| # | Flag | Country | Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$)Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | $133,000,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 2 | Switzerland | $115,000,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 3 | Republic of Ireland | $80,799,290,552 | 2018 | |
| 4 | Germany | $53,804,578,201 | 2018 | |
| 5 | France | $38,082,634,723 | 2018 | |
| 6 | Netherlands | $32,208,290,906 | 2018 | |
| 7 | South Korea | $24,437,900,000 | 2018 | |
| 8 | Russia | $23,112,500,000 | 2018 | |
| 9 | Norway | $18,856,954,053 | 2018 | |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | $18,010,365,112 | 2018 | |
| 11 | Canada | $10,635,592,062 | 2018 | |
| 12 | Finland | $10,571,980,119 | 2018 | |
| 13 | Sweden | $9,019,663,090 | 2018 | |
| 14 | Luxembourg | $8,002,206,791 | 2018 | |
| 15 | Thailand | $7,221,936,511 | 2018 | |
| 16 | Angola | $5,735,782,973 | 2018 | |
| 17 | Qatar | $5,709,065,934 | 2018 | |
| 18 | Iraq | $5,073,500,000 | 2018 | |
| 19 | Belgium | $2,901,367,166 | 2018 | |
| 20 | Kuwait | $2,842,258,569 | 2018 | |
| 21 | Macao | $1,169,423,566 | 2017 | |
| 22 | Republic of the Congo | $1,146,360,259 | 2016 | |
| 23 | Uruguay | $899,680,727.2 | 2018 | |
| 24 | Trinidad and Tobago | $550,923,287.7 | 2017 | |
| 25 | Iceland | $479,066,902.6 | 2018 | |
| 26 | Libya | $439,500,000 | 2016 | |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | $357,879,000 | 2018 | |
| 28 | Bahrain | $289,893,617 | 2017 | |
| 29 | Bermuda | $246,547,669.3 | 2017 | |
| 30 | Papua New Guinea | $180,176,801 | 2017 | |
| 31 | Swaziland | $124,608,740.3 | 2017 | |
| 32 | Kyrgyzstan | $78,143,900 | 2017 | |
| 33 | Barbados | $62,081,040.77 | 2013 | |
| 34 | South Sudan | $40,561,000 | 2017 | |
| 35 | Yemen | $15,444,808.35 | 2015 | |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | $7,677,120.493 | 2017 | |
| 37 | Central African Republic | $3,602,275.009 | 1994 | |
| 38 | Marshall Islands | $3,055,847.449 | 2016 | |
| 39 | Dominica | $2,868,400.921 | 2017 | |
| 40 | Burundi | -$306,525.819 | 2017 | |
| 41 | Tuvalu | -$336,811.5465 | 2013 | |
| 42 | Kiribati | -$660,463.7438 | 2017 | |
| 43 | Gambia | -$3,084,053.04 | 2017 | |
| 44 | Bhutan | -$4,222,535.844 | 2018 | |
| 45 | Guyana | -$5,999,078.166 | 2016 | |
| 46 | East Timor | -$6,715,937.467 | 2017 | |
| 47 | Samoa | -$8,962,979.09 | 2017 | |
| 48 | Comoros | -$10,375,785.66 | 2012 | |
| 49 | Guinea-Bissau | -$15,319,160.78 | 2017 | |
| 50 | Tonga | -$19,098,799.28 | 2018 | |
| 51 | Aruba | -$20,488,564.25 | 2016 | |
| 52 | Federated States of Micronesia | -$20,721,200 | 2014 | |
| 53 | Gabon | -$25,253,212.34 | 2015 | |
| 54 | Chad | -$26,512,744.07 | 1994 | |
| 55 | Venezuela | -$27,000,000 | 2016 | |
| 56 | Palau | -$27,484,632.72 | 2017 | |
| 57 | Eritrea | -$27,875,536.94 | 2000 | |
| 58 | São Tomé and Príncipe | -$27,959,641.27 | 2018 | |
| 59 | Vanuatu | -$29,505,200.99 | 2015 | |
| 60 | Sint Maarten | -$30,296,089.39 | 2017 | |
| 61 | Solomon Islands | -$30,732,110.68 | 2017 | |
| 62 | French Polynesia | -$37,316,039.01 | 2016 | |
| 63 | Iran | -$39,000,000 | 2000 | |
| 64 | Lesotho | -$39,585,272.99 | 2018 | |
