economic2024

Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP

Name: Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP
Creator: United Nations SDG Global Database
Keywords: trend-research-200, un-sdg, trade-industry-supply-chains, foreign, direct, investment, inflows, proportion

Compare foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp across 177 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2024.

Source: United Nations SDG Global Database•177 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

4.2%

Median: 2.6%

Countries Covered

177

with available data

Highest

Malta

170.5%

Lowest

Cyprus

-133.8%

Top 5 Countries

1Malta170.5%

2Luxembourg113.6%

3Guyana35.0%

4Hong Kong30.9%

5Singapore27.8%

By Region

Other6.1%(100 countries)

Asia4.0%(23 countries)

Africa2.1%(9 countries)

North America2.0%(4 countries)

Oceania1.9%(2 countries)

Key Findings

•177 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
•Malta has the highest published value (170.538 %).
•Cyprus has the lowest published value (-133.824 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-133.8%)High (170.5%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 4.2%)

Other (100)

Asia (23)

Africa (9)

North America (4)

Oceania (2)

South America (7)

Europe (32)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP (%).

Values use UN SDG series BX_KLT_DINV_WD_GD_ZS, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2024 reference year, unit Percentage, and the fixed selection Reporting Type: Global. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.

Methodology

UN SDG series BX_KLT_DINV_WD_GD_ZS; year 2024; unit PERCENT; dimensions {"Reporting Type": "G"}; attributes {"Nature": "G", "Units": "PERCENT"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 17.13.1.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Malta	170.5%
2	Luxembourg	113.6%
3	Guyana	35.0%
4	Hong Kong	30.9%
5	Singapore	27.8%
6	Mozambique	15.4%
7	Namibia	14.8%
8	Mauritania	13.2%
9	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12.0%
10	Egypt	12.0%
11	Grenada	11.9%
12	Mongolia	11.7%
13	Oman	11.6%
14	Timor-Leste	11.6%
15	Maldives	11.4%
16	Antigua and Barbuda	11.1%
17	Seychelles	10.4%
18	Liberia	9.9%
19	Republic of The Gambia	9.7%
20	Cambodia	9.5%
21	Zambia	9.3%
22	Dominica	8.7%
23	United Arab Emirates	8.3%
24	Iceland	8.1%
25	Saint Lucia	7.3%
26	Montenegro	7.2%
27	Nicaragua	6.9%
28	Andorra	6.6%
29	Somalia	6.4%
30	Albania	6.3%
31	The Republic of North Macedonia	6.2%
32	Serbia	6.2%
33	Senegal	6.1%
34	Uganda	6.0%
35	Malawi	6.0%
36	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.0%
37	Bahrain	5.7%
38	Guinea	5.6%
39	Costa Rica	5.6%
40	Lithuania	5.5%
41	Gabon	5.5%
42	Chad	5.2%
43	Croatia	4.9%
44	Georgia	4.7%
45	Mauritius	4.6%
46	Sweden	4.5%
47	Denmark	4.4%
48	Portugal	4.3%
49	Vietnam	4.2%
50	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4.1%
51	Barbados	4.0%
52	Kyrgyzstan	4.0%
53	Cape Verde	4.0%
54	Rwanda	4.0%
55	Belize	4.0%
56	Republic of the Congo	3.8%
57	Macao	3.8%
58	Chile	3.8%
59	Czech Republic	3.8%
60	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.7%
61	Panama	3.7%
62	Malaysia	3.7%
63	Dominican Republic	3.6%
64	Cote d'Ivoire	3.6%
65	Slovakia	3.6%
66	Honduras	3.5%
67	Madagascar	3.5%
68	Latvia	3.5%
69	Mali	3.4%
70	Fiji	3.4%
71	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.4%
72	Brazil	3.4%
73	Colombia	3.3%
74	Turkmenistan	3.2%
75	Bulgaria	3.1%
76	Jordan	3.1%
77	Australia	3.0%
78	Finland	2.9%
79	Canada	2.8%
80	Israel	2.7%
81	Thailand	2.7%
82	Ethiopia	2.7%
83	Greece	2.6%
84	Kiribati	2.6%
85	El Salvador	2.6%
86	Uzbekistan	2.6%
87	Vanuatu	2.6%
88	Slovenia	2.6%
89	Austria	2.6%
90	Benin	2.5%
91	Moldova, Republic of	2.5%
92	Norway	2.5%
93	Spain	2.5%
94	Paraguay	2.5%
95	Mexico	2.4%
96	Botswana	2.4%
97	Peru	2.4%
98	Belarus	2.3%
99	Poland	2.2%
100	United Republic of Tanzania	2.2%
101	Ghana	2.1%
102	Ukraine	2.1%
103	Solomon Islands	2.1%
104	Tajikistan	2.1%
105	Philippines	2.0%
106	Romania	1.9%
107	Argentina	1.8%
108	Niger	1.8%
109	Sierra Leone	1.7%
110	Indonesia	1.7%
111	Saudi Arabia	1.7%
112	Cameroon	1.7%
113	France	1.6%
114	Djibouti	1.6%
115	Guatemala	1.6%
116	Eswatini	1.6%
117	Bahamas	1.5%
118	Tunisia	1.5%
119	Myanmar	1.5%
120	Equatorial Guinea	1.5%
121	Central African Republic	1.5%
122	Jamaica	1.4%
123	Venezuela	1.4%
124	Guinea-Bissau	1.2%
125	Italy	1.1%
126	Zimbabwe	1.1%
127	Burundi	1.1%
128	United States of America	1.0%
129	Morocco	1.0%
130	Germany	1.0%
131	Türkiye	0.9%
132	South Korea	0.8%
133	Ireland	0.8%
134	Togo	0.8%
135	Sri Lanka	0.8%
136	Pakistan	0.7%
137	Bolivia	0.7%
138	India	0.7%
139	Kazakhstan	0.7%
140	New Zealand	0.7%
141	Marshall Islands	0.6%
142	South Africa	0.6%
143	Armenia	0.5%
144	Comoros	0.5%
145	Algeria	0.5%
146	Nigeria	0.4%
147	Japan	0.4%
148	Kenya	0.4%
149	Kuwait	0.4%
150	Burkina Faso	0.4%
151	Ecuador	0.4%
152	Samoa	0.3%
153	Azerbaijan	0.3%
154	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.3%
155	Bangladesh	0.3%
156	Qatar	0.2%
157	Brunei Darussalam	0.2%
158	Nepal	0.1%
159	People's Republic of China	0.1%
160	Haiti	0.1%
161	United Kingdom	-0.4%
162	Russian Federation	-0.4%
163	Lesotho	-0.6%
164	Papua New Guinea	-0.6%
165	Suriname	-0.9%
166	Angola	-1.1%
167	Netherlands	-1.4%
168	Trinidad and Tobago	-1.8%
169	Sao Tome and Principe	-2.0%
170	Iraq	-2.7%
171	Nauru	-3.6%
172	Uruguay	-4.9%
173	Belgium	-6.2%
174	Estonia	-8.0%
175	Switzerland	-11.6%
176	Hungary	-27.9%
177	Cyprus	-133.8%

Showing 177 of 177 countries

Topics

#trend-research-200 #un-sdg #trade-industry-supply-chains #foreign #direct #investment #inflows #proportion

Data Source

This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2024).

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