Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by Country

What is FDI (Foreign Direct Investment)?

  • Investment by an individual or firm in one country into a business enterprise in another country
  • Creates a lasting interest and grants the investor significant influence over management
  • Typically requires ownership of at least 10 % of the enterprise’s equity
  • Takes several forms: greenfield projects (building new facilities), mergers & acquisitions (purchasing existing assets), reinvested earnings (profits plowed back into affiliates), and intercompany loans (capital extended between related entities)

What is FDI Inflows (US$)?

  • Total value of cross-border investments entering a country during a given year, reported in current U.S. dollars
  • Includes: equity capital (shares purchased in local firms), reinvested earnings (profits plowed back into affiliates), and intercompany loans (funds lent between parent and affiliate)
  • Indicates the absolute scale of foreign investors’ financial commitments

What is FDI Inflows (% of GDP)?

  • Annual FDI inflows expressed relative to the size of the host economy
  • Calculated as (FDI inflows in U.S. dollars ÷ that year’s GDP in U.S. dollars) × 100
  • Illustrates how significant foreign investment is in supporting or driving overall economic activity
1960 2024

Country FDI Inflows (US$) FDI Inflows (% of GDP)
Afghanistan flag Afghanistan No data No data
Albania flag Albania No data No data
Algeria flag Algeria No data No data
Andorra flag Andorra No data No data
Angola flag Angola No data No data
Antigua and Barbuda flag Antigua and Barbuda No data No data
Argentina flag Argentina No data No data
Armenia flag Armenia No data No data
Australia flag Australia No data No data
Austria flag Austria No data No data
Azerbaijan flag Azerbaijan No data No data
Bahamas flag Bahamas No data No data
Bahrain flag Bahrain No data No data
Bangladesh flag Bangladesh No data No data
Barbados flag Barbados No data No data
Belarus flag Belarus No data No data
Belgium flag Belgium No data No data
Belize flag Belize No data No data
Benin flag Benin No data No data
Bhutan flag Bhutan $22,778,262 No data
Bolivia flag Bolivia No data No data
Bosnia and Herzegovina flag Bosnia and Herzegovina No data No data
Botswana flag Botswana No data No data
Brazil flag Brazil $71,069,841,874 No data
Brunei flag Brunei No data No data
Bulgaria flag Bulgaria No data No data
Burkina Faso flag Burkina Faso No data No data
Burundi flag Burundi No data No data
Cabo Verde flag Cabo Verde No data No data
Cambodia flag Cambodia No data No data
Cameroon flag Cameroon No data No data
Canada flag Canada No data No data
Central African Republic flag Central African Republic No data No data
Chad flag Chad No data No data
Chile flag Chile No data No data
China flag China No data No data
Colombia flag Colombia No data No data
Comoros flag Comoros No data No data
Congo flag Congo No data No data
Costa Rica flag Costa Rica No data No data
Côte d'Ivoire flag Côte d'Ivoire No data No data
Croatia flag Croatia No data No data
Cuba flag Cuba No data No data
Cyprus flag Cyprus No data No data
Czech Republic flag Czech Republic No data No data
Denmark flag Denmark No data No data
Djibouti flag Djibouti No data No data
Dominica flag Dominica No data No data
Dominican Republic flag Dominican Republic No data No data
Ecuador flag Ecuador No data No data
Egypt flag Egypt No data No data
El Salvador flag El Salvador No data No data
Equatorial Guinea flag Equatorial Guinea No data No data
Eritrea flag Eritrea No data No data
Estonia flag Estonia No data No data
Eswatini flag Eswatini No data No data
Ethiopia flag Ethiopia No data No data
Fiji flag Fiji No data No data
Finland flag Finland No data No data
France flag France No data No data
Gabon flag Gabon No data No data
Gambia flag Gambia No data No data
Georgia flag Georgia No data No data
Germany flag Germany No data No data
Ghana flag Ghana No data No data
Greece flag Greece No data No data
Grenada flag Grenada No data No data
Guatemala flag Guatemala No data No data
Guinea flag Guinea No data No data
Guinea-Bissau flag Guinea-Bissau No data No data
Guyana flag Guyana No data No data
Haiti flag Haiti No data No data
Honduras flag Honduras No data No data
Hungary flag Hungary No data No data
Iceland flag Iceland No data No data
India flag India No data No data
Indonesia flag Indonesia $23,666,770,334 No data
Iran flag Iran No data No data
Iraq flag Iraq No data No data
Ireland flag Ireland No data No data
