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FDI Net Inflows 2022

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FDI by Country 2023

FDI stands for Foreign Direct Investment. It’s when one company decides to buy into another company operating in another country. The list of FDI by country involves inflows and outflows of money in and out of different locations.

Inflow Versus Outflow Investments

“Inflow” means the amount of money transferred into a location. The “Outflow” means the sum sent out to another place.

A total of $712.4 billion of inflow went to developed countries and $670.7 billion to developing economies (countries, territories, etc.) as of 2018. Outflows from developed countries totaled about $1.0092 trillion, and developed countries sent out $380.8 billion to other places.

Top FDI Inflow By Country

United States received a sum of $275.4 billion inflow in 2017 according to the World Investment Report 2018 (page 21). This ranked the nation number one on this dataset.

China ranked as having the second most inflow at this time, and this totaled $136.3 billion. Hong Kong ranked third at $104.3 billion, Brazil in fourth with $62.7 billion and Singapore fifth with $62.0 billion.

Top FDI Outflow By Country

The number one 2017 FDI outflow ranking went to the U.S., totaling $342 billion. Japan came in at second with $160 billion, China at third with $125 billion, and United Kingdom with $100 billion, which put them at fourth. Hong Kong ranked as having the fifth highest outflow amount, which totaled $83 billion. Global FDI Increases (2020-2021)

Post-pandemic numbers spiked 88% higher than what they measured before the Covid-19 quarantines started. This surge happened in 2021, for a world total of $1.779 billion USD, which is up from $1.133 billion in 2020. Total FDI inflows increased by 75% around the world.

Country Increases

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which includes 38 countries as of 2021, provides top FDI country data for 2020 and 2021.

Canadian inflows shifted about 62% from $23 billion to $60 billion between 2020-2021, which indicates one of the highest percentage changes. An inflow change of almost 57% in the U.S. has occurred since before the pandemic (2020 to 2021), reaching $382 billion from $164 billion.

China is second on the list of having the most inflow next to the U.S. However, it only had a percentage change of a little more than 24%, reaching $334 billion from $253 billion.

Within the 38 OECD countries as a whole, the amount of inflow increase almost doubled ($809 billion from $462 billion). For European Union countries, a drop from $195 to $138 billion occurred.

- For the purposes of this table, FDI is an abbreviation for foreign direct investment.

