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Countries by FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Complete ranking of 197 countries • % of GDP • Data refreshed May 28, 2026

Leader

Malta

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Lowest rank

Cyprus

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Malta leads all 197 countries in FDI Net Inflows with a value of 170.54% of GDP, while Cyprus ranks last at -133.82% of GDP. The gap between top and bottom reflects meaningful global variation.

What FDI Net Inflows Measures

Foreign direct investment net inflows as a share of GDP, from World Bank Open Data.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining FDI Net Inflows across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from -133.82% of GDP (Cyprus) to 170.54% of GDP (Malta) — minimal difference across 197 countries.

Regional Patterns

African countries lead with 7 entries in the top 20, though representation spans multiple continents. Regional factors clearly play a role, but outliers from other parts of the world show that national policy and geography matter as much as continental trends.

Values are tightly clustered around the median of 2.42% of GDP, with most countries falling within a narrow range. A few outliers at the extremes account for most of the overall spread.

Notable Outliers

Malta holds a significant lead over Luxembourg, with a 50% gap between first and second place. While several countries cluster near the top, the leader's margin is notable. The bottom five countries are all from Europe, pointing to regional challenges that affect fdi net inflows across the continent.

Continental Leaders

Europe

Malta

170.54% of GDP

North America

Cayman Islands

93.72% of GDP

Oceania

Palau

28.87% of GDP

Asia

Hong Kong

28.76% of GDP

Africa

Liberia

15.63% of GDP

South America

Chile

3.79% of GDP

Highest FDI Net Inflows

The 5 strongest FDI Net Inflows reads.

Malta170.54% of GDP Luxembourg113.62% of GDP Cayman Islands93.72% of GDP Guyana34.99% of GDP Palau28.87% of GDP

Lowest FDI Net Inflows

The 5 lowest FDI Net Inflows reads.

Cyprus-133.82% of GDP Hungary-27.92% of GDP Switzerland-9.93% of GDP Estonia-7.97% of GDP Belgium-6.16% of GDP

Data Note

Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank Open Data, covering 197 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

