ECONDEX

Economic and development data for every country, explained with the numbers checked.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows

% of GDP. Ranking of 195 countries with data from 2022 to 2025. Series code BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS.

Medians

World2.1%
Upper middle income2.4%
High income2.1%
Lower middle income1.9%
Low income2.8%
Europe & Central Asia1.9%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan2.0%
Sub-Saharan Africa2.0%
Latin America & Caribbean2.5%
East Asia & Pacific2.1%
South Asia0.7%
North America1.3%

Ranking

Rank 1 is the highest value. It does not mean best or worst.

RankCountryValueYear 5-yr changeZ-scoreRegionIncome group
1 Malta 51.7%2025 −140.2 pp−1.0 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanHigh income
2 Suriname 45.4%2025 +45.3 pp+7.8 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
3 Cayman Islands 40.9%2024 +22.7 pp−0.5 Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income
4 Guyana 33.1%2025 +9.6 pp+0.9 Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income
5 Hong Kong SAR, China 28.3%2025 −5.7 pp−0.6 East Asia & PacificHigh income
6 Guinea 27.4%2025 +26.1 pp+4.2 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
7 Cyprus 27.1%2025 +323.1 pp−0.2 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
8 Singapore 26.3%2025 +3.8 pp+0.2 East Asia & PacificHigh income
9 Mozambique 25.8%2025 +3.4 pp+0.9 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
10 Palau 16.6%2025 −0.5 pp−0.4 East Asia & PacificHigh income
11 Timor-Leste 13.3%2025 +29.5 pp+1.7 East Asia & PacificLower middle income
12 Antigua and Barbuda 12.1%2025 +5.2 pp+0.2 Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income
13 Grenada 12.0%2025 −1.5 pp−1.0 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
14 Maldives 11.1%2025 −0.8 pp−0.1 South AsiaUpper middle income
15 Mongolia 10.8%2025 −2.1 pp+0.2 East Asia & PacificUpper middle income
16 Gambia, The 10.6%2025 +0.1 pp+1.0 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
17 Sao Tome and Principe 10.5%2025 +0.5 pp+1.0 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
18 Ireland 10.4%2025 +2.3 pp−0.1 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
19 Kosovo 10.0%2025 +4.9 pp+2.3 Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income
20 Seychelles 10.0%2025 +4.2 pp0.0 Sub-Saharan AfricaHigh income
21 Cambodia 9.9%2025 −0.5 pp+0.8 East Asia & PacificLower middle income
22 Namibia 9.6%2025 +11.0 pp+0.6 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
23 Liberia 9.5%2025 +12.5 pp+1.2 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
24 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 8.9%2025 +1.3 pp−0.4 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
25 United Arab Emirates 8.3%2024 +4.1 pp+3.2 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanHigh income
26 Lao PDR 7.7%2025 +2.6 pp+0.3 East Asia & PacificLower middle income
27 Montenegro 7.3%2025 −3.9 pp−0.8 Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income
28 St. Lucia 7.3%2025 +0.8 pp+0.7 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
29 Dominica 6.8%2025 +2.5 pp+0.2 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
30 Lebanon 6.8%2024 +3.1 pp+2.3 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanLower middle income
31 Nicaragua 6.8%2025 +0.9 pp0.0 Latin America & CaribbeanLower middle income
32 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 6.4%2025 +0.2 pp+1.2 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
33 Oman 6.2%2025 +3.6 pp+0.2 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanHigh income
34 Albania 6.1%2025 −1.0 pp−1.9 Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income
35 Andorra 6.0%2025 −3.4 pp−1.3 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
36 Rwanda 5.9%2025 +4.5 pp+4.0 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
37 New Caledonia 5.9%2024 −1.7 pp−0.4 East Asia & PacificHigh income
38 Costa Rica 5.4%2025 +2.1 pp+0.3 Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income
39 Mauritania 5.4%2025 −5.8 pp−0.3 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
40 Uganda 5.4%2025 +2.2 pp+0.9 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
41 Cabo Verde 5.0%2025 +1.3 pp−0.2 Sub-Saharan AfricaUpper middle income
42 Mauritius 5.0%2025 +3.0 pp+1.4 Sub-Saharan AfricaUpper middle income
43 Greece 4.8%2025 +3.1 pp+3.2 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
