| # | Flag | Country | Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $267,000,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 2 | China | $203,000,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 3 | Germany | $105,000,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 4 | Brazil | $88,318,892,546 | 2018 | |
| 5 | Hong Kong | $86,462,759,029 | 2018 | |
| 6 | Singapore | $82,039,354,755 | 2018 | |
| 7 | France | $66,816,525,298 | 2018 | |
| 8 | United Kingdom | $58,646,386,419 | 2018 | |
| 9 | Australia | $58,048,370,112 | 2018 | |
| 10 | Spain | $45,395,856,042 | 2018 | |
| 11 | Canada | $43,573,859,642 | 2018 | |
| 12 | India | $39,966,091,359 | 2017 | |
| 13 | Virgin Islands (British) | $38,358,079,000 | 2017 | |
| 14 | Cayman Islands | $37,433,209,000 | 2017 | |
| 15 | Mexico | $34,615,920,148 | 2018 | |
| 16 | Italy | $30,899,099,066 | 2018 | |
| 17 | Japan | $25,876,986,330 | 2018 | |
| 18 | Israel | $21,802,800,000 | 2018 | |
| 19 | Republic of Ireland | $21,335,254,876 | 2018 | |
| 20 | Indonesia | $20,171,264,435 | 2018 | |
| 21 | South Korea | $14,479,300,000 | 2018 | |
| 22 | Vietnam | $14,100,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 23 | Thailand | $13,248,453,538 | 2018 | |
| 24 | Turkey | $13,024,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 25 | Argentina | $12,161,837,193 | 2018 | |
| 26 | Poland | $11,319,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 27 | Austria | $11,246,052,144 | 2018 | |
| 28 | Colombia | $11,009,862,313 | 2018 | |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | $10,354,223,433 | 2017 | |
| 30 | Philippines | $9,802,387,531 | 2018 | |
| 31 | Malaysia | $9,511,691,921 | 2017 | |
| 32 | Russia | $8,816,180,000 | 2018 | |
| 33 | Czech Republic | $8,493,644,234 | 2018 | |
| 34 | Egypt | $7,408,700,000 | 2017 | |
| 35 | Romania | $6,881,990,396 | 2018 | |
| 36 | Peru | $6,769,497,317 | 2017 | |
| 37 | Luxembourg | $6,622,737,299 | 2017 | |
| 38 | Panama | $6,578,400,000 | 2018 | |
| 39 | Chile | $6,082,221,198 | 2018 | |
| 40 | Sweden | $5,816,741,488 | 2018 | |
| 41 | South Africa | $5,467,539,710 | 2018 | |
| 42 | Denmark | $5,390,959,073 | 2018 | |
| 43 | Iran | $5,019,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 44 | Portugal | $4,859,073,658 | 2018 | |
| 45 | Malta | $4,754,003,766 | 2018 | |
| 46 | Greece | $4,311,115,960 | 2018 | |
| 47 | Serbia | $4,107,187,326 | 2018 | |
| 48 | Ethiopia | $4,017,159,565 | 2017 | |
| 49 | Myanmar | $4,002,424,945 | 2017 | |
| 50 | Morocco | $3,626,012,575 | 2018 | |
| 51 | Nigeria | $3,497,233,435 | 2017 | |
| 52 | Ghana | $3,254,990,000 | 2017 | |
| 53 | Saudi Arabia | $3,208,811,361 | 2018 | |
| 54 | Cambodia | $3,102,579,484 | 2018 | |
| 55 | Oman | $2,918,075,423 | 2017 | |
| 56 | Pakistan | $2,778,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | $2,744,500,000 | 2018 | |
| 58 | Costa Rica | $2,735,054,530 | 2018 | |
| 59 | Bulgaria | $2,579,940,000 | 2018 | |
| 60 | Lebanon | $2,558,729,287 | 2017 | |
| 61 | Ukraine | $2,476,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 62 | Uruguay | $2,442,578,866 | 2018 | |
| 63 | Mozambique | $2,319,071,971 | 2017 | |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | $2,313,501,677 | 2017 | |