1stMalta170.54% of GDP

2ndLuxembourg113.62% of GDP

3rdCayman Islands93.72% of GDP

4thGuyana34.99% of GDP

5thPalau28.87% of GDP

6thHong Kong28.76% of GDP

7thSingapore27.76% of GDP

8thGrenada16.45% of GDP

9thLiberia15.63% of GDP

10thMozambique15.43% of GDP

Country Ladder

1stMaltaEurope170.54% of GDP 2ndLuxembourgEurope113.62% of GDP 3rdCayman IslandsNorth America93.72% of GDP 4thGuyanaNorth America34.99% of GDP 5thPalauOceania28.87% of GDP 6thHong KongAsia28.76% of GDP 7thSingaporeAsia27.76% of GDP 8thGrenadaNorth America16.45% of GDP 9thLiberiaAfrica15.63% of GDP 10thMozambiqueAfrica15.43% of GDP 11thNamibiaAfrica14.76% of GDP 12thMauritaniaAfrica13.2% of GDP 13thAntigua and BarbudaNorth America12.26% of GDP 14thEgyptAfrica11.97% of GDP 15thMongoliaAsia11.69% of GDP 16thOmanAsia11.64% of GDP 17thTimor-LesteAsia11.56% of GDP 18thMaldivesAsia11.42% of GDP 19thSeychellesAfrica10.43% of GDP 20thGambiaAfrica9.7% of GDP 21stCambodiaAsia9.5% of GDP 22ndNew CaledoniaOceania8.5% of GDP 23rdUnited Arab EmiratesAsia8.3% of GDP 24thIcelandEurope8.1% of GDP 25thMontenegroEurope7.2% of GDP 26thSaint LuciaNorth America7.0% of GDP 27thNicaraguaNorth America6.9% of GDP 28thAndorraEurope6.6% of GDP 29thSomaliaAfrica6.4% of GDP 30thSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesNorth America6.4% of GDP 31stAlbaniaEurope6.3% of GDP 32ndNorth MacedoniaEurope6.2% of GDP 33rdSerbiaEurope6.2% of GDP 34thSenegalAfrica6.1% of GDP 35thUgandaAfrica6.0% of GDP 36thLaosAsia6.0% of GDP 37thBahrainAsia5.7% of GDP 38thGuineaAfrica5.6% of GDP 39thCosta RicaNorth America5.6% of GDP 40thLithuaniaEurope5.5% of GDP 41stGabonAfrica5.5% of GDP 42ndDominicaNorth America5.3% of GDP 43rdSwedenEurope5.2% of GDP 44thChadAfrica5.2% of GDP 45thCroatiaEurope5.0% of GDP 46thGeorgiaEurope4.7% of GDP 47thZambiaAfrica4.7% of GDP 48thMauritiusAfrica4.6% of GDP 49thDenmarkEurope4.4% of GDP 50thCôte d'IvoireAfrica4.4% of GDP 51stCuraçaoNorth America4.3% of GDP 52ndPortugalEurope4.3% of GDP 53rdVietnamAsia4.2% of GDP 54thCongo, Democratic RepublicAfrica4.1% of GDP 55thBarbadosNorth America4.0% of GDP 56thKyrgyzstanAsia4.0% of GDP 57thCabo VerdeAfrica4.0% of GDP 58thRwandaAfrica4.0% of GDP 59thBelizeNorth America4.0% of GDP 60thSierra LeoneAfrica3.9% of GDP 61stCongoAfrica3.8% of GDP 62ndChileSouth America3.8% of GDP 63rdCzechiaEurope3.8% of GDP 64thPanamaNorth America3.7% of GDP 65thMalaysiaAsia3.7% of GDP 66thDominican RepublicNorth America3.6% of GDP 67thSlovakiaEurope3.6% of GDP 68thHondurasNorth America3.5% of GDP 69thLatviaEurope3.5% of GDP 70thFijiOceania3.4% of GDP 71stBosnia and HerzegovinaEurope3.4% of GDP 72ndBrazilSouth America3.4% of GDP 73rdColombiaNorth America3.3% of GDP 74thLebanonAsia3.3% of GDP 75thTurkmenistanAsia3.2% of GDP 76thAustraliaOceania3.1% of GDP 77thBulgariaEurope3.1% of GDP 78thJordanAsia3.1% of GDP 79thFinlandEurope2.9% of GDP 80thMacaoAsia2.9% of GDP 81stIsraelAsia2.7% of GDP 82ndThailandAsia2.7% of GDP 83rdEthiopiaAfrica2.7% of GDP 84thNigerAfrica2.6% of GDP 85thMaliAfrica2.6% of GDP 86thGreeceEurope2.6% of GDP 87thKiribatiOceania2.6% of GDP 88thCanadaNorth America2.6% of GDP 89thEl SalvadorNorth America2.6% of GDP 90thVanuatuOceania2.6% of GDP 91stSloveniaEurope2.6% of GDP 92ndAustriaEurope2.6% of GDP 93rdBeninAfrica2.5% of GDP 94thTurks and Caicos IslandsNorth America2.5% of GDP 95thMoldovaEurope2.5% of GDP 