | — |
| 157 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | $44M | — |
| 158 |  Central African Republic | $40.41M | — |
| 159 |  Sint Maarten | $37.11M | $4.71M |
| 160 |  Dominica | $36.8M | $419,176 |
| 161 |  Burundi | $33.32M | $8.51M |
| 162 |  Solomon Islands | $32.97M | $52.88M |
| 163 |  Brunei | $29.06M | — |
| 164 |  Vanuatu | $28.86M | $2.79M |
| 165 |  Guinea-Bissau | $26.61M | $383,490 |
| 166 |  Bhutan | $22.78M | — |
| 167 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | $21.87M | $2.4M |
| 168 |  Haiti | $20M | — |
| 169 |  Kiribati | $8.07M | $16,412 |
| 170 |  Comoros | $7.1M | — |
| 171 |  Samoa | $3.74M | $2.05M |
| 172 |  Marshall Islands | $1.7M | — |
| 173 |  Tuvalu | $258,080 | — |
| 174 |  Nauru | -$5.85M | -$1.34M |
| 175 |  Tonga | -$12M | $1.25M |
| 176 |  Lesotho | -$13M | — |
| 177 |  French Polynesia | -$14M | $11.32M |
| 178 |  Sao Tome and Principe | -$17M | $3.83M |
| 179 |  Eritrea | -$28M | — |
| 180 |  Suriname | -$38M | -$11M |
| 181 |  Papua New Guinea | -$200M | $770M |
| 182 |  Trinidad and Tobago | -$450M | $527M |
| 183 |  Angola | -$1.1B | $33.06M |
| 184 |  Estonia | -$3.4B | -$3.7B |
| 185 |  Uruguay | -$4B | -$1.4B |
| 186 |  Iraq | -$7.6B | $439M |
| 187 |  Russia | -$9.5B | -$170M |
| 188 |  Netherlands | -$17B | -$5.9B |
| 189 |  Belgium | -$41B | $4.71B |
| 190 |  Cyprus | -$50B | -$56B |
| 191 |  United Kingdom | -$61B | -$18B |
| 192 |  Hungary | -$62B | -$78B |
| 193 |  Switzerland | -$93B | -$33B |
| — |  Libya | — | -$57M |
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest FDI Net Inflows?
- United States has the highest FDI Net Inflows in 2024, at $297B, followed by Singapore ($152B) and Hong Kong ($117B).
- Which country has the lowest FDI Net Inflows?
- Switzerland has the lowest FDI Net Inflows in 2024, at -$93B.
- What is the median FDI Net Inflows across countries?
- The median is $1.02B across the 193 countries with data in 2024.
- Where does this foreign direct investment (fdi) by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Foreign direct investment, net inflows - World Bank; Foreign direct investment, net outflows - World Bank; List of countries by FDI abroad - Wiki.