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Countries by Foreign direct investment (% of GDP) (2025)

Foreign direct investment (% of GDP) in 2025: highest in Malta (51.71%), lowest in Luxembourg (-32.68%), median 2.04% across the 184 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Foreign direct investment (% of GDP) (measured in %) across 252 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %252 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1970–2025

Highest Foreign direct investment (% of GDP), 2025

  1. 1.Malta51.71%
  2. 2.Suriname45.36%
  3. 3.Guyana33.1%
  4. 4.Hong Kong28.31%
  5. 5.Guinea27.39%
  6. 6.Cyprus27.08%
  7. 7.Singapore26.34%
  8. 8.Mozambique25.78%
  9. 9.Palau16.56%
  10. 10.Timor-Leste13.31%

Lowest Foreign direct investment (% of GDP), 2025

  1. 175.Austria-2.02%
  2. 176.Iceland-2.16%
  3. 177.Estonia-2.19%
  4. 178.Iraq-2.99%
  5. 179.Trinidad and Tobago-3.06%
  6. 180.Botswana-3.26%
  7. 181.Papua New Guinea-3.63%
  8. 182.Belgium-3.97%
  9. 183.Hungary-28.37%
  10. 184.Luxembourg-32.68%

All 184 ranked countries, 2025— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Foreign direct investment (% of GDP) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

MaltaRank 1 of 184SurinameRank 2 of 184GuyanaRank 3 of 184Hong KongRank 4 of 184GuineaRank 5 of 184CyprusRank 6 of 184SingaporeRank 7 of 184MozambiqueRank 8 of 184PalauRank 9 of 184Timor-LesteRank 10 of 184Antigua and BarbudaRank 11 of 184GrenadaRank 12 of 184MaldivesRank 13 of 184MongoliaRank 14 of 184The GambiaRank 15 of 184Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 16 of 184IrelandRank 17 of 184KosovoRank 18 of 184SeychellesRank 19 of 184CambodiaRank 20 of 184NamibiaRank 21 of 184LiberiaRank 22 of 184St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 23 of 184Lao PDRRank 24 of 184MontenegroRank 25 of 184St. LuciaRank 26 of 184DominicaRank 27 of 184NicaraguaRank 28 of 184SomaliaRank 29 of 184OmanRank 30 of 184AlbaniaRank 31 of 184AndorraRank 32 of 184RwandaRank 33 of 184Costa RicaRank 34 of 184MauritaniaRank 35 of 184UgandaRank 36 of 184Cabo VerdeRank 37 of 184MauritiusRank 38 of 184GreeceRank 39 of 184MalaysiaRank 40 of 184MadagascarRank 41 of 184ZambiaRank 42 of 184GeorgiaRank 43 of 184IsraelRank 44 of 184VietnamRank 45 of 184FijiRank 46 of 184EgyptRank 47 of 184ChileRank 48 of 184SerbiaRank 49 of 184Dominican RepublicRank 50 of 184Solomon IslandsRank 51 of 184BulgariaRank 52 of 184DenmarkRank 53 of 184Republic of the CongoRank 54 of 184MalawiRank 55 of 184North MacedoniaRank 56 of 184PortugalRank 57 of 184BrazilRank 58 of 184BarbadosRank 59 of 184JordanRank 60 of 184LithuaniaRank 61 of 184DjiboutiRank 62 of 184ThailandRank 63 of 184PeruRank 64 of 184UzbekistanRank 65 of 184CanadaRank 66 of 184EthiopiaRank 67 of 184CroatiaRank 68 of 184Kyrgyz RepublicRank 69 of 184MaliRank 70 of 184HondurasRank 71 of 184Czech RepublicRank 72 of 184TongaRank 73 of 184Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 74 of 184SwedenRank 75 of 184Saudi ArabiaRank 76 of 184ColombiaRank 77 of 184MexicoRank 78 of 184VanuatuRank 79 of 184ArmeniaRank 80 of 184St. Kitts and NevisRank 81 of 184ParaguayRank 82 of 184Sierra LeoneRank 83 of 184Equatorial GuineaRank 84 of 184UruguayRank 85 of 184SloveniaRank 86 of 184MoldovaRank 87 of 184MacaoRank 88 of 184RomaniaRank 89 of 184AustraliaRank 90 of 184El SalvadorRank 91 of 184DR CongoRank 92 of 184Cote d'IvoireRank 93 of 184PolandRank 94 of 184TunisiaRank 95 of 184BeninRank 96 of 184West Bank and GazaRank 97 of 184TanzaniaRank 98 of 184GermanyRank 99 of 184ZimbabweRank 100 of 184Sint MaartenRank 101 of 184TogoRank 102 of 184MoroccoRank 103 of 184FranceRank 104 of 184AngolaRank 105 of 184GabonRank 106 of 184BelarusRank 107 of 184LibyaRank 108 of 184BahrainRank 109 of 184GhanaRank 110 of 184PhilippinesRank 111 of 184IndonesiaRank 112 of 184SpainRank 113 of 184Central African RepublicRank 114 of 184TurkmenistanRank 115 of 184QatarRank 116 of 184GuatemalaRank 117 of 184NigeriaRank 118 of 184SlovakiaRank 119 of 184Guinea-BissauRank 120 of 184MyanmarRank 121 of 184LesothoRank 122 of 184New ZealandRank 123 of 184JamaicaRank 124 of 184KiribatiRank 125 of 184NigerRank 126 of 184Burkina FasoRank 127 of 184BurundiRank 128 of 184Marshall IslandsRank 129 of 184PanamaRank 130 of 184EcuadorRank 131 of 184JapanRank 132 of 184IndiaRank 133 of 184EswatiniRank 134 of 184CameroonRank 135 of 184United StatesRank 136 of 184Sri LankaRank 137 of 184United KingdomRank 138 of 184South KoreaRank 139 of 184LatviaRank 140 of 184KenyaRank 141 of 184BoliviaRank 142 of 184TurkeyRank 143 of 184UkraineRank 144 of 184ArgentinaRank 145 of 184AlgeriaRank 146 of 184ComorosRank 147 of 184AzerbaijanRank 148 of 184TajikistanRank 149 of 184PakistanRank 150 of 184IranRank 151 of 184RussiaRank 152 of 184Brunei DarussalamRank 153 of 184ChinaRank 154 of 184TuvaluRank 155 of 184BangladeshRank 156 of 184NetherlandsRank 157 of 184KuwaitRank 158 of 184BhutanRank 159 of 184SamoaRank 160 of 184FinlandRank 161 of 184SenegalRank 162 of 184NepalRank 163 of 184HaitiRank 164 of 184ItalyRank 165 of 184ChadRank 166 of 184BelizeRank 167 of 184SwitzerlandRank 168 of 184SudanRank 169 of 184NauruRank 170 of 184KazakhstanRank 171 of 184South AfricaRank 172 of 184VenezuelaRank 173 of 184NorwayRank 174 of 184AustriaRank 175 of 184IcelandRank 176 of 184EstoniaRank 177 of 184IraqRank 178 of 184Trinidad and TobagoRank 179 of 184BotswanaRank 180 of 184Papua New GuineaRank 181 of 184BelgiumRank 182 of 184HungaryRank 183 of 184LuxembourgRank 184 of 184

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Foreign direct investment (% of GDP) Data Coverage

This page lists 252 countries with available Foreign direct investment (% of GDP) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.