96thUzbekistanAsia2.5% of GDP 97thSpainEurope2.5% of GDP 98thMexicoNorth America2.4% of GDP 99thArubaNorth America2.4% of GDP 100thBotswanaAfrica2.4% of GDP 101stNorwayEurope2.4% of GDP 102ndMadagascarAfrica2.4% of GDP 103rdPeruSouth America2.4% of GDP 104thBelarusEurope2.3% of GDP 105thMalawiAfrica2.3% of GDP 106thPolandEurope2.2% of GDP 107thTanzaniaAfrica2.2% of GDP 108thGhanaAfrica2.1% of GDP 109thUkraineEurope2.1% of GDP 110thSolomon IslandsOceania2.1% of GDP 111stSint MaartenNorth America2.1% of GDP 112ndTajikistanAsia2.1% of GDP 113rdPhilippinesAsia2.0% of GDP 114thSaint Kitts and NevisNorth America1.9% of GDP 115thRomaniaEurope1.9% of GDP 116thArgentinaSouth America1.8% of GDP 117thIndonesiaAsia1.7% of GDP 118thCameroonAfrica1.7% of GDP 119thSaudi ArabiaAsia1.7% of GDP 120thFranceEurope1.6% of GDP 121stDjiboutiAfrica1.6% of GDP 122ndGuatemalaNorth America1.6% of GDP 123rdEswatiniAfrica1.6% of GDP 124thBahamasNorth America1.5% of GDP 125thTunisiaAfrica1.5% of GDP 126thMyanmarAsia1.5% of GDP 127thEquatorial GuineaAfrica1.5% of GDP 128thCentral African RepublicAfrica1.5% of GDP 129thJamaicaNorth America1.4% of GDP 130thVenezuelaNorth America1.4% of GDP 131stBermudaNorth America1.3% of GDP 132ndGuinea-BissauAfrica1.2% of GDP 133rdPalestineAsia1.2% of GDP 134thItalyEurope1.1% of GDP 135thZimbabweAfrica1.1% of GDP 136thBurundiAfrica1.1% of GDP 137thUnited StatesNorth America1.0% of GDP 138thMoroccoAfrica1.0% of GDP 139thGermanyEurope1.0% of GDP 140thParaguaySouth America0.90% of GDP 141stTurkeyEurope0.86% of GDP 142ndSouth KoreaAsia0.81% of GDP 143rdIrelandEurope0.79% of GDP 144thTogoAfrica0.79% of GDP 145thSri LankaAsia0.77% of GDP 146thPakistanAsia0.72% of GDP 147thIndiaAsia0.69% of GDP 148thKazakhstanAsia0.68% of GDP 149thNew ZealandOceania0.68% of GDP 150thMarshall IslandsOceania0.59% of GDP 151stSouth AfricaAfrica0.58% of GDP 152ndBoliviaSouth America0.53% of GDP 153rdArmeniaEurope0.51% of GDP 154thComorosAfrica0.49% of GDP 155thAlgeriaAfrica0.46% of GDP 156thTongaOceania0.44% of GDP 157thNigeriaAfrica0.43% of GDP 158thJapanAsia0.43% of GDP 159thBhutanAsia0.40% of GDP 160thKenyaAfrica0.39% of GDP 161stKuwaitAsia0.38% of GDP 162ndBurkina FasoAfrica0.36% of GDP 163rdEcuadorSouth America0.35% of GDP 164thBangladeshAsia0.34% of GDP 165thSamoaOceania0.32% of GDP 166thAzerbaijanEurope0.31% of GDP 167thIranAsia0.30% of GDP 168thTuvaluOceania0.27% of GDP 169thQatarAsia0.21% of GDP 170thBruneiAsia0.19% of GDP 171stNepalAsia0.13% of GDP 172ndChinaAsia0.10% of GDP 173rdHaitiNorth America0.08% of GDP 174thAfghanistanAsia0% of GDP 175thMicronesiaOceania0% of GDP 176thLibyaAfrica0% of GDP 177thSudanAfrica0% of GDP 178thSyriaAsia0% of GDP 179thFrench PolynesiaOceania-0.22% of GDP 180thRussiaEurope-0.44% of GDP 181stLesothoAfrica-0.55% of GDP 182ndPapua New GuineaOceania-0.62% of GDP 183rdSurinameNorth America-0.85% of GDP 184thSan MarinoEurope-0.89% of GDP 185thAngolaAfrica-1.1% of GDP 186thNetherlandsEurope-1.4% of GDP 187thUnited KingdomEurope-1.65% of GDP 188thTrinidad and TobagoNorth America-1.77% of GDP 189thSao Tome and PrincipeAfrica-2.03% of GDP 190thIraqAsia-2.74% of GDP 191stNauruOceania-3.6% of GDP 192ndUruguaySouth America-4.89% of GDP 193rdBelgiumEurope-6.16% of GDP 194thEstoniaEurope-7.97% of GDP 195thSwitzerlandEurope-9.93% of GDP 196thHungaryEurope-27.92% of GDP 197thCyprusEurope-133.82% of GDP

