Which country received highest FDI? (2024)

Which countries received highest FDI?

While the United States ($367 billion) remained the top recipient of FDI, China ($181 billion) and Hong Kong ($141 billion) also retained second and third position respectively. Among the top 10 host economies, only India saw a decline in its inflows.

Although the upward trend in 2021 was experienced across most subregions – South Asia was the only exception – just six countries attracted more than 80% of FDI inflows. China was the main recipient, followed by Hong Kong (China), Singapore, India, the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia.

According to the data shared by the government, Singapore is the top investing country with 27 per cent of the equity inflows. This is followed by the US with inflows at 21 per cent and Mauritius that continued to remain one of the top sources of FDI for India at 16 per cent inflows in FY22.

According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), India jumped one position to 7th among the top recipients of foreign direct investment (FDI) 2021.

Top recipients of FDI inflows worldwide in the first quarter of 2022 were China (USD 101 billion), the United States (USD 67 billion), and Australia (USD 59 billion). Top sources of FDI outflows worldwide were the United States (USD 114 billion), Australia (USD 80 billion) and the United Kingdom (USD 58 billion).

The United States took the leadership position as the largest recipient of foreign direct investment in 2019 and consolidated that position in 2020, mainly driven by higher direct investments from Japan, Germany, and the Netherlands.

The Commerce Ministry added that as per the UNCTAD World Investment Report (WIR) 2022, India had moved a notch higher to 7th rank among the top 20 host economies for 2021 in terms of FDI inflows.

The transaction that takes place for the acquisition can be views as a foreign direct investment from one country to another. This happens when— for example, a tech company is country A builds and operates a data centre in country B. This is foreign direct investment from country A to country B.

Which Indian state has highest FDI 2021?

Karnataka topped the FDI list for year 2021-'22, attracting Rs 1,62,830 crore, followed by Maharashtra at Rs 1,14,964 crore. During the same period, Delhi received Rs 60,000 crore, followed by Tamil Nadu (Rs 22,396 crore) and Haryana (Rs 20,971 crore).

The United States took the leadership position as the largest recipient of foreign direct investment in 2019 and consolidated that position in 2020, mainly driven by higher direct investments from Japan, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Percent of world Foreign Direct Investment, 2020 - Country rankings: The average for 2020 based on 185 countries was 0.54 percent. The highest value was in China: 18.4 percent and the lowest value was in Switzerland: -22.28 percent. The indicator is available from 1993 to 2020.

Foreign Investment in India is governed by the FDI policy announced by the Government of India and the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) 1999. Reserve Bank of India has issued Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000 which contains the Regulations in this regard.

Net FDI inflows, or inflows minus outflows, were the lowest since 2018-19. In 2021-22, gross foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into India increased for the ninth consecutive year to $83.5 billion, an all-time high.