| 65 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | -$51,370,955.39 | 2017 | |
| 66 | Lithuania | -$54,129,952.06 | 2018 | |
| 67 | Afghanistan | -$62,329,000.69 | 2017 | |
| 68 | Botswana | -$68,040,100.74 | 2017 | |
| 69 | Cape Verde | -$79,838,131.27 | 2018 | |
| 70 | Antigua and Barbuda | -$98,258,068.7 | 2017 | |
| 71 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -$102,786,024.7 | 2017 | |
| 72 | Grenada | -$105,063,437.7 | 2017 | |
| 73 | Saint Lucia | -$118,385,626.1 | 2017 | |
| 74 | Belize | -$118,823,274.4 | 2018 | |
| 75 | Togo | -$120,835,289.3 | 2017 | |
| 76 | Namibia | -$147,973,772.6 | 2018 | |
| 77 | Djibouti | -$165,001,125.4 | 2017 | |
| 78 | Benin | -$168,577,905.4 | 2017 | |
| 79 | Kosovo | -$188,089,693.2 | 2018 | |
| 80 | Seychelles | -$188,937,738.5 | 2017 | |
| 81 | Suriname | -$190,233,337.2 | 2018 | |
| 82 | Nepal | -$196,265,098.6 | 2017 | |
| 83 | Moldova | -$196,680,000 | 2018 | |
| 84 | Rwanda | -$245,149,102.8 | 2017 | |
| 85 | Zimbabwe | -$247,187,738.8 | 2017 | |
| 86 | Liberia | -$247,842,983 | 2017 | |
| 87 | Tajikistan | -$249,150,592.5 | 2018 | |
| 88 | Armenia | -$265,993,549.7 | 2018 | |
| 89 | Malawi | -$282,145,009.5 | 2017 | |
| 90 | Nicaragua | -$284,100,000 | 2018 | |
| 91 | Ivory Coast | -$298,245,465.4 | 2017 | |
| 92 | Niger | -$308,857,143.5 | 2017 | |
| 93 | Curacao | -$320,659,217.9 | 2017 | |
| 94 | Bolivia | -$343,598,776.8 | 2018 | |
| 95 | Fiji | -$345,144,793.6 | 2018 | |
| 96 | Madagascar | -$358,890,886.3 | 2017 | |
| 97 | Haiti | -$374,855,000 | 2017 | |
| 98 | Equatorial Guinea | -$376,180,404.2 | 1996 | |
| 99 | Montenegro | -$384,894,240.2 | 2018 | |
| 100 | Kenya | -$414,399,673.9 | 2017 | |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -$452,581,513.6 | 2018 | |
| 102 | Paraguay | -$453,917,497.4 | 2018 | |
| 103 | Brunei | -$467,927,550.3 | 2017 | |
| 104 | Maldives | -$492,742,335.1 | 2017 | |
| 105 | Oman | -$494,148,244.5 | 2017 | |
| 106 | Senegal | -$504,628,156.9 | 2017 | |
| 107 | Zambia | -$536,717,035.8 | 2018 | |
| 108 | Mali | -$546,884,178.7 | 2017 | |
| 109 | Guinea | -$576,470,000 | 2017 | |
| 110 | Mauritania | -$588,217,194.8 | 2017 | |
| 111 | The Bahamas | -$594,994,763.8 | 2017 | |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | -$622,382,221.6 | 2018 | |
| 113 | Latvia | -$637,446,859.5 | 2017 | |
| 114 | New Caledonia | -$702,858,374.1 | 2016 | |
| 115 | Republic of Macedonia | -$735,023,789 | 2018 | |
| 116 | Sierra Leone | -$751,825,733.3 | 2017 | |
| 117 | Jamaica | -$766,491,337.4 | 2018 | |
| 118 | Cameroon | -$792,136,912.9 | 2017 | |
| 119 | Tunisia | -$809,696,518.8 | 2017 | |
| 120 | Guatemala | -$820,600,000 | 2018 | |
| 121 | Croatia | -$838,307,977.7 | 2018 | |
| 122 | El Salvador | -$839,591,418.6 | 2018 | |
| 123 | Georgia | -$892,276,228.3 | 2018 | |
| 124 | South Africa | -$921,906,355.1 | 2018 | |
| 125 | New Zealand | -$971,832,790.4 | 2018 | |
| 126 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | -$1,053,658,066 | 2017 | |
| 127 | Sudan | -$1,135,787,164 | 2018 | |
| 128 | Honduras | -$1,145,537,173 | 2018 | |
| 129 | Tanzania | -$1,180,210,225 | 2017 | |