FDI Inflows (% GDP) ranking for 197 countries
				Percentile
1st	Malta	170.54% of GDP	Europe	100%
2nd	Luxembourg	113.62% of GDP	Europe	99%
3rd	Cayman Islands	93.72% of GDP	North America	99%
4th	Guyana	34.99% of GDP	North America	98%
5th	Palau	28.87% of GDP	Oceania	98%
6th	Hong Kong	28.76% of GDP	Asia	97%
7th	Singapore	27.76% of GDP	Asia	97%
8th	Grenada	16.45% of GDP	North America	96%
9th	Liberia	15.63% of GDP	Africa	96%
10th	Mozambique	15.43% of GDP	Africa	95%
11th	Namibia	14.76% of GDP	Africa	95%
12th	Mauritania	13.2% of GDP	Africa	94%
13th	Antigua and Barbuda	12.26% of GDP	North America	94%
14th	Egypt	11.97% of GDP	Africa	93%
15th	Mongolia	11.69% of GDP	Asia	93%
16th	Oman	11.64% of GDP	Asia	92%
17th	Timor-Leste	11.56% of GDP	Asia	92%
18th	Maldives	11.42% of GDP	Asia	91%
19th	Seychelles	10.43% of GDP	Africa	91%
20th	Gambia	9.7% of GDP	Africa	90%
21st	Cambodia	9.5% of GDP	Asia	90%
22nd	New Caledonia	8.5% of GDP	Oceania	89%
23rd	United Arab Emirates	8.3% of GDP	Asia	89%
24th	Iceland	8.1% of GDP	Europe	88%
25th	Montenegro	7.2% of GDP	Europe	88%
26th	Saint Lucia	7.0% of GDP	North America	87%
27th	Nicaragua	6.9% of GDP	North America	87%
28th	Andorra	6.6% of GDP	Europe	86%
29th	Somalia	6.4% of GDP	Africa	86%
30th	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.4% of GDP	North America	85%
31st	Albania	6.3% of GDP	Europe	85%
32nd	North Macedonia	6.2% of GDP	Europe	84%
33rd	Serbia	6.2% of GDP	Europe	84%
34th	Senegal	6.1% of GDP	Africa	83%
35th	Uganda	6.0% of GDP	Africa	83%
36th	Laos	6.0% of GDP	Asia	82%
37th	Bahrain	5.7% of GDP	Asia	82%
38th	Guinea	5.6% of GDP	Africa	81%
39th	Costa Rica	5.6% of GDP	North America	81%
40th	Lithuania	5.5% of GDP	Europe	80%
41st	Gabon	5.5% of GDP	Africa	80%
42nd	Dominica	5.3% of GDP	North America	79%
43rd	Sweden	5.2% of GDP	Europe	79%
44th	Chad	5.2% of GDP	Africa	78%
45th	Croatia	5.0% of GDP	Europe	78%
46th	Georgia	4.7% of GDP	Europe	77%
47th	Zambia	4.7% of GDP	Africa	77%
48th	Mauritius	4.6% of GDP	Africa	76%
49th	Denmark	4.4% of GDP	Europe	76%
50th	Côte d'Ivoire	4.4% of GDP	Africa	75%
51st	Curaçao	4.3% of GDP	North America	75%
52nd	Portugal	4.3% of GDP	Europe	74%
53rd	Vietnam	4.2% of GDP	Asia	74%
54th	Congo, Democratic Republic	4.1% of GDP	Africa	73%
55th	Barbados	4.0% of GDP	North America	73%
56th	Kyrgyzstan	4.0% of GDP	Asia	72%
57th	Cabo Verde	4.0% of GDP	Africa	72%
58th	Rwanda	4.0% of GDP	Africa	71%
59th	Belize	4.0% of GDP	North America	71%
60th	Sierra Leone	3.9% of GDP	Africa	70%
61st	Congo	3.8% of GDP	Africa	70%
62nd	Chile	3.8% of GDP	South America	69%
63rd	Czechia	3.8% of GDP	Europe	69%
64th	Panama	3.7% of GDP	North America	68%
65th	Malaysia	3.7% of GDP	Asia	68%
66th	Dominican Republic	3.6% of GDP	North America	67%
67th	Slovakia	3.6% of GDP	Europe	66%
68th	Honduras	3.5% of GDP	North America	66%
69th	Latvia	3.5% of GDP	Europe	65%
70th	Fiji	3.4% of GDP	Oceania	65%
71st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.4% of GDP	Europe	64%
72nd	Brazil	3.4% of GDP	South America	64%
73rd	Colombia	3.3% of GDP	North America	63%
74th	Lebanon	3.3% of GDP	Asia	63%
75th	Turkmenistan	3.2% of GDP	Asia	62%
76th	Australia	3.1% of GDP	Oceania	62%
77th	Bulgaria	3.1% of GDP	Europe	61%
78th	Jordan	3.1% of GDP	Asia	61%
79th	Finland	2.9% of GDP	Europe	60%
80th	Macao	2.9% of GDP	Asia	60%
81st	Israel	2.7% of GDP	Asia	59%
82nd	Thailand	2.7% of GDP	Asia	59%
83rd	Ethiopia	2.7% of GDP	Africa	58%
84th	Niger	2.6% of GDP	Africa	58%
85th	Mali	2.6% of GDP	Africa	57%
86th	Greece	2.6% of GDP	Europe	57%
87th	Kiribati	2.6% of GDP	Oceania	56%
88th	Canada	2.6% of GDP	North America	56%
89th	El Salvador	2.6% of GDP	North America	55%
90th	Vanuatu	2.6% of GDP	Oceania	55%
91st	Slovenia	2.6% of GDP	Europe	54%
92nd	Austria	2.6% of GDP	Europe	54%
93rd	Benin	2.5% of GDP	Africa	53%
94th	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.5% of GDP	North America	53%
95th	Moldova	2.5% of GDP	Europe	52%
96th	Uzbekistan	2.5% of GDP	Asia	52%
97th	Spain	2.5% of GDP	Europe	51%
98th	Mexico	2.4% of GDP	North America	51%
