This is the list of countries by stock of Foreign direct investment

Foreign direct investment

Foreign direct investment or foreign investment refers to the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor.. It is the sum of equity capital,other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in...

 (FDI) abroad, that is the cumulative US dollar value of all investments in foreign countries made directly by residents - primarily companies - of the home country, as of the end of the time period indicated. Direct investment excludes investment through purchase of shares.

The list is based on the CIA World Factbook data. Dependent territories and not fully recognized states are not ranked.

Rank	Country	Stock of FDI abroad	Date of information
—	World	16,220,000,000,000	2008 est.
1	United States	3,597,000,000,000	2010 est.
2	Early Modern France	1,837,000,000,000	2010 est.
3	United Kingdom	1,705,000,000,000	2010 est.
4	Germany	1,484,000,000,000	2010 est.
5	Netherlands	950,800,000,000	2010 est.
—	Hong Kong	873,100,000,000	2010 est.
6	Switzerland	814,600,000,000	2010 est.
7	Japan	719,900,000,000	2010 est.
8	Spain	641,000,000,000	2010 est.
9	Belgium	632,800,000,000	2010 est.
10	Canada	602,500,000,000	2010 est.
11	Italy	601,100,000,000	2010 est.
12	Sweden	383,900,000,000	2010 est.
13	Republic of Ireland	286,200,000,000	2010 est.
14	Mainland China	278,900,000,000	2010 est.
15	Russia	260,500,000,000	2010 est.
16	Australia	245,900,000,000	2010 est.
17	Norway	226,600,000,000	2010 est.
18	Denmark	199,800,000,000	2010 est.
19	Singapore	172,100,000,000	2010 est.
-	Republic of China	162,900,000,000	2009 est.
20	Austria	154,100,000,000	2010 est.
21	Brazil	131,000,000,000	2010 est.
22	Finland	122,200,000,000	2010 est.
23	South Korea	115,600,000,000	2009 est.
24	India	89,040,000,000	2010 est.
25	Malaysia	82,650,000,000	2010 est.
26	Portugal	63,640,000,000	2010 est.
27	Mexico	62,930,000,000	2010 est.
28	Israel	58,420,000,000	2010 est.
29	United Arab Emirates	54,910,000,000	2010 est.
30	South Africa	53,380,000,000	2010 est.
31	Chile	51,150,000,000	2010 est.
32	Kuwait	44,310,000,000	2010 est.
33	Greece	38,660,000,000	2010 est.
34	Indonesia	33,710,000,000	2010 est.
35	Poland	30,710,000,000	2010 est.
36	Argentina	30,160,000,000	2010 est.
37	Venezuela	20,970,000,000	2010 est.
38	Thailand	20,300,000,000	2010 est.
39	Hungary	19,800,000,000	2010 est.
40	Qatar	19,490,000,000	2010 est.
41	Colombia	19,200,000,000	2010 est.
42	Tajikistan	18,500,000,000	2010 est.
43	Saudi Arabia	18,000,000,000	2010 est.
44	Cyprus	16,570,000,000	2010 est.
45	Turkey	16,420,000,000	2010 est.
46	Libya	15,320,000,000	2010 est.
47	Czech Republic	14,670,000,000	2010 est.
48	Slovenia	9,001,000,000	2010 est.
49	Bahrain	8,399,000,000	2010 est.
50	Vietnam	7,700,000,000	2009 est.
51	Kazakhstan	7,208,000,000	2010 est.
52	Estonia	7,134,000,000	2010 est.
53	Philippines	6,495,000,000	2010 est.
54	Independent State of Croatia	6,334,000,000	2010 est.
55	Nigeria	6,071,000,000	2010 est.
56	Azerbaijan	6,058,000,000	2010 est.
57	Egypt	4,900,000,000	2010 est.
58	Angola	4,883,000,000	2010 est.
59	Cuba	4,138,000,000	2006 est.
60	Trinidad and Tobago	3,829,000,000	2007
61	Slovakia	2,643,000,000	2010 est.
62	Lithuania	2,507,000,000	2010 est.
63	Ukraine	2,327,000,000	2010 est.
64	Peru	2,120,000,000	2010 est.
65	Iran	2,075,000,000	2010 est.
66	Algeria	1,844,000,000	2010 est.
67	Kingdom of Romania	1,831,000,000	2010 est.
68	Kingdom of Bulgaria	1,372,000,000	2010 est.
69	Latvia	1,097,000,000	2010 est.
70	Morocco	1,047,000,000	2010 est.
71	Pakistan	1,047,000,000	2010 est.
-	Macau	980,000,000	2009 est.
72	Costa Rica	547,000,000	2010 est.
73	Kenya	338,000,000	2010 est.
74	El Salvador	273,000,000	2010 est.
75	Tunisia	251,000,000	2010 est.
76	Uruguay	156,000,000	2007 est.
77	Bangladesh	82,000,000	2010 est.
78	Moldova	62,440,000	2010 est.

See also

• List of countries by received FDI