Israel flag Israel No data No data
Italy flag Italy No data No data
Jamaica flag Jamaica No data No data
Japan flag Japan No data No data
Jordan flag Jordan No data No data
Kazakhstan flag Kazakhstan No data No data
Kenya flag Kenya No data No data
Kiribati flag Kiribati No data No data
North Korea flag North Korea No data No data
South Korea flag South Korea No data No data
Kuwait flag Kuwait No data No data
Kyrgyzstan flag Kyrgyzstan No data No data
Laos flag Laos No data No data
Latvia flag Latvia No data No data
Lebanon flag Lebanon No data No data
Lesotho flag Lesotho No data No data
Liberia flag Liberia No data No data
Libya flag Libya No data No data
Liechtenstein flag Liechtenstein No data No data
Lithuania flag Lithuania No data No data
Luxembourg flag Luxembourg No data No data
Madagascar flag Madagascar No data No data
Malawi flag Malawi No data No data
Malaysia flag Malaysia No data No data
Maldives flag Maldives No data No data
Mali flag Mali No data No data
Malta flag Malta No data No data
Marshall Islands flag Marshall Islands No data No data
Mauritania flag Mauritania No data No data
Mauritius flag Mauritius No data No data
Mexico flag Mexico No data No data
Micronesia flag Micronesia No data No data
Moldova flag Moldova No data No data
Monaco flag Monaco No data No data
Mongolia flag Mongolia No data No data
Montenegro flag Montenegro No data No data
Morocco flag Morocco No data No data
Mozambique flag Mozambique No data No data
Myanmar flag Myanmar No data No data
Namibia flag Namibia No data No data
Nauru flag Nauru No data No data
Nepal flag Nepal No data No data
Netherlands flag Netherlands No data No data
New Zealand flag New Zealand No data No data
Nicaragua flag Nicaragua No data No data
Niger flag Niger No data No data
Nigeria flag Nigeria No data No data
North Macedonia flag North Macedonia No data No data
Norway flag Norway No data No data
Oman flag Oman No data No data
Pakistan flag Pakistan $2,568,000,000 No data
Panama flag Panama No data No data
Papua New Guinea flag Papua New Guinea No data No data
Paraguay flag Paraguay No data No data
Peru flag Peru No data No data
Philippines flag Philippines No data No data
Poland flag Poland No data No data
Portugal flag Portugal No data No data
Qatar flag Qatar No data No data
Romania flag Romania No data No data
Russia flag Russia No data No data
Rwanda flag Rwanda No data No data
Saint Kitts and Nevis flag Saint Kitts and Nevis No data No data
Saint Lucia flag Saint Lucia No data No data
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flag Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No data No data
Samoa flag Samoa No data No data
San Marino flag San Marino No data No data
Sao Tome and Principe flag Sao Tome and Principe No data No data
Saudi Arabia flag Saudi Arabia No data No data
Senegal flag Senegal No data No data
Serbia flag Serbia No data No data
Seychelles flag Seychelles No data No data
Sierra Leone flag Sierra Leone No data No data
Singapore flag Singapore No data No data
Slovakia flag Slovakia No data No data
Slovenia flag Slovenia No data No data
Solomon Islands flag Solomon Islands No data No data
Somalia flag Somalia No data No data
South Africa flag South Africa No data No data
South Sudan flag South Sudan No data No data
Spain flag Spain No data No data
Sri Lanka flag Sri Lanka No data No data
Sudan flag Sudan No data No data
Suriname flag Suriname No data No data
Sweden flag Sweden No data No data
Switzerland flag Switzerland No data No data
Syria flag Syria No data No data
Tajikistan flag Tajikistan No data No data
Tanzania flag Tanzania No data No data
Thailand flag Thailand No data No data
Timor-Leste flag Timor-Leste No data No data
Togo flag Togo No data No data
Tonga flag Tonga $-12,079,633 No data
Trinidad and Tobago flag Trinidad and Tobago No data No data
Tunisia flag Tunisia No data No data
Türkiye flag Türkiye No data No data
Turkmenistan flag Turkmenistan No data No data
Tuvalu flag Tuvalu No data No data
Uganda flag Uganda No data No data
Ukraine flag Ukraine No data No data
United Arab Emirates flag United Arab Emirates No data No data
United Kingdom flag United Kingdom No data No data
United States flag United States No data No data
Uruguay flag Uruguay No data No data
Uzbekistan flag Uzbekistan No data No data
Vanuatu flag Vanuatu No data No data
Venezuela flag Venezuela No data No data
Vietnam flag Vietnam No data No data
Yemen flag Yemen No data No data
Zambia flag Zambia No data No data
Zimbabwe flag Zimbabwe No data No data