| 65 | Mongolia | $2,173,740,888 | 2018 | |
| 66 | Bangladesh | $2,151,370,680 | 2017 | |
| 67 | Jordan | $2,029,718,310 | 2017 | |
| 68 | Laos | $1,599,365,808 | 2017 | |
| 69 | Slovenia | $1,514,211,643 | 2018 | |
| 70 | Gabon | $1,498,038,420 | 2017 | |
| 71 | Belarus | $1,474,900,000 | 2018 | |
| 72 | New Zealand | $1,474,770,632 | 2018 | |
| 73 | Syria | $1,469,196,863 | 2010 | |
| 74 | New Caledonia | $1,422,415,884 | 2017 | |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | $1,402,998,000 | 2018 | |
| 76 | Ecuador | $1,401,030,145 | 2018 | |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | $1,374,894,657 | 2017 | |
| 78 | Honduras | $1,362,172,254 | 2018 | |
| 79 | Uganda | $1,337,128,158 | 2018 | |
| 80 | Croatia | $1,284,360,878 | 2018 | |
| 81 | Albania | $1,207,061,764 | 2018 | |
| 82 | Algeria | $1,200,965,280 | 2017 | |
| 83 | Georgia | $1,184,093,534 | 2018 | |
| 84 | Tanzania | $1,180,210,225 | 2017 | |
| 85 | Republic of the Congo | $1,158,816,776 | 2017 | |
| 86 | Latvia | $1,137,669,498 | 2017 | |
| 87 | Sudan | $1,135,787,164 | 2018 | |
| 88 | Guatemala | $1,056,000,000 | 2018 | |
| 89 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | $1,053,658,066 | 2017 | |
| 90 | Estonia | $1,025,597,728 | 2018 | |
| 91 | Ivory Coast | $972,606,666.5 | 2017 | |
| 92 | Lithuania | $867,618,645 | 2018 | |
| 93 | Cameroon | $814,001,700.8 | 2017 | |
| 94 | Tunisia | $809,696,518.8 | 2017 | |
| 95 | Jamaica | $774,620,603.1 | 2018 | |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | $751,825,733.3 | 2017 | |
| 97 | Republic of Macedonia | $674,503,971.1 | 2018 | |
| 98 | Kenya | $671,488,392.9 | 2017 | |
| 99 | Uzbekistan | $624,293,457.6 | 2018 | |
| 100 | The Bahamas | $594,994,763.8 | 2017 | |
| 101 | Mauritania | $588,217,194.8 | 2017 | |
| 102 | Senegal | $586,839,886.9 | 2017 | |
| 103 | Guinea | $577,380,000 | 2017 | |
| 104 | Zambia | $568,947,431.2 | 2018 | |
| 105 | Mali | $559,362,392.1 | 2017 | |
| 106 | Bahrain | $518,882,978.7 | 2017 | |
| 107 | Paraguay | $505,035,913.7 | 2018 | |
| 108 | Maldives | $492,742,335.1 | 2017 | |
| 109 | Libya | $492,556,000 | 2016 | |
| 110 | Montenegro | $485,697,903.5 | 2018 | |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $485,496,698.7 | 2018 | |
| 112 | Brunei | $467,927,550.3 | 2017 | |
| 113 | Madagascar | $464,856,589.6 | 2017 | |
| 114 | Macao | $431,161,794.6 | 2017 | |
| 115 | El Salvador | $426,819,833.3 | 2018 | |
| 116 | Botswana | $400,570,859.8 | 2017 | |
| 117 | Somalia | $384,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 118 | Haiti | $374,855,000 | 2017 | |
| 119 | Nicaragua | $359,200,000 | 2018 | |
| 120 | Fiji | $341,513,852 | 2018 | |
| 121 | Niger | $337,874,079 | 2017 | |
| 122 | Chad | $334,997,123.7 | 2017 | |
| 123 | Equatorial Guinea | $304,074,312.2 | 2017 | |
| 124 | Rwanda | $293,413,074 | 2017 | |
| 125 | Mauritius | $292,650,459.7 | 2017 | |
| 126 | Barbados | $286,157,362.7 | 2017 | |
| 127 | Malawi | $277,112,167.4 | 2017 | |
| 128 | Bolivia | $255,082,886 | 2018 | |
| 129 | Armenia | $254,261,999.2 | 2018 | |
| 130 | Liberia | $247,842,983 | 2017 | |
| 131 | Zimbabwe | $247,187,738.8 | 2017 | |
| 132 | Kosovo | $240,089,737.1 | 2018 | |
| 133 | Moldova | $231,960,000 | 2018 | |
