All🌐 Largest Outward Foreign Investors
Foreign direct investment flowing out of the reporting economy.
1
🇺🇸United States
$389.6B
2
🇯🇵Japan
$217.8B
3
🇨🇳China
$157.2B
4
🇳🇱Netherlands
$121.4B
5
🇩🇪Germany
$108.1B
6
🇱🇺Luxembourg
$101.4B
7
🇭🇰Hong Kong
$99.9B
8
🇫🇷France
$96.7B
9
🇸🇬Singapore
$94.2B
10
🇮🇪Ireland
$86.4B
11
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
$63.4B
12
🇨🇦Canada
$56.9B
13
🇩🇰Denmark
$52.8B
14
🇪🇸Spain
$47.2B
15
🇻🇬British Virgin Islands
$47.2B
16
🇰🇷South Korea
$41.2B
17
🇮🇳India
$38.2B
18
🇨🇭Switzerland
$32.3B
19
🇧🇷Brazil
$30.2B
20
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
$27.0B
21
🇰🇾Cayman Islands
$25.3B
22
🇮🇹Italy
$22.9B
23
🇮🇱Israel
$14.7B
24
🇲🇽Mexico
$13.0B
25
🇲🇹Malta
$11.4B
26
🇹🇷Türkiye
$9.8B
27
🇹🇭Thailand
$9.6B
28
🇬🇧United Kingdom
$9.4B
29
🇲🇾Malaysia
$9.1B
30
🇵🇹Portugal
$8.9B
31
🇨🇱Chile
$8.7B
32
🇨🇿Czechia
$8.6B
33
🇵🇱Poland
$8.2B
34
🇮🇩Indonesia
$8.2B
35
🇸🇪Sweden
$7.4B
36
🇬🇷Greece
$6.0B
37
🇫🇮Finland
$5.3B
38
🇨🇴Colombia
$4.8B
39
🇳🇴Norway
$3.4B
40
🇶🇦Qatar
$3.3B
41
🇰🇼Kuwait
$3.0B
42
🇦🇷Argentina
$2.7B
43
🇬🇹Guatemala
$2.3B
44
🇸🇰Slovakia
$1.9B
45
🇵🇭Philippines
$1.6B
46
🇨🇾Cyprus
$1.6B
47
🇧🇬Bulgaria
$1.5B
48
🇵🇪Peru
$1.4B
49
🇺🇾Uruguay
$1.4B
50
🇷🇸Serbia
$1.3B
Highlights
As of 2025, United States ranks first with $389.6B, followed by Japan ($217.8B) and China ($157.2B).
United States is 1.8 times higher than Japan, the runner-up.
Across 175 countries and territories, values run from $389.6B (United States) to $-60.8B (Hungary), with a median of $0.1B.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Europe, 4 from Asia and 1 from the Americas.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 2025. Unit: USD billion.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026