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Country
FDI Net Inflows 2022 (BoPCurrentUS$millions)
FDI Net Inflows 2021 (BoPCurrentUS$millions)
FDI Net Outflows 2022 (BoPCurrentUS$millions)
FDI Net Outflows 2021 (BoPCurrentUS$millions)
Data Year
United States$388,078$448,324$426,251$421,750
China$180,167$333,979$149,692$128,037
Singapore$140,844$105,491$50,788$47,395
Hong Kong$120,952$137,191$106,864$93,447
France$105,425$88,428$118,759$76,992
Brazil$91,502$46,439$30,694$16,239
Australia$67,119$24,789$123,356$7,203
Canada$53,705$64,727$83,113$96,076
Sweden$50,046$52,682$63,702$58,478
India$49,940$44,727$14,532$17,239
Japan$47,522$33,093$175,401$210,779
Germany$47,375$73,654$178,869$193,690
United Kingdom$44,127$5,922$158,926$160,932
Spain$42,294$43,910$43,779$23,920
Mexico$38,932$33,350$17,371$330
British Virgin Islands$38,119$39,362$42,809$43,217
Poland$35,305$37,113$7,375$9,422
Italy$31,228$18,912$9,045$56,808
Israel$27,868$21,486$8,715$9,456
Switzerland$27,707$9,312$8,420-$668
Denmark$27,041$14,708$28,147$32,668
Cayman Islands$24,590$25,893$17,990$21,232
United Arab Emirates$22,737$20,667$24,833$22,546
Indonesia$21,428$21,362$6,612$3,939
Chile$20,865$15,252$12,776$14,454
South Korea$17,996$16,820$0$60,820
Vietnam$17,900$15,660$2,674$300
Colombia$16,869$9,381$3,402$3,181
Argentina$15,408$6,782$2,076$1,363
Ireland$14,953$81,019$20,648$143,658
Malaysia$14,726$18,596$10,759$11,759
Turkey$13,094$13,224$4,928$6,448
Romania$11,883$11,738$1,734$1,340
Egypt$11,400$5,122$342$367
Cyprus$11,132-$33,357$2,620-$38,632
Peru$10,848$7,455-$448$1,735
Czech Republic$10,530$7,612$3,247$7,359
Thailand$10,196$14,641$7,589$19,152
Belgium$9,793$24,037$37,168$45,577
Uruguay$9,404$3,650$6,068$1,883
Philippines$9,200$12,413$3,900$2,402
South Africa$9,195$41,296$2,155-$6
Finland$9,140$23,869$11,945$19,309
Portugal$9,099$7,851$2,714-$1,565
Saudi Arabia$7,886$19,286$18,826$23,860
New Zealand$7,828$4,540$860-$1,069
Greece$6,846$6,132$1,950$1,228
Kazakhstan$4,907$4,584-$3,009$2,663
Malta$4,829$4,368-$6,092-$7,058
Norway$4,777$14,185$15,119$27,826
Serbia$4,593$4,568$118$282
Guyana$4,408$2,237$5$2
Slovakia$4,052$971$1,600$1,304
Macau$4,000$4,852$2,500$4,050
Dominican Republic$3,962$3,255-$49$153
Oman$3,716$4,020-$520-$397
Ethiopia$3,670$4,259--
Croatia$3,669$4,660-$272$1,380
Cambodia$3,579$3,483$150$92
Costa Rica$3,561$3,593$620$447
Bulgaria$3,217$2,124$1,086$928
Panama$2,640$1,350$114-$285
Senegal$2,586$2,232$182$217
Mozambique$2,539$5,295$564$194
Mongolia$2,504$2,173$76$113
Uzbekistan$2,498$2,082$4$3
Slovenia$2,180$2,148$831$1,641
Morocco$2,178$2,151$613$505
Georgia$2,034$1,267$382$348
Bahrain$1,951$1,766$1,948$64
DR Congo$1,846$1,678$436$192
Belarus$1,613$1,231$183-$79
Ivory Coast$1,584$1,392$436$285
Bangladesh$1,555$1,724$16$83
Estonia$1,530$7,361$1,449$6,570
Uganda$1,526$1,100$$
Iran$1,500$1,425$100$82
Ghana$1,473$2,613$351$199
Albania$1,441$1,219$174$50
Pakistan$1,339$2,102$1,331$242
Guatemala$1,338$3,598$375$308
Nicaragua$1,294$1,220$13$14
Bahamas$1,255$383$226$85
Myanmar$1,239$2,067--2019 (outflow)
Latvia$1,217$3,721-$169$2,674
Mauritania$1,148$1,070$3$9
Jordan$1,137$622-$16$16
Tanzania$1,111$922$0-2009 (outflow)
Gabon$1,105$1,635-$34-$342019 (outflow)
