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Firms with at least 10% foreign ownership — series 2

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

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Key Insights

Global Average
9.8Percentage
Median: 7.5Percentage
Countries Covered
178
with available data
Highest
Luxembourg
49.9Percentage
Lowest
Turkmenistan
0.0Percentage
Top 5 Countries
1Luxembourg49.9Percentage
2Equatorial Guinea49.1Percentage
3Gabon43.8Percentage
4South Sudan43.7Percentage
5Papua New Guinea38.2Percentage
By Region
Other11.8Percentage(101 countries)
Europe9.5Percentage(32 countries)
North America8.2Percentage(4 countries)
Africa6.9Percentage(8 countries)
Asia5.3Percentage(24 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0Percentage)High (49.9Percentage)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 9.8Percentage)

Other (101)
Europe (32)
North America (4)
Africa (8)
Asia (24)
South America (7)
Oceania (2)

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

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Luxembourg49.9Percentage
2Equatorial Guinea49.1Percentage
3Gabon43.8Percentage
4South Sudan43.7Percentage
5Papua New Guinea38.2Percentage
6Grenada30.7Percentage
7Singapore29.6Percentage
8Lesotho29.3Percentage
9Central African Republic27.8Percentage
10Tonga25.8Percentage
11Cape Verde25.2Percentage
12Micronesia, Federated States of25.1Percentage
13Guyana24.7Percentage
14Vanuatu23.9Percentage
15Dominica22.7Percentage
16Republic of the Congo22.6Percentage
17Cote d'Ivoire22.5Percentage
18Solomon Islands21.9Percentage
19Jamaica21.5Percentage
20Benin21.1Percentage
21Bahrain20.7Percentage
22Namibia20.2Percentage
23Brunei Darussalam19.0Percentage
24Costa Rica18.9Percentage
25Saint Kitts and Nevis18.8Percentage
26Republic of The Gambia17.6Percentage
27Angola17.5Percentage
28Botswana17.4Percentage
29Togo17.0Percentage
30Belgium16.4Percentage
31Guatemala16.4Percentage
32Mozambique15.8Percentage
33Cambodia15.5Percentage
34Netherlands15.5Percentage
35Denmark15.1Percentage
36Saint Vincent and the Grenadines15.0Percentage
37Bahamas14.9Percentage
38Guinea14.2Percentage
39Qatar14.2Percentage
40Norway13.8Percentage
41Comoros13.6Percentage
42Jordan13.5Percentage
43Hong Kong13.4Percentage
44Liberia13.1Percentage
45Switzerland13.1Percentage
46Morocco12.7Percentage
47Latvia12.3Percentage
48Kazakhstan12.1Percentage
49Estonia12.0Percentage
50Niger11.9Percentage
51Finland11.8Percentage
52Antigua and Barbuda11.7Percentage
53Czech Republic11.7Percentage
54Guinea-Bissau11.6Percentage
55Senegal11.4Percentage
56Kyrgyzstan11.3Percentage
57Tunisia11.3Percentage
58Peru11.2Percentage
59Ghana11.2Percentage
60Timor-Leste10.7Percentage
61Nicaragua10.7Percentage
62Slovakia10.6Percentage
63Zambia10.5Percentage
64Sao Tome and Principe10.0Percentage
65Cameroon9.9Percentage
66Belarus9.7Percentage
67Barbados9.6Percentage
68Canada9.6Percentage
69Malaysia9.4Percentage
70Mauritius9.4Percentage
71Madagascar9.4Percentage
72Iceland9.4Percentage
73Belize9.3Percentage
74Malawi9.3Percentage
75El Salvador8.9Percentage
76Malta8.7Percentage
77Slovenia8.7Percentage
78Panama8.5Percentage
79Sweden8.5Percentage
80Saint Lucia8.4Percentage
81Burkina Faso8.4Percentage
82Honduras8.3Percentage
83Montenegro8.3Percentage
84Serbia8.2Percentage
85France8.2Percentage
86United Kingdom8.1Percentage
87Fiji8.0Percentage
88Armenia7.6Percentage
89Georgia7.5Percentage
90Spain7.4Percentage
91Venezuela7.4Percentage
92Chad7.4Percentage
93Rwanda7.4Percentage
94Paraguay7.1Percentage
95Samoa6.9Percentage
96Croatia6.9Percentage
97Dominican Republic6.9Percentage
98Hungary6.9Percentage
99Moldova, Republic of6.7Percentage
100Eswatini6.7Percentage
101Bulgaria6.7Percentage
102United Republic of Tanzania6.6Percentage
103Greece6.4Percentage
104Mauritania6.1Percentage
105Saudi Arabia6.1Percentage
106Bosnia and Herzegovina6.1Percentage
107Burundi6.1Percentage
108Mongolia6.1Percentage
109Azerbaijan5.9Percentage
110Ecuador5.5Percentage
111Australia5.4Percentage
112Philippines5.2Percentage
113Maldives5.1Percentage
114Nigeria5.0Percentage
115Kenya4.8Percentage
116Ukraine4.8Percentage
117Brazil4.7Percentage
118Portugal4.7Percentage
119Zimbabwe4.6Percentage
120Vietnam4.6Percentage
121Democratic Republic of the Congo4.4Percentage
122Romania4.4Percentage
123Ireland4.4Percentage
124Tajikistan4.4Percentage
125Colombia4.3Percentage
126Uruguay4.3Percentage
127Austria4.1Percentage
128Thailand4.1Percentage
129The Republic of North Macedonia4.0Percentage
130New Zealand3.9Percentage
131Cyprus3.8Percentage
132Seychelles3.7Percentage
133Mexico3.6Percentage
134Bolivia3.5Percentage
135Mali3.4Percentage
136Sierra Leone3.2Percentage
137United States of America3.1Percentage
138State of Palestine3.0Percentage
139Uganda3.0Percentage
140Italy2.9Percentage
141Djibouti2.9Percentage
142Poland2.8Percentage
143Argentina2.8Percentage
144Bhutan2.7Percentage
145Chile2.5Percentage
146Lao People's Democratic Republic2.3Percentage
147Germany2.3Percentage
148Uzbekistan2.3Percentage
149Israel2.2Percentage
150Eritrea2.1Percentage
151Egypt2.0Percentage
152Somalia2.0Percentage
153Türkiye1.9Percentage
154Ethiopia1.9Percentage
155Lithuania1.8Percentage
156Indonesia1.8Percentage
157People's Republic of China1.5Percentage
158Myanmar1.5Percentage
159South Korea1.4Percentage
160Nepal1.4Percentage
161Sudan1.2Percentage
162Lebanon1.2Percentage
163Bangladesh1.2Percentage
164Russian Federation1.2Percentage
165Japan1.0Percentage
166Afghanistan0.9Percentage
167Yemen0.8Percentage
168Pakistan0.7Percentage
169Iraq0.7Percentage
170Trinidad and Tobago0.7Percentage
171Albania0.6Percentage
172Sri Lanka0.4Percentage
173South Africa0.4Percentage
174India0.3Percentage
175Kiribati0.2Percentage
176Kuwait0.0Percentage
177Suriname0.0Percentage
178Turkmenistan0.0Percentage
Showing 178 of 178 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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