44 Malaysia 4.6%2025 +3.4 pp+1.1 East Asia & PacificUpper middle income
45 Madagascar 4.5%2025 +1.8 pp+1.7 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
46 Zambia 4.5%2025 +3.1 pp+0.4 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
47 Curacao 4.3%2024 −2.4 pp−0.5 Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income
48 Georgia 4.3%2025 +0.9 pp−1.3 Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income
49 Israel 4.3%2025 −0.8 pp+0.2 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanHigh income
50 Viet Nam 4.3%2025 −0.3 pp−1.1 East Asia & PacificUpper middle income
51 Fiji 4.2%2025 −1.4 pp−0.5 East Asia & PacificUpper middle income
52 Egypt, Arab Rep. 4.2%2025 +2.7 pp+0.3 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanLower middle income
53 Chile 4.1%2025 −0.4 pp−0.4 Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income
54 Serbia 3.9%2025 −2.3 pp−3.3 Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income
55 Dominican Republic 3.9%2025 +0.7 pp+0.8 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
56 Solomon Islands 3.8%2025 +3.3 pp+1.2 East Asia & PacificLower middle income
57 Bulgaria 3.7%2025 −0.2 pp+0.1 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
58 Denmark 3.7%2025 +3.3 pp+0.5 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
59 Congo, Rep. 3.7%2025 +20.9 pp+0.4 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
60 Malawi 3.6%2025 +1.4 pp+2.2 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
61 North Macedonia 3.5%2025 +3.5 pp−0.4 Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income
62 Portugal 3.5%2025 +1.6 pp−0.1 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
63 Brazil 3.4%2025 +0.8 pp−0.1 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
64 Barbados 3.4%2025 −1.4 pp−0.5 Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income
65 Jordan 3.3%2025 +1.7 pp+0.6 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanUpper middle income
66 Lithuania 3.2%2025 −4.7 pp−0.5 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
67 Djibouti 3.2%2025 −1.8 pp−1.3 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanLower middle income
68 Thailand 3.2%2025 +4.1 pp+1.2 East Asia & PacificUpper middle income
69 Peru 3.1%2025 +2.6 pp+0.2 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
70 Uzbekistan 3.0%2025 +0.6 pp+1.1 Europe & Central AsiaLower middle income
71 Canada 3.0%2025 +1.3 pp+0.8 North AmericaHigh income
72 Ethiopia 3.0%2025 +0.6 pp−0.5 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
73 Croatia 2.8%2025 +0.3 pp−0.6 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
74 Kyrgyz Republic 2.8%2025 +7.7 pp−0.1 Europe & Central AsiaLower middle income
75 Mali 2.8%2025 +0.2 pp0.0 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
76 Honduras 2.7%2025 +1.7 pp−0.4 Latin America & CaribbeanLower middle income
77 Czechia 2.7%2025 −0.7 pp−0.8 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
78 Tonga 2.6%2025 +1.9 pp+0.7 East Asia & PacificUpper middle income
79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.6%2025 +0.2 pp−0.4 Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income
80 Sweden 2.6%2025 −0.8 pp−0.6 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
81 Saudi Arabia 2.6%2025 +2.3 pp+1.0 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanHigh income
82 Colombia 2.5%2025 −0.2 pp−1.8 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
83 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.5%2024 +0.6 pp+0.5 Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income
84 Aruba 2.5%2024 +4.7 pp−0.1 Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income
85 Mexico 2.4%2025 −0.4 pp−0.6 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
86 Vanuatu 2.4%2025 −1.6 pp−0.8 East Asia & PacificLower middle income
87 Armenia 2.4%2025 +2.0 pp+0.2 Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income
88 St. Kitts and Nevis 2.4%2025 +2.1 pp−0.7 Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income
89 Paraguay 2.4%2025 +1.6 pp+0.9 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
90 Sierra Leone 2.4%2025 +1.6 pp−0.2 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
91 Equatorial Guinea 2.3%2025 +2.4 pp−0.5 Sub-Saharan AfricaUpper middle income
92 Uruguay 2.3%2025 +0.5 pp0.0 Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income
93 Slovenia 2.3%2025 +1.3 pp−0.7 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
