Rank
|
Country
|
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad
|
Date of Information
|
1
|
World
|
12,200,000,000,000.00
|
year-end 2006 est.
|
2
|
United States
|
2,306,000,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
3
|
United Kingdom
|
1,487,000,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
4
|
France
|
1,005,000,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
5
|
Germany
|
941,400,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
6
|
Netherlands
|
652,300,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
7
|
Switzerland
|
546,600,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
8
|
Spain
|
509,200,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
9
|
Belgium
|
485,100,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
10
|
Japan
|
459,600,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
11
|
Canada
|
458,100,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
12
|
Hong Kong
|
441,400,000,000.00
|
2006
|
13
|
Italy
|
375,800,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
14
|
Australia
|
226,800,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
15
|
Sweden
|
226,400,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
16
|
Russia
|
209,600,000,000.00
|
2006
|
17
|
Denmark
|
150,100,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
18
|
Ireland
|
125,200,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
19
|
Singapore
|
111,200,000,000.00
|
NA
|
20
|
Taiwan
|
108,900,000,000.00
|
2007
|
21
|
Norway
|
104,700,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
22
|
Brazil
|
99,990,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
23
|
China
|
93,750,000,000.00
|
2007 est.
|
24
|
Finland
|
90,830,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
25
|
Korea, South
|
82,100,000,000.00
|
2006
|
26
|
Austria
|
74,890,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
27
|
Portugal
|
54,850,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
28
|
South Africa
|
52,350,000,000.00
|
2006
|
29
|
Hungary
|
36,240,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
30
|
Israel
|
34,890,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
31
|
Malaysia
|
34,420,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
32
|
Mexico
|
30,750,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
33
|
Chile
|
28,500,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
34
|
Argentina
|
25,020,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
35
|
India
|
21,110,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
36
|
Greece
|
19,560,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
37
|
Kuwait
|
13,300,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
38
|
Nigeria
|
12,440,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
39
|
Venezuela
|
11,560,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
40
|
United Arab Emirates
|
11,430,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
41
|
Poland
|
10,680,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
42
|
Colombia
|
10,010,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
43
|
Turkey
|
9,249,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
44
|
Indonesia
|
9,225,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
45
|
Ecuador
|
8,442,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
46
|
Bahrain
|
6,039,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
47
|
Thailand
|
5,605,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
48
|
Czech Republic
|
5,058,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
49
|
Slovenia
|
4,557,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
50
|
Azerbaijan
|
4,391,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
51
|
Cuba
|
4,138,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
52
|
Kazakhstan
|
3,970,000,000.00
|
September 2007
|
53
|
Estonia
|
3,557,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
54
|
Croatia
|
2,878,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
55
|
Qatar
|
2,525,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
56
|
Libya
|
2,163,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
57
|
Philippines
|
2,131,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
58
|
Peru
|
1,476,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
59
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
1,419,000,000.00
|
NA
|
60
|
Lithuania
|
1,183,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
61
|
Egypt
|
1,115,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
62
|
Macau
|
1,100,000,000.00
|
NA
|
63
|
Romania
|
992,300,000.00
|
2007
|
64
|
Slovakia
|
987,100,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
65
|
Pakistan
|
885,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
66
|
Algeria
|
834,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
67
|
Morocco
|
567,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
68
|
Latvia
|
442,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
69
|
Bulgaria
|
345,800,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
70
|
El Salvador
|
291,200,000.00
|
September 2007
|
71
|
Costa Rica
|
261,300,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
72
|
Angola
|
227,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
73
|
Ukraine
|
222,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
74
|
Uruguay
|
156,000,000.00
|
NA
|
75
|
Iran
|
138,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
76
|
Kenya
|
124,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
77
|
Bangladesh
|
105,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
78
|
Dominican Republic
|
59,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
79
|
Tunisia
|
57,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
This page was last updated on 20 March, 2008
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