| 134 | Tajikistan | $220,862,232.3 | 2018 | |
| 135 | Namibia | $219,249,041 | 2018 | |
| 136 | Guyana | $212,151,381.7 | 2017 | |
| 137 | Kazakhstan | $208,064,584.6 | 2018 | |
| 138 | Suriname | $202,003,343.6 | 2018 | |
| 139 | Benin | $200,406,480.3 | 2017 | |
| 140 | Nepal | $196,265,098.6 | 2017 | |
| 141 | Curacao | $172,681,564.2 | 2017 | |
| 142 | Djibouti | $165,001,125.4 | 2017 | |
| 143 | Saint Lucia | $131,028,839.8 | 2017 | |
| 144 | Seychelles | $124,465,535.7 | 2017 | |
| 145 | Belize | $119,541,647 | 2018 | |
| 146 | Antigua and Barbuda | $112,936,813.2 | 2017 | |
| 147 | Grenada | $111,670,867.3 | 2017 | |
| 148 | Cape Verde | $101,979,217.9 | 2018 | |
| 149 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $98,139,608.31 | 2017 | |
| 150 | Togo | $88,339,955.4 | 2017 | |
| 151 | Aruba | $87,653,631.28 | 2017 | |
| 152 | North Korea | $63,388,000 | 2017 | |
| 153 | Eritrea | $55,468,000 | 2017 | |
| 154 | Afghanistan | $51,533,896.77 | 2017 | |
| 155 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | $50,927,262.21 | 2017 | |
| 156 | French Polynesia | $47,241,927.13 | 2017 | |
| 157 | Turks And Caicos Islands | $42,227,000 | 2018 | |
| 158 | Lesotho | $39,585,272.99 | 2018 | |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | $36,565,531.53 | 2017 | |
| 160 | Sint Maarten | $32,759,776.54 | 2017 | |
| 161 | São Tomé and Príncipe | $30,472,048.95 | 2018 | |
| 162 | Palau | $27,484,632.72 | 2017 | |
| 163 | Vanuatu | $24,704,497.29 | 2017 | |
| 164 | Central African Republic | $17,179,339.68 | 2017 | |
| 165 | Guinea-Bissau | $15,652,439.96 | 2017 | |
| 166 | Tonga | $15,047,474.48 | 2018 | |
| 167 | Samoa | $9,062,247.696 | 2017 | |
| 168 | Comoros | $8,607,994.466 | 2017 | |
| 169 | East Timor | $6,715,937.467 | 2017 | |
| 170 | Gambia | $5,445,631.489 | 2017 | |
| 171 | Bhutan | $4,222,535.844 | 2018 | |
| 172 | Northern Mariana Islands | $3,200,000 | 2014 | |
| 173 | Burkina Faso | $2,566,335.657 | 2017 | |
| 174 | South Sudan | $1,420,000 | 2017 | |
| 175 | Federated States of Micronesia | $800,000 | 2015 | |
| 176 | Kiribati | $784,797.2549 | 2017 | |
| 177 | Burundi | $316,473.4494 | 2017 | |
| 178 | Tuvalu | $300,000 | 2017 | |
| 179 | Marshall Islands | $199,000 | 2017 | |
| 180 | Nauru | $0 | 2016 | |
| 181 | Slovakia | $0 | 2018 | |
| 182 | Dominica | -$2,112,051.523 | 2017 | |
| 183 | Kuwait | -$9,527,991.698 | 2018 | |
| 184 | Swaziland | -$59,462,742.88 | 2017 | |
| 185 | Venezuela | -$68,000,000 | 2017 | |
| 186 | Kyrgyzstan | -$107,212,800 | 2017 | |
| 187 | Papua New Guinea | -$180,176,801 | 2017 | |
| 188 | Yemen | -$269,850,000 | 2017 | |
| 189 | Bermuda | -$288,109,271 | 2017 | |
| 190 | Cyprus | -$332,970,121.3 | 2018 | |
| 191 | Trinidad and Tobago | -$456,860,907.5 | 2017 | |
| 192 | Iceland | -$486,662,280.7 | 2018 | |
| 193 | Qatar | -$2,186,263,736 | 2018 | |
| 194 | Gibraltar | -$2,541,141,000 | 2017 | |
| 195 | Iraq | -$4,885,100,000 | 2018 | |
| 196 | Finland | -$5,495,620,114 | 2018 | |
| 197 | Angola | -$5,732,491,335 | 2018 | |
| 198 | Norway | -$19,937,081,569 | 2018 | |
| 199 | Belgium | -$64,050,595,649 | 2018 | |
| 200 | Switzerland | -$67,677,224,100 | 2018 | |
| 201 | Hungary | -$75,179,349,637 | 2018 | |
| 202 | Netherlands | -$163,000,000,000 | 2018 |