94 Moldova 2.3%2025 +0.9 pp−0.3 Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income
95 Macao SAR, China 2.2%2025 +26.8 pp−0.1 East Asia & PacificHigh income
96 Romania 2.2%2025 +0.7 pp−0.8 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
97 Australia 2.1%2025 +0.7 pp−1.0 East Asia & PacificHigh income
98 El Salvador 2.1%2025 +0.5 pp+0.1 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
99 Congo, Dem. Rep. 2.1%2025 −1.2 pp−1.7 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
100 Cote d'Ivoire 2.0%2025 +0.9 pp+0.2 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
101 Poland 2.0%2025 −1.3 pp−1.4 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
102 Tunisia 2.0%2025 +0.5 pp+0.8 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanLower middle income
103 Benin 2.0%2025 +0.9 pp+0.8 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
104 West Bank and Gaza 1.9%2025 +1.4 pp+1.4 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanLower middle income
105 Tanzania 1.9%2025 +0.5 pp−0.1 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
106 Germany 1.9%2025 −2.6 pp−0.6 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
107 Zimbabwe 1.9%2025 +1.4 pp+1.5 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
108 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.9%2025 +0.1 pp−0.1 Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income
109 Togo 1.9%2025 +2.7 pp+0.5 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
110 Morocco 1.8%2025 +0.7 pp+0.1 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanLower middle income
111 France 1.8%2025 +1.1 pp−0.2 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
112 Angola 1.8%2025 +5.0 pp+0.9 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
113 Gabon 1.8%2025 +1.1 pp+0.4 Sub-Saharan AfricaUpper middle income
114 Belarus 1.8%2025 −0.5 pp−1.7 Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income
115 Libya 1.7%2025 0.0 pp– Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanUpper middle income
116 Bahrain 1.7%2025 −1.2 pp−0.7 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanHigh income
117 Ghana 1.7%2025 −1.0 pp−1.2 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
118 Philippines 1.7%2025 −0.2 pp−1.6 East Asia & PacificUpper middle income
119 Indonesia 1.6%2025 −0.2 pp−0.4 East Asia & PacificUpper middle income
120 Bahamas, The 1.5%2024 −2.1 pp−1.3 Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income
121 Spain 1.5%2025 −1.4 pp−1.7 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
122 Central African Republic 1.4%2025 +1.8 pp+1.3 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
123 Turkmenistan 1.4%2025 −3.8 pp−1.2 Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income
124 Qatar 1.4%2025 +3.1 pp+1.9 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanHigh income
125 Guatemala 1.4%2025 +0.1 pp−0.4 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
126 Nigeria 1.4%2025 +1.0 pp+3.6 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
127 Slovak Republic 1.3%2025 +2.4 pp−0.6 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
128 Guinea-Bissau 1.3%2025 +0.1 pp−0.3 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
129 Myanmar 1.3%2025 −1.1 pp−1.1 East Asia & PacificLower middle income
130 Lesotho 1.3%2025 +0.7 pp0.0 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
131 New Zealand 1.3%2025 −1.0 pp−0.2 East Asia & PacificHigh income
132 Bermuda 1.3%2024 +1.2 pp+0.3 North AmericaHigh income
133 Jamaica 1.2%2025 −0.5 pp−1.2 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
134 Kiribati 1.2%2025 0.0 pp+0.5 East Asia & PacificLower middle income
135 Niger 1.2%2025 −1.5 pp−1.9 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
136 Burkina Faso 1.1%2025 +1.7 pp+0.1 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
137 Burundi 1.0%2025 +0.4 pp+0.4 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
138 Marshall Islands 1.0%2025 −0.2 pp0.0 East Asia & PacificUpper middle income
139 Panama 1.0%2025 +3.9 pp−1.0 Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income
140 Ecuador 1.0%2025 −0.1 pp+0.6 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
141 Japan 1.0%2025 −0.2 pp+1.2 East Asia & PacificHigh income
142 India 1.0%2025 −1.4 pp−1.0 South AsiaLower middle income
143 Eswatini 1.0%2025 +0.1 pp0.0 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