99th	Aruba	2.4% of GDP	North America	50%
100th	Botswana	2.4% of GDP	Africa	50%
101st	Norway	2.4% of GDP	Europe	49%
102nd	Madagascar	2.4% of GDP	Africa	49%
103rd	Peru	2.4% of GDP	South America	48%
104th	Belarus	2.3% of GDP	Europe	48%
105th	Malawi	2.3% of GDP	Africa	47%
106th	Poland	2.2% of GDP	Europe	47%
107th	Tanzania	2.2% of GDP	Africa	46%
108th	Ghana	2.1% of GDP	Africa	46%
109th	Ukraine	2.1% of GDP	Europe	45%
110th	Solomon Islands	2.1% of GDP	Oceania	45%
111st	Sint Maarten	2.1% of GDP	North America	44%
112nd	Tajikistan	2.1% of GDP	Asia	44%
113rd	Philippines	2.0% of GDP	Asia	43%
114th	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.9% of GDP	North America	43%
115th	Romania	1.9% of GDP	Europe	42%
116th	Argentina	1.8% of GDP	South America	42%
117th	Indonesia	1.7% of GDP	Asia	41%
118th	Cameroon	1.7% of GDP	Africa	41%
119th	Saudi Arabia	1.7% of GDP	Asia	40%
120th	France	1.6% of GDP	Europe	40%
121st	Djibouti	1.6% of GDP	Africa	39%
122nd	Guatemala	1.6% of GDP	North America	39%
123rd	Eswatini	1.6% of GDP	Africa	38%
124th	Bahamas	1.5% of GDP	North America	38%
125th	Tunisia	1.5% of GDP	Africa	37%
126th	Myanmar	1.5% of GDP	Asia	37%
127th	Equatorial Guinea	1.5% of GDP	Africa	36%
128th	Central African Republic	1.5% of GDP	Africa	36%
129th	Jamaica	1.4% of GDP	North America	35%
130th	Venezuela	1.4% of GDP	North America	35%
131st	Bermuda	1.3% of GDP	North America	34%
132nd	Guinea-Bissau	1.2% of GDP	Africa	34%
133rd	Palestine	1.2% of GDP	Asia	33%
134th	Italy	1.1% of GDP	Europe	32%
135th	Zimbabwe	1.1% of GDP	Africa	32%
136th	Burundi	1.1% of GDP	Africa	31%
137th	United States	1.0% of GDP	North America	31%
138th	Morocco	1.0% of GDP	Africa	30%
139th	Germany	1.0% of GDP	Europe	30%
140th	Paraguay	0.90% of GDP	South America	29%
141st	Turkey	0.86% of GDP	Europe	29%
142nd	South Korea	0.81% of GDP	Asia	28%
143rd	Ireland	0.79% of GDP	Europe	28%
144th	Togo	0.79% of GDP	Africa	27%
145th	Sri Lanka	0.77% of GDP	Asia	27%
146th	Pakistan	0.72% of GDP	Asia	26%
147th	India	0.69% of GDP	Asia	26%
148th	Kazakhstan	0.68% of GDP	Asia	25%
149th	New Zealand	0.68% of GDP	Oceania	25%
150th	Marshall Islands	0.59% of GDP	Oceania	24%
151st	South Africa	0.58% of GDP	Africa	24%
152nd	Bolivia	0.53% of GDP	South America	23%
153rd	Armenia	0.51% of GDP	Europe	23%
154th	Comoros	0.49% of GDP	Africa	22%
155th	Algeria	0.46% of GDP	Africa	22%
156th	Tonga	0.44% of GDP	Oceania	21%
157th	Nigeria	0.43% of GDP	Africa	21%
158th	Japan	0.43% of GDP	Asia	20%
159th	Bhutan	0.40% of GDP	Asia	20%
160th	Kenya	0.39% of GDP	Africa	19%
161st	Kuwait	0.38% of GDP	Asia	19%
162nd	Burkina Faso	0.36% of GDP	Africa	18%
163rd	Ecuador	0.35% of GDP	South America	18%
164th	Bangladesh	0.34% of GDP	Asia	17%
165th	Samoa	0.32% of GDP	Oceania	17%
166th	Azerbaijan	0.31% of GDP	Europe	16%
167th	Iran	0.30% of GDP	Asia	16%
168th	Tuvalu	0.27% of GDP	Oceania	15%
169th	Qatar	0.21% of GDP	Asia	15%
170th	Brunei	0.19% of GDP	Asia	14%
171st	Nepal	0.13% of GDP	Asia	14%
172nd	China	0.10% of GDP	Asia	13%
173rd	Haiti	0.08% of GDP	North America	13%
174th	Afghanistan	0% of GDP	Asia	12%
175th	Micronesia	0% of GDP	Oceania	12%
176th	Libya	0% of GDP	Africa	11%
177th	Sudan	0% of GDP	Africa	11%
178th	Syria	0% of GDP	Asia	10%
179th	French Polynesia	-0.22% of GDP	Oceania	10%
180th	Russia	-0.44% of GDP	Europe	9%
181st	Lesotho	-0.55% of GDP	Africa	9%
182nd	Papua New Guinea	-0.62% of GDP	Oceania	8%
183rd	Suriname	-0.85% of GDP	North America	8%
184th	San Marino	-0.89% of GDP	Europe	7%
185th	Angola	-1.1% of GDP	Africa	7%
186th	Netherlands	-1.4% of GDP	Europe	6%
187th	United Kingdom	-1.65% of GDP	Europe	6%
188th	Trinidad and Tobago	-1.77% of GDP	North America	5%
189th	Sao Tome and Principe	-2.03% of GDP	Africa	5%
190th	Iraq	-2.74% of GDP	Asia	4%
191st	Nauru	-3.6% of GDP	Oceania	4%
192nd	Uruguay	-4.89% of GDP	South America	3%
193rd	Belgium	-6.16% of GDP	Europe	3%
194th	Estonia	-7.97% of GDP	Europe	2%
195th	Switzerland	-9.93% of GDP	Europe	2%
196th	Hungary	-27.92% of GDP	Europe	1%
197th	Cyprus	-133.82% of GDP	Europe	1%

