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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 $138 billion occurred.
- For the purposes of this table, FDI is an abbreviation for foreign direct investment.
Country | FDI Net Inflows 2022 (BoPCurrentUS$millions) | FDI Net Inflows 2021 (BoPCurrentUS$millions) | FDI Net Outflows 2022 (BoPCurrentUS$millions) | FDI Net Outflows 2021 (BoPCurrentUS$millions) | Data Year |
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| 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 | -$34 | 2019 (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 | -$2 | 1999 (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 | $17 | 2006 (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 | $42 | 2017 (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 | - | $1 | 2015 (outflow) |
| Solomon Islands | $41 | $28 | $2 | $5 | |
| Haiti | $39 | $51 | - | - | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | $35 | $29 | -$52 | -$52 | 2018 (outflow) |
| Dominica | $28 | $34 | $0 | - | |
| Central African Republic | $24 | $30 | - | - | |
| Guinea Bissau | $22 | $24 | $ | $ | |
| Afghanistan | $21 | $21 | $31 | $31 | 2021 (both) |
| Micronesia | $20 | $20 | -$1 | -$1 | 2014 (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 | - | $3 | 2021 (outflow) |
| Kiribati | $1 | $1 | $ | - | |
| Tuvalu | $ | $ | - | - | 2021 (both) |
| Libya | $0 | - | $50 | -$55 | 2020 (inflow) |
| El Salvador | -$ | $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 | -$28 | 2000 (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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I am an expert in international finance and foreign direct investment (FDI) with a deep understanding of the concepts and trends shaping the global economy. My expertise is grounded in comprehensive knowledge of FDI data, economic reports, and the dynamics of capital flows across different countries.
Now, let's delve into the concepts and information presented in the article:
1. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI):
- Definition: FDI stands for Foreign Direct Investment. It occurs when a company from one country invests in or acquires a business operating in another country.
- Inflow vs. Outflow: "Inflow" refers to money transferred into a location, while "Outflow" refers to the sum sent out to another place.
2. FDI Statistics (2018):
- Global Overview (2018): In 2018, $712.4 billion of FDI inflow went to developed countries, and $670.7 billion went to developing economies. Outflows from developed countries totaled about $1.0092 trillion.
- Top FDI Inflow Countries (2017): The United States received $275.4 billion in inflow, followed by China ($136.3 billion), Hong Kong ($104.3 billion), Brazil ($62.7 billion), and Singapore ($62.0 billion).
3. Top FDI Outflow Countries (2017):
- The United States had the highest FDI outflow in 2017, totaling $342 billion, followed by Japan, China, and the United Kingdom.
4. Global FDI Increases (2020-2021):
- Post-Pandemic Surge (2021): FDI increased by 88% in 2021 compared to pre-pandemic levels, reaching a total of $1.779 billion USD, up from $1.133 billion in 2020.
5. Country Increases (OECD, 2020-2021):
- Canada: Inflows increased by about 62%, from $23 billion to $60 billion between 2020-2021.
- United States: Inflows increased by almost 57%, reaching $382 billion from $164 billion.
- China: Inflows increased by a little more than 24%, reaching $334 billion from $253 billion.
6. FDI Net Inflows 2022 (Top Countries):
- The table provides FDI net inflow data for various countries in 2022, showcasing amounts in BoP Current US$ millions.
7. Largest FDI Country (2022):
- United States: The article concludes that the United States has the most FDI globally, with over $177.5 billion invested in the country in 2022.
8. Frequently Asked Questions:
- Sources: The article refers to World Bank data for foreign direct investment, net inflows and outflows.
This information provides a comprehensive overview of FDI, including global trends, top countries in inflow and outflow, and recent increases in investment post-pandemic. The data from the World Bank and OECD contributes to the credibility and reliability of the presented information.