Honduras$1,082$876$442$532
Armenia$998$366$50$25
Iceland$961$93$142$63
Venezuela$941-$761$391$781
Turkmenistan$936$1,453$0-
Namibia$932$649$8$17
Sri Lanka$898$598$15$17
Cameroon$889$964$94$71
Montenegro$873$694$52$11
North Macedonia$870$696$169$243
Ecuador$829$648$0-
Syria$804---2011 (inflow)
Kuwait$752-$272$24,549-$2,241
Maldives$722$443$0-
Tunisia$713$533$30$47
New Caledonia$696-$494$57$84
Lithuania$686$2,945-$1,096$1,527
Guinea$658$198$8-$3
Bosnia and Herzegovina$645$638$26$82
Somalia$636$456$0-
Chad$614$562-$2-$21999 (outflow)
Moldova$592$391$55$9
Niger$581$595$40$39
Sudan$574$523$0$54
Republic of the Congo$532$3,691$25$25
Laos$528$1,072$-
Paraguay$474$207$251$16
Equatorial Guinea$459$491--
Lebanon$458$597$99$28
Rwanda$399$212$0-
Madagascar$396$358$155$114
Kenya$394$463$49$410
Ukraine$366$7,954$34$436
Zimbabwe$342$166$17$55
Papua New Guinea$327-$11-$2,162$1,691
Jamaica$319$320$60$56
Brunei$292$205$17$172006 (outflow)
Kyrgyzstan$291$248-$458$333
Benin$267$346$28$43
Timor Leste$262$69-$-
Mali$253$640$9$56
Mauritius$252$253$19$86
Sierra Leone$250$212$0-2021 (outflow)
Aruba$248$134$123-$5
Gambia$236$252$2-$3
Botswana$216$55$42-$53
Seychelles$212$111$28-$48
Barbados$200$239$15$18
Antigua and Barbuda$196$245-$11-$4
Djibouti$191$167$0-
Malawi$189$46$30$122
Tajikistan$174$84$12$48
Grenada$160$144$6-$6
Curacao$141$146$13$3
Belize$134$130$1$2
Sao Tome and Principe$127$59$1-
Cape Verde$122$105$18$7
South Sudan$122$68$42$422017 (outflow)
Burkina Faso$121$137$21$26
Fiji$104$410$17$32
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$86$160$6$2
Qatar$76-$1,093$2,384$160
Algeria$75$869$71-$52
Liberia$73$46$91$91
Saint Lucia$67$86$41-$27
Nepal$65$196$0-
Palau$58$33-$12015 (outflow)
Solomon Islands$41$28$2$5
Haiti$39$51--
Turks and Caicos Islands$35$29-$52-$522018 (outflow)
Dominica$28$34$0-
Central African Republic$24$30--
Guinea Bissau$22$24$$
Afghanistan$21$21$31$312021 (both)
Micronesia$20$20-$1-$12014 (both)
Saint Kitts and Nevis$16$26$23-$2
Sint Maarten$13$28$4$6
Eswatini$13$113-$22$59
Burundi$13$8$2$1
Zambia$11-$823-$327-$504
North Korea$10$18$66,408-
Bhutan$10$7$0-
Samoa$5$9-$$1
Comoros$4$4--
Tonga$3$$-$
Marshall Islands$3$5-$32021 (outflow)
Kiribati$1$1$-
Tuvalu$$--2021 (both)
Libya$0-$50-$552020 (inflow)
El Salvador-$$831$101$517
Vanuatu-$4$41$2$1
Lesotho-$8-$12--
Suriname-$9-$133-$13-$9
French Polynesia-$9$21$6$1
Bolivia-$12$584-$340$91
Eritrea-$32$70-$28-$282000 (outflow)
Bermuda-$33$50$16-$27
Nigeria-$187$3,313-$67$1,805
Togo-$227$130-$56$225
Yemen-$371-$3-2019 (both)
Trinidad and Tobago-$914-$1,095$1,172$387
Austria-$1,409$12,327-$2,393$20,937
Iraq-$2,088-$2,637$238$135
Azerbaijan-$4,474-$1,707$172$77
Angola-$6,599-$4,355$41-$1,057
Netherlands-$11,507-$141,742$125,894-$40,831
Hungary-$13,985$29,345-$17,568$26,011
Russia-$40,044$40,450-$13,116$65,883
Liechtenstein-$87,212---2018 (inflow)
Luxembourg-$322,054-$9,054-$264,952$25,398
Palestine-$256$0$78
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Which country has the largest FDI?

The United States of America has the most FDI, Foreign Direct Investors, worldwide, with over $177.5 billion invested in the country in 2022.

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