| 130 | Algeria | -$1,204,341,137 | 2017 | |
| 131 | Albania | -$1,213,727,077 | 2018 | |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | -$1,303,361,639 | 2017 | |
| 133 | Slovenia | -$1,324,135,672 | 2018 | |
| 134 | Estonia | -$1,329,618,839 | 2018 | |
| 135 | Uganda | -$1,336,800,906 | 2018 | |
| 136 | Ecuador | -$1,401,030,145 | 2018 | |
| 137 | Belarus | -$1,433,600,000 | 2018 | |
| 138 | Syria | -$1,469,196,863 | 2010 | |
| 139 | Lebanon | -$1,494,228,629 | 2017 | |
| 140 | Laos | -$1,589,664,970 | 2017 | |
| 141 | Bulgaria | -$1,619,910,000 | 2018 | |
| 142 | Slovakia | -$1,902,448,966 | 2017 | |
| 143 | Bangladesh | -$1,993,662,220 | 2017 | |
| 144 | Jordan | -$2,023,098,592 | 2017 | |
| 145 | Costa Rica | -$2,076,174,685 | 2018 | |
| 146 | Mongolia | -$2,136,694,573 | 2018 | |
| 147 | Nigeria | -$2,213,170,245 | 2017 | |
| 148 | Mozambique | -$2,293,088,454 | 2017 | |
| 149 | Ukraine | -$2,360,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 150 | Dominican Republic | -$2,535,300,000 | 2018 | |
| 151 | Pakistan | -$2,772,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 152 | Morocco | -$2,961,370,630 | 2018 | |
| 153 | Cambodia | -$2,978,615,874 | 2018 | |
| 154 | Ghana | -$3,239,080,000 | 2017 | |
| 155 | Italy | -$3,260,568,715 | 2018 | |
| 156 | Greece | -$3,419,742,840 | 2018 | |
| 157 | Serbia | -$3,749,101,927 | 2018 | |
| 158 | Malaysia | -$3,753,215,663 | 2017 | |
| 159 | Myanmar | -$4,002,424,945 | 2017 | |
| 160 | Ethiopia | -$4,017,159,565 | 2017 | |
| 161 | Czech Republic | -$4,098,921,531 | 2018 | |
| 162 | Chile | -$4,133,578,762 | 2018 | |
| 163 | Portugal | -$4,648,581,609 | 2018 | |
| 164 | Kazakhstan | -$4,919,212,299 | 2018 | |
| 165 | Denmark | -$4,953,489,437 | 2018 | |
| 166 | Hungary | -$4,965,866,315 | 2018 | |
| 167 | Panama | -$5,391,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 168 | Cyprus | -$5,422,246,775 | 2018 | |
| 169 | Philippines | -$5,854,046,848 | 2018 | |
| 170 | Romania | -$5,886,622,597 | 2018 | |
| 171 | Colombia | -$5,888,097,486 | 2018 | |
| 172 | Peru | -$6,507,201,577 | 2017 | |
| 173 | Egypt | -$7,209,700,000 | 2017 | |
| 174 | Mauritius | -$7,456,373,376 | 2018 | |
| 175 | Turkey | -$9,376,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 176 | Austria | -$10,122,672,096 | 2018 | |
| 177 | Argentina | -$10,250,551,178 | 2018 | |
| 178 | Poland | -$10,666,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 179 | Malta | -$11,394,085,811 | 2018 | |
| 180 | Spain | -$12,754,027,792 | 2018 | |
| 181 | Vietnam | -$13,560,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 182 | Indonesia | -$13,840,943,983 | 2018 | |
| 183 | United Kingdom | -$15,535,082,756 | 2018 | |
| 184 | Israel | -$15,794,700,000 | 2018 | |
| 185 | Mexico | -$24,746,017,521 | 2018 | |
| 186 | India | -$28,875,941,053 | 2017 | |
| 187 | Hong Kong | -$30,474,357,321 | 2018 | |
| 188 | Singapore | -$44,896,670,600 | 2018 | |
| 189 | Australia | -$56,663,307,218 | 2018 | |
| 190 | Brazil | -$74,258,530,882 | 2018 | |
| 191 | China | -$107,000,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 192 | United States | -$318,000,000,000 | 2018 |