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Complete ranking of 197 countries • % of GDP • Data refreshed May 28, 2026

Leader

Malta

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Lowest rank

Cyprus

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What FDI Net Inflows Measures

Foreign direct investment net inflows as a share of GDP, from World Bank Open Data.

Why This Ranking Matters

Global Range

Values range from -133.82% of GDP (Cyprus) to 170.54% of GDP (Malta) — minimal difference across 197 countries.

Regional Patterns

Values are tightly clustered around the median of 2.42% of GDP, with most countries falling within a narrow range. A few outliers at the extremes account for most of the overall spread.

Notable Outliers

Continental Leaders

Europe

Malta

170.54% of GDP

North America

Cayman Islands

93.72% of GDP

Oceania

Palau

28.87% of GDP

Asia

Hong Kong

28.76% of GDP

Africa

Liberia

15.63% of GDP

South America

Chile

3.79% of GDP

Highest FDI Net Inflows

The 5 strongest FDI Net Inflows reads.

Malta170.54% of GDP Luxembourg113.62% of GDP Cayman Islands93.72% of GDP Guyana34.99% of GDP Palau28.87% of GDP

Lowest FDI Net Inflows

The 5 lowest FDI Net Inflows reads.

Cyprus-133.82% of GDP Hungary-27.92% of GDP Switzerland-9.93% of GDP Estonia-7.97% of GDP Belgium-6.16% of GDP