144 Cameroon 1.0%2025 −0.6 pp−3.4 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
145 United States 1.0%2025 +0.4 pp−0.9 North AmericaHigh income
146 Sri Lanka 1.0%2025 +0.4 pp−0.1 South AsiaUpper middle income
147 United Kingdom 0.9%2025 −4.8 pp−0.5 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
148 Korea, Rep. 0.8%2025 +0.3 pp+0.1 East Asia & PacificHigh income
149 Latvia 0.8%2025 −2.0 pp−1.2 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
150 Kenya 0.8%2025 +0.8 pp+0.3 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
151 Bolivia 0.8%2025 +3.5 pp+0.3 Latin America & CaribbeanLower middle income
152 Turkiye 0.8%2025 −0.2 pp−1.4 Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income
153 Ukraine 0.8%2025 +0.6 pp−0.9 Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income
154 Argentina 0.6%2025 −0.6 pp−1.4 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
155 Algeria 0.5%2025 −0.2 pp+0.1 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanUpper middle income
156 Comoros 0.5%2025 +0.2 pp+1.8 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
157 Azerbaijan 0.5%2025 −0.7 pp−0.4 Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income
158 Tajikistan 0.5%2025 −0.8 pp−1.4 Europe & Central AsiaLower middle income
159 Pakistan 0.5%2025 −0.2 pp−1.4 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanLower middle income
160 Iran, Islamic Rep. 0.5%2025 0.0 pp−0.2 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanUpper middle income
161 Russian Federation 0.4%2025 −0.2 pp−0.2 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
162 Brunei Darussalam 0.4%2025 −4.3 pp−0.5 East Asia & PacificHigh income
163 China 0.4%2025 −1.3 pp−1.4 East Asia & PacificUpper middle income
164 Tuvalu 0.4%2025 +0.2 pp−0.5 East Asia & PacificUpper middle income
165 Bangladesh 0.4%2025 0.0 pp−0.6 South AsiaLower middle income
166 Netherlands 0.3%2025 +23.9 pp0.0 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
167 Kuwait 0.3%2025 +0.8 pp+0.1 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanHigh income
168 Bhutan 0.2%2025 +0.4 pp+0.2 South AsiaLower middle income
169 Samoa 0.2%2025 −0.3 pp−0.7 East Asia & PacificUpper middle income
170 Finland 0.1%2025 +1.1 pp−0.8 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
171 Senegal 0.1%2025 −7.4 pp−1.5 Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income
172 Nepal 0.1%2025 −0.3 pp−1.3 South AsiaLower middle income
173 Haiti 0.0%2025 −0.1 pp−0.8 Latin America & CaribbeanLower middle income
174 Italy 0.0%2025 +0.9 pp−1.2 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
175 Chad 0.0%2025 −1.2 pp+0.1 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
176 Belize 0.0%2025 −3.7 pp−1.9 Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income
177 Switzerland 0.0%2025 +31.6 pp+0.2 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
178 Sudan 0.0%2025 −2.7 pp−1.9 Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income
179 Naoero 0.0%2025 +2.7 pp−0.1 East Asia & PacificHigh income
180 French Polynesia −0.2%2024 −0.4 pp−0.9 East Asia & PacificHigh income
181 Kazakhstan −0.3%2025 −4.5 pp−1.0 Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income
182 South Africa −0.5%2025 −1.4 pp−0.9 Sub-Saharan AfricaUpper middle income
183 Venezuela, RB −0.5%2025 −0.1 pp−0.8 Latin America & CaribbeanLower middle income
184 San Marino −0.9%2023 –– Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
185 Norway −1.3%2025 −0.5 pp−0.9 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
186 Austria −2.0%2025 +0.7 pp−0.3 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
187 Iceland −2.2%2025 +1.8 pp−0.1 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
188 Estonia −2.2%2025 −14.2 pp−1.1 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
189 Iraq −3.0%2025 −1.4 pp−0.6 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanUpper middle income
190 Trinidad and Tobago −3.1%2025 −8.1 pp−0.7 Latin America & CaribbeanHigh income
191 Botswana −3.3%2025 −3.5 pp−2.9 Sub-Saharan AfricaUpper middle income
192 Papua New Guinea −3.6%2025 −4.1 pp−3.1 East Asia & PacificLower middle income
193 Belgium −4.0%2025 +1.7 pp−0.4 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
194 Hungary −28.4%2025 −134.0 pp−0.9 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income
195 Luxembourg −32.7%2025 −29.6 pp−0.1 Europe & Central AsiaHigh income

8 further countries have data for this indicator but nothing recent enough to rank.