Rank
|
Country
|
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad
|
Date of Information
|
1
|
World
|
16,220,000,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
2
|
United States
|
2,751,000,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
3
|
France
|
1,889,000,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
4
|
United Kingdom
|
1,841,000,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
5
|
Germany
|
1,360,000,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
6
|
Hong Kong
|
1,079,000,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
7
|
Netherlands
|
872,500,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
8
|
Spain
|
738,500,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
9
|
Switzerland
|
621,700,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
10
|
Japan
|
597,000,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
11
|
Belgium
|
581,900,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
12
|
Italy
|
547,700,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
13
|
Canada
|
547,200,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
14
|
Russia
|
370,200,000,000.00
|
2007
|
15
|
Australia
|
301,100,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
16
|
Sweden
|
289,600,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
17
|
Austria
|
275,200,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
18
|
Denmark
|
163,200,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
19
|
Ireland
|
149,100,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
20
|
Singapore
|
142,400,000,000.00
|
2006
|
21
|
Norway
|
142,300,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
22
|
China
|
139,300,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
23
|
Taiwan
|
135,300,000,000.00
|
2008
|
24
|
Finland
|
121,900,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
25
|
Brazil
|
119,100,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
26
|
Hungary
|
79,560,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
27
|
Korea, South
|
74,600,000,000.00
|
30 June 2008
|
28
|
Portugal
|
69,240,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
29
|
South Africa
|
57,080,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
30
|
India
|
54,210,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
31
|
Israel
|
51,940,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
32
|
Malaysia
|
50,080,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
33
|
Mexico
|
43,010,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
34
|
Chile
|
29,980,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
35
|
United Arab Emirates
|
28,950,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
36
|
Kuwait
|
28,290,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
37
|
Argentina
|
26,810,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
38
|
Greece
|
25,330,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
39
|
Poland
|
24,590,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
40
|
Venezuela
|
15,810,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
41
|
Turkey
|
13,970,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
42
|
Nigeria
|
12,830,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
43
|
Colombia
|
10,880,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
44
|
Bahrain
|
9,520,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
45
|
Qatar
|
9,143,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
46
|
Czech Republic
|
7,721,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
47
|
Slovenia
|
7,527,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
48
|
Thailand
|
7,013,000,000.00
|
2007 est.
|
49
|
Estonia
|
6,723,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
50
|
Cyprus
|
6,403,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
51
|
Azerbaijan
|
5,812,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
52
|
Philippines
|
5,564,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
53
|
Libya
|
4,783,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
54
|
Indonesia
|
4,277,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
55
|
Cuba
|
4,138,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
56
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
3,829,000,000.00
|
2007
|
57
|
Egypt
|
2,280,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
58
|
Kazakhstan
|
2,188,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
59
|
Lithuania
|
2,142,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
60
|
Croatia
|
2,100,000,000.00
|
2008
|
61
|
Macau
|
1,900,000,000.00
|
2007
|
62
|
Slovakia
|
1,564,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
63
|
Peru
|
1,476,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
64
|
Bulgaria
|
1,402,000,000.00
|
2008
|
65
|
Algeria
|
1,162,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
66
|
Ukraine
|
1,130,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
67
|
Pakistan
|
1,032,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
68
|
Romania
|
1,015,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
69
|
Iran
|
993,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
70
|
Latvia
|
879,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
71
|
Ecuador
|
598,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
72
|
Morocco
|
582,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
73
|
Costa Rica
|
574,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
74
|
El Salvador
|
366,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
75
|
Angola
|
227,000,000.00
|
2006 est.
|
76
|
Uruguay
|
156,000,000.00
|
2007
|
77
|
Tunisia
|
130,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
78
|
Bangladesh
|
104,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
79
|
Dominican Republic
|
59,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
80
|
Kenya
|
47,000,000.00
|
2008 est.
|
Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
This page was last updated on 14 May, 2009
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