Data Note

Top 10 Countries

1stMalta170.54% of GDP

2ndLuxembourg113.62% of GDP

3rdCayman Islands93.72% of GDP

4thGuyana34.99% of GDP

5thPalau28.87% of GDP

6thHong Kong28.76% of GDP

7thSingapore27.76% of GDP

8thGrenada16.45% of GDP

9thLiberia15.63% of GDP

10thMozambique15.43% of GDP

Country Ladder

FDI Inflows (% GDP) ranking for 197 countries
				Percentile
1st	Malta	170.54% of GDP	Europe	100%
2nd	Luxembourg	113.62% of GDP	Europe	99%
3rd	Cayman Islands	93.72% of GDP	North America	99%
4th	Guyana	34.99% of GDP	North America	98%
5th	Palau	28.87% of GDP	Oceania	98%
6th	Hong Kong	28.76% of GDP	Asia	97%
7th	Singapore	27.76% of GDP	Asia	97%
8th	Grenada	16.45% of GDP	North America	96%
9th	Liberia	15.63% of GDP	Africa	96%
10th	Mozambique	15.43% of GDP	Africa	95%
11th	Namibia	14.76% of GDP	Africa	95%
12th	Mauritania	13.2% of GDP	Africa	94%
13th	Antigua and Barbuda	12.26% of GDP	North America	94%
14th	Egypt	11.97% of GDP	Africa	93%
15th	Mongolia	11.69% of GDP	Asia	93%
16th	Oman	11.64% of GDP	Asia	92%
17th	Timor-Leste	11.56% of GDP	Asia	92%
18th	Maldives	11.42% of GDP	Asia	91%
19th	Seychelles	10.43% of GDP	Africa	91%
20th	Gambia	9.7% of GDP	Africa	90%
21st	Cambodia	9.5% of GDP	Asia	90%
22nd	New Caledonia	8.5% of GDP	Oceania	89%
23rd	United Arab Emirates	8.3% of GDP	Asia	89%
24th	Iceland	8.1% of GDP	Europe	88%
25th	Montenegro	7.2% of GDP	Europe	88%
26th	Saint Lucia	7.0% of GDP	North America	87%
27th	Nicaragua	6.9% of GDP	North America	87%
28th	Andorra	6.6% of GDP	Europe	86%
29th	Somalia	6.4% of GDP	Africa	86%
30th	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.4% of GDP	North America	85%
31st	Albania	6.3% of GDP	Europe	85%
32nd	North Macedonia	6.2% of GDP	Europe	84%
33rd	Serbia	6.2% of GDP	Europe	84%
34th	Senegal	6.1% of GDP	Africa	83%
35th	Uganda	6.0% of GDP	Africa	83%
36th	Laos	6.0% of GDP	Asia	82%
37th	Bahrain	5.7% of GDP	Asia	82%
38th	Guinea	5.6% of GDP	Africa	81%
39th	Costa Rica	5.6% of GDP	North America	81%
40th	Lithuania	5.5% of GDP	Europe	80%
41st	Gabon	5.5% of GDP	Africa	80%
42nd	Dominica	5.3% of GDP	North America	79%
43rd	Sweden	5.2% of GDP	Europe	79%
44th	Chad	5.2% of GDP	Africa	78%
45th	Croatia	5.0% of GDP	Europe	78%
46th	Georgia	4.7% of GDP	Europe	77%
47th	Zambia	4.7% of GDP	Africa	77%
48th	Mauritius	4.6% of GDP	Africa	76%
49th	Denmark	4.4% of GDP	Europe	76%
50th	Côte d'Ivoire	4.4% of GDP	Africa	75%
51st	Curaçao	4.3% of GDP	North America	75%
52nd	Portugal	4.3% of GDP	Europe	74%
53rd	Vietnam	4.2% of GDP	Asia	74%
54th	Congo, Democratic Republic	4.1% of GDP	Africa	73%
55th	Barbados	4.0% of GDP	North America	73%
56th	Kyrgyzstan	4.0% of GDP	Asia	72%
57th	Cabo Verde	4.0% of GDP	Africa	72%
58th	Rwanda	4.0% of GDP	Africa	71%
59th	Belize	4.0% of GDP	North America	71%
60th	Sierra Leone	3.9% of GDP	Africa	70%
61st	Congo	3.8% of GDP	Africa	70%
62nd	Chile	3.8% of GDP	South America	69%
63rd	Czechia	3.8% of GDP	Europe	69%
64th	Panama	3.7% of GDP	North America	68%
65th	Malaysia	3.7% of GDP	Asia	68%
66th	Dominican Republic	3.6% of GDP	North America	67%
67th	Slovakia	3.6% of GDP	Europe	66%
68th	Honduras	3.5% of GDP	North America	66%
69th	Latvia	3.5% of GDP	Europe	65%
70th	Fiji	3.4% of GDP	Oceania	65%
71st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.4% of GDP	Europe	64%
72nd	Brazil	3.4% of GDP	South America	64%
73rd	Colombia	3.3% of GDP	North America	63%
74th	Lebanon	3.3% of GDP	Asia	63%
75th	Turkmenistan	3.2% of GDP	Asia	62%
76th	Australia	3.1% of GDP	Oceania	62%
77th	Bulgaria	3.1% of GDP	Europe	61%
78th	Jordan	3.1% of GDP	Asia	61%
79th	Finland	2.9% of GDP	Europe	60%
80th	Macao	2.9% of GDP	Asia	60%
81st	Israel	2.7% of GDP	Asia	59%
82nd	Thailand	2.7% of GDP	Asia	59%
83rd	Ethiopia	2.7% of GDP	Africa	58%
84th	Niger	2.6% of GDP	Africa	58%
85th	Mali	2.6% of GDP	Africa	57%
86th	Greece	2.6% of GDP	Europe	57%
87th	Kiribati	2.6% of GDP	Oceania	56%
88th	Canada	2.6% of GDP	North America	56%
89th	El Salvador	2.6% of GDP	North America	55%
90th	Vanuatu	2.6% of GDP	Oceania	55%
91st	Slovenia	2.6% of GDP	Europe	54%
92nd	Austria	2.6% of GDP	Europe	54%
93rd	Benin	2.5% of GDP	Africa	53%
94th	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.5% of GDP	North America	53%
95th	Moldova	2.5% of GDP	Europe	52%
