Economy

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)

Net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10% or more of voting stock) in an enterprise, as a share of GDP. Source: IMF Balance of Payments via World Bank WDI.

Year

Highest · 2025

Malta

51.7%

Coverage · 2025

183

countries

Method

Sorted from highest to lowest

Ranking 2025

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#	Country	Value
1	Malta	51.7%
2	Suriname	45.4%
3	Guyana	33.1%
4	Hong Kong	28.3%
5	Guinea	27.4%
6	Cyprus	27.1%
7	Singapore	26.3%
8	Mozambique	25.8%
9	Palau	16.6%
10	Timor-Leste	13.3%
11	Antigua and Barbuda	12.1%
12	Grenada	12.0%
13	Maldives	11.1%
14	Mongolia	10.8%
15	Gambia	10.6%
16	São Tomé and Príncipe	10.5%
17	Ireland	10.4%
18	Kosovo	10.0%
19	Seychelles	10.0%
20	Cambodia	9.9%
21	Namibia	9.6%
22	Liberia	9.5%
23	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	8.9%
24	Laos	7.7%
25	Montenegro	7.3%
26	Saint Lucia	7.3%
27	Dominica	6.8%
28	Nicaragua	6.8%
29	Somalia	6.4%
30	Oman	6.2%
31	Albania	6.1%
32	Andorra	6.0%
33	Rwanda	5.9%
34	Costa Rica	5.4%
35	Mauritania	5.4%
36	Uganda	5.4%
37	Cabo Verde	5.0%
38	Mauritius	5.0%
39	Greece	4.8%
40	Malaysia	4.6%
41	Madagascar	4.5%
42	Zambia	4.5%
43	Georgia	4.3%
44	Israel	4.3%
45	Vietnam	4.3%
46	Fiji	4.2%
47	Egypt	4.2%
48	Chile	4.1%
49	Serbia	3.9%
50	Dominican Republic	3.9%
51	Solomon Islands	3.8%
52	Bulgaria	3.7%
53	Denmark	3.7%
54	Congo	3.7%
55	Malawi	3.6%
56	North Macedonia	3.5%
57	Portugal	3.5%
58	Brazil	3.4%
59	Barbados	3.4%
60	Jordan	3.3%
61	Lithuania	3.2%
62	Djibouti	3.2%
63	Thailand	3.2%
64	Peru	3.1%
65	Uzbekistan	3.0%
66	Canada	3.0%
67	Ethiopia	3.0%
68	Croatia	2.8%
69	Kyrgyzstan	2.8%
70	Mali	2.8%
71	Honduras	2.7%
72	Czechia	2.7%
73	Tonga	2.6%
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.6%
75	Sweden	2.6%
76	Saudi Arabia	2.6%
77	Colombia	2.5%
78	Mexico	2.4%
79	Vanuatu	2.4%
80	Armenia	2.4%
81	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.4%
82	Paraguay	2.4%
83	Sierra Leone	2.4%
84	Equatorial Guinea	2.3%
85	Uruguay	2.3%
86	Slovenia	2.3%
87	Moldova	2.3%
88	Macao	2.2%
89	Romania	2.2%
90	Australia	2.1%
91	El Salvador	2.1%
92	DR Congo	2.1%
93	Côte d'Ivoire	2.0%
94	Poland	2.0%
95	Tunisia	2.0%
96	Benin	2.0%
97	West Bank and Gaza	1.9%
98	Tanzania	1.9%
99	Germany	1.9%
100	Zimbabwe	1.9%
101	Togo	1.9%
102	Morocco	1.8%
103	France	1.8%
104	Angola	1.8%
105	Gabon	1.8%
106	Belarus	1.8%
107	Libya	1.7%
108	Bahrain	1.7%
109	Ghana	1.7%
110	Philippines	1.7%
111	Indonesia	1.6%
112	Spain	1.5%
113	Central African Republic	1.4%
114	Turkmenistan	1.4%
115	Qatar	1.4%
116	Guatemala	1.4%
117	Nigeria	1.4%
118	Slovakia	1.3%
119	Guinea-Bissau	1.3%
120	Myanmar	1.3%
121	Lesotho	1.3%
122	New Zealand	1.3%
123	Jamaica	1.2%
124	Kiribati	1.2%
125	Niger	1.2%
126	Burkina Faso	1.1%
127	Burundi	1.0%
128	Marshall Islands	1.0%
129	Panama	1.0%
130	Ecuador	1.0%
131	Japan	1.0%
132	India	1.0%
133	Eswatini	1.0%
134	Cameroon	1.0%
135	United States	1.0%
136	Sri Lanka	1.0%
137	United Kingdom	0.9%
138	South Korea	0.8%
139	Latvia	0.8%
140	Kenya	0.8%
141	Bolivia	0.8%
142	Turkey	0.8%
143	Ukraine	0.8%
144	Argentina	0.6%
145	Algeria	0.5%
146	Comoros	0.5%
147	Azerbaijan	0.5%
148	Tajikistan	0.5%
149	Pakistan	0.5%
150	Iran	0.5%
151	Russia	0.4%
152	Brunei	0.4%
153	China	0.4%
154	Tuvalu	0.4%
155	Bangladesh	0.4%
156	Netherlands	0.3%
157	Kuwait	0.3%
158	Bhutan	0.2%
159	Samoa	0.2%
160	Finland	0.1%
161	Senegal	0.1%
162	Nepal	0.1%
163	Haiti	0.0%
164	Italy	0.0%
165	Chad	0.0%
166	Belize	0.0%
167	Switzerland	0.0%
168	Sudan	0.0%
169	Nauru	-0.0%
170	Kazakhstan	-0.3%
171	South Africa	-0.5%
172	Venezuela	-0.5%
173	Norway	-1.3%
174	Austria	-2.0%
175	Iceland	-2.2%
176	Estonia	-2.2%
177	Iraq	-3.0%
178	Trinidad and Tobago	-3.1%
179	Botswana	-3.3%
180	Papua New Guinea	-3.6%
181	Belgium	-4.0%
182	Hungary	-28.4%
183	Luxembourg	-32.7%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators — Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) · Unit: % of GDP · Year: 2025 · 183 entries