All🌐 Outward Investment Relative to GDP
Foreign direct investment outflows as a share of GDP.
1
🇱🇺Luxembourg
100.2%
2
🇲🇹Malta
41.1%
3
🇭🇰Hong Kong
23.4%
4
🇸🇬Singapore
15.6%
5
🇮🇪Ireland
12.0%
6
🇩🇰Denmark
11.4%
7
🇳🇱Netherlands
9.1%
8
🇯🇵Japan
4.9%
9
🇨🇾Cyprus
3.8%
10
🇨🇭Switzerland
3.1%
11
🇫🇷France
2.9%
12
🇵🇹Portugal
2.6%
13
🇪🇸Spain
2.5%
14
🇨🇦Canada
2.5%
15
🇨🇱Chile
2.4%
16
🇮🇱Israel
2.4%
17
🇦🇩Andorra
2.4%
18
🇳🇷Nauru
2.4%
19
🇨🇿Czechia
2.2%
20
🇰🇷South Korea
2.2%
21
🇩🇪Germany
2.1%
22
🇬🇷Greece
2.1%
23
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
2.1%
24
🇲🇰North Macedonia
2.1%
25
🇲🇴Macau
2.0%
26
🇲🇾Malaysia
1.9%
27
🇰🇼Kuwait
1.9%
28
🇬🇹Guatemala
1.9%
29
🇫🇮Finland
1.7%
30
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea
1.7%
31
🇹🇭Thailand
1.7%
32
🇺🇾Uruguay
1.7%
33
🇱🇷Liberia
1.6%
34
🇹🇬Togo
1.6%
35
🇶🇦Qatar
1.6%
36
🇸🇮Slovenia
1.3%
37
🇷🇸Serbia
1.3%
38
🇧🇷Brazil
1.3%
39
🇺🇸United States
1.3%
40
🇸🇰Slovakia
1.2%
41
🇦🇿Azerbaijan
1.2%
42
🇧🇬Bulgaria
1.2%
43
🇧🇭Bahrain
1.1%
44
🇦🇱Albania
1.1%
45
🇸🇪Sweden
1.1%
46
🇨🇴Colombia
1.1%
47
🇮🇳India
1.0%
48
🇮🇹Italy
0.9%
49
🇸🇻El Salvador
0.9%
50
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
0.9%
Highlights
As of 2025, Luxembourg ranks first with 100.2%, followed by Malta (41.1%) and Hong Kong (23.4%).
Luxembourg is 2.4 times higher than Malta, the runner-up.
Across 164 countries and territories, values run from 100.2% (Luxembourg) to -24.7% (Hungary), with a median of 0.3%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Europe and 3 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP), 2025. Unit: %.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026