96th	Uzbekistan	2.5% of GDP	Asia	52%
97th	Spain	2.5% of GDP	Europe	51%
98th	Mexico	2.4% of GDP	North America	51%
99th	Aruba	2.4% of GDP	North America	50%
100th	Botswana	2.4% of GDP	Africa	50%
101st	Norway	2.4% of GDP	Europe	49%
102nd	Madagascar	2.4% of GDP	Africa	49%
103rd	Peru	2.4% of GDP	South America	48%
104th	Belarus	2.3% of GDP	Europe	48%
105th	Malawi	2.3% of GDP	Africa	47%
106th	Poland	2.2% of GDP	Europe	47%
107th	Tanzania	2.2% of GDP	Africa	46%
108th	Ghana	2.1% of GDP	Africa	46%
109th	Ukraine	2.1% of GDP	Europe	45%
110th	Solomon Islands	2.1% of GDP	Oceania	45%
111st	Sint Maarten	2.1% of GDP	North America	44%
112nd	Tajikistan	2.1% of GDP	Asia	44%
113rd	Philippines	2.0% of GDP	Asia	43%
114th	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.9% of GDP	North America	43%
115th	Romania	1.9% of GDP	Europe	42%
116th	Argentina	1.8% of GDP	South America	42%
117th	Indonesia	1.7% of GDP	Asia	41%
118th	Cameroon	1.7% of GDP	Africa	41%
119th	Saudi Arabia	1.7% of GDP	Asia	40%
120th	France	1.6% of GDP	Europe	40%
121st	Djibouti	1.6% of GDP	Africa	39%
122nd	Guatemala	1.6% of GDP	North America	39%
123rd	Eswatini	1.6% of GDP	Africa	38%
124th	Bahamas	1.5% of GDP	North America	38%
125th	Tunisia	1.5% of GDP	Africa	37%
126th	Myanmar	1.5% of GDP	Asia	37%
127th	Equatorial Guinea	1.5% of GDP	Africa	36%
128th	Central African Republic	1.5% of GDP	Africa	36%
129th	Jamaica	1.4% of GDP	North America	35%
130th	Venezuela	1.4% of GDP	North America	35%
131st	Bermuda	1.3% of GDP	North America	34%
132nd	Guinea-Bissau	1.2% of GDP	Africa	34%
133rd	Palestine	1.2% of GDP	Asia	33%
134th	Italy	1.1% of GDP	Europe	32%
135th	Zimbabwe	1.1% of GDP	Africa	32%
136th	Burundi	1.1% of GDP	Africa	31%
137th	United States	1.0% of GDP	North America	31%
138th	Morocco	1.0% of GDP	Africa	30%
139th	Germany	1.0% of GDP	Europe	30%
140th	Paraguay	0.90% of GDP	South America	29%
141st	Turkey	0.86% of GDP	Europe	29%
142nd	South Korea	0.81% of GDP	Asia	28%
143rd	Ireland	0.79% of GDP	Europe	28%
144th	Togo	0.79% of GDP	Africa	27%
145th	Sri Lanka	0.77% of GDP	Asia	27%
146th	Pakistan	0.72% of GDP	Asia	26%
147th	India	0.69% of GDP	Asia	26%
148th	Kazakhstan	0.68% of GDP	Asia	25%
149th	New Zealand	0.68% of GDP	Oceania	25%
150th	Marshall Islands	0.59% of GDP	Oceania	24%
151st	South Africa	0.58% of GDP	Africa	24%
152nd	Bolivia	0.53% of GDP	South America	23%
153rd	Armenia	0.51% of GDP	Europe	23%
154th	Comoros	0.49% of GDP	Africa	22%
155th	Algeria	0.46% of GDP	Africa	22%
156th	Tonga	0.44% of GDP	Oceania	21%
157th	Nigeria	0.43% of GDP	Africa	21%
158th	Japan	0.43% of GDP	Asia	20%
159th	Bhutan	0.40% of GDP	Asia	20%
160th	Kenya	0.39% of GDP	Africa	19%
161st	Kuwait	0.38% of GDP	Asia	19%
162nd	Burkina Faso	0.36% of GDP	Africa	18%
163rd	Ecuador	0.35% of GDP	South America	18%
164th	Bangladesh	0.34% of GDP	Asia	17%
165th	Samoa	0.32% of GDP	Oceania	17%
166th	Azerbaijan	0.31% of GDP	Europe	16%
167th	Iran	0.30% of GDP	Asia	16%
168th	Tuvalu	0.27% of GDP	Oceania	15%
169th	Qatar	0.21% of GDP	Asia	15%
170th	Brunei	0.19% of GDP	Asia	14%
171st	Nepal	0.13% of GDP	Asia	14%
172nd	China	0.10% of GDP	Asia	13%
173rd	Haiti	0.08% of GDP	North America	13%
174th	Afghanistan	0% of GDP	Asia	12%
175th	Micronesia	0% of GDP	Oceania	12%
176th	Libya	0% of GDP	Africa	11%
177th	Sudan	0% of GDP	Africa	11%
178th	Syria	0% of GDP	Asia	10%
179th	French Polynesia	-0.22% of GDP	Oceania	10%
180th	Russia	-0.44% of GDP	Europe	9%
181st	Lesotho	-0.55% of GDP	Africa	9%
182nd	Papua New Guinea	-0.62% of GDP	Oceania	8%
183rd	Suriname	-0.85% of GDP	North America	8%
184th	San Marino	-0.89% of GDP	Europe	7%
185th	Angola	-1.1% of GDP	Africa	7%
186th	Netherlands	-1.4% of GDP	Europe	6%
187th	United Kingdom	-1.65% of GDP	Europe	6%
188th	Trinidad and Tobago	-1.77% of GDP	North America	5%
189th	Sao Tome and Principe	-2.03% of GDP	Africa	5%
190th	Iraq	-2.74% of GDP	Asia	4%
191st	Nauru	-3.6% of GDP	Oceania	4%
192nd	Uruguay	-4.89% of GDP	South America	3%
193rd	Belgium	-6.16% of GDP	Europe	3%
194th	Estonia	-7.97% of GDP	Europe	2%
195th	Switzerland	-9.93% of GDP	Europe	2%
196th	Hungary	-27.92% of GDP	Europe	1%
197th	Cyprus	-133.82% of GDP	Europe	1%

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