All🌐 Foreign Investment Relative to GDP
Net foreign direct investment inflows as a share of GDP.
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
🇸🇨Seychelles
10.0%
19
🇰🇭Cambodia
9.9%
20
🇳🇦Namibia
9.6%
21
🇱🇷Liberia
9.5%
22
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
8.9%
23
🇱🇦Laos
7.7%
24
🇲🇪Montenegro
7.3%
25
🇱🇨Saint Lucia
7.3%
26
🇩🇲Dominica
6.8%
27
🇳🇮Nicaragua
6.8%
28
🇸🇴Somalia
6.4%
29
🇴🇲Oman
6.2%
30
🇦🇱Albania
6.1%
31
🇦🇩Andorra
6.0%
32
🇷🇼Rwanda
5.9%
33
🇨🇷Costa Rica
5.4%
34
🇲🇷Mauritania
5.4%
35
🇺🇬Uganda
5.4%
36
🇨🇻Cape Verde
5.0%
37
🇲🇺Mauritius
5.0%
38
🇬🇷Greece
4.8%
39
🇲🇾Malaysia
4.6%
40
🇲🇬Madagascar
4.5%
41
🇿🇲Zambia
4.5%
42
🇬🇪Georgia
4.3%
43
🇮🇱Israel
4.3%
44
🇻🇳Vietnam
4.3%
45
🇫🇯Fiji
4.2%
46
🇪🇬Egypt
4.2%
47
🇨🇱Chile
4.1%
48
🇷🇸Serbia
3.9%
49
🇩🇴Dominican Republic
3.9%
50
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
3.8%
Highlights
As of 2025, Malta ranks first with 51.7%, followed by Suriname (45.4%) and Guyana (33.1%).
Across 183 countries and territories, values run from 51.7% (Malta) to -32.7% (Luxembourg), with a median of 2.0%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 3 from Asia, 2 from Africa, 2 from the Americas, 2 from Europe and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP), 2025. Unit: % of GDP.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 15, 2026