| # | Flag | Country | Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 1048.3804% | 2017 | |
| 2 | Malta | 32.6915% | 2018 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 23.8194% | 2018 | |
| 4 | Singapore | 22.5286% | 2018 | |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 20.1046% | 2017 | |
| 6 | Mozambique | 18.3298% | 2017 | |
| 7 | Mongolia | 16.7088% | 2018 | |
| 8 | Republic of the Congo | 13.3177% | 2017 | |
| 9 | Cambodia | 12.6266% | 2018 | |
| 10 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.4983% | 2017 | |
| 11 | Mauritania | 11.8224% | 2017 | |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 10.6276% | 2017 | |
| 13 | Maldives | 10.1272% | 2017 | |
| 14 | Panama | 10.112% | 2018 | |
| 15 | Gabon | 10.0589% | 2017 | |
| 16 | Grenada | 9.9097% | 2017 | |
| 17 | Laos | 9.49% | 2017 | |
| 18 | Palau | 9.4832% | 2017 | |
| 19 | Djibouti | 8.9447% | 2017 | |
| 20 | Montenegro | 8.9083% | 2018 | |
| 21 | Seychelles | 8.2802% | 2017 | |
| 22 | Serbia | 8.1317% | 2018 | |
| 23 | Albania | 8.0156% | 2018 | |
| 24 | Liberia | 7.5436% | 2017 | |
| 25 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.4788% | 2017 | |
| 26 | Georgia | 7.3048% | 2018 | |
| 27 | Saint Lucia | 7.2386% | 2017 | |
| 28 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 7.2158% | 2018 | |
| 29 | Vietnam | 6.3008% | 2017 | |
| 30 | Fiji | 6.2326% | 2018 | |
| 31 | Belize | 6.21% | 2018 | |
| 32 | Barbados | 6.123% | 2017 | |
| 33 | Turkmenistan | 6.1% | 2017 | |
| 34 | Myanmar | 5.9989% | 2017 | |
| 35 | Guyana | 5.9673% | 2017 | |
| 36 | Israel | 5.8976% | 2018 | |
| 37 | Suriname | 5.894% | 2018 | |
| 38 | Guinea | 5.8231% | 2017 | |
| 39 | Honduras | 5.7226% | 2018 | |
| 40 | Republic of Ireland | 5.6757% | 2018 | |
| 41 | Curacao | 5.5407% | 2017 | |
| 42 | Ghana | 5.5172% | 2017 | |
| 43 | Somalia | 5.3872% | 2017 | |
| 44 | Republic of Macedonia | 5.3227% | 2018 | |
| 45 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 5.1338% | 2017 | |
| 46 | Cape Verde | 5.1325% | 2018 | |
| 47 | Jordan | 4.979% | 2017 | |
| 48 | Jamaica | 4.9283% | 2018 | |
| 49 | Ethiopia | 4.916% | 2017 | |
| 50 | The Bahamas | 4.8922% | 2017 | |
| 51 | Uganda | 4.8664% | 2018 | |
| 52 | Lebanon | 4.7922% | 2017 | |
| 53 | Brazil | 4.7264% | 2018 | |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 4.5489% | 2018 | |
| 55 | Haiti | 4.4582% | 2017 | |
| 56 | Malawi | 4.3963% | 2017 | |
| 57 | Niger | 4.1612% | 2017 | |
| 58 | Turks And Caicos Islands | 4.1305% | 2018 | |
| 59 | Oman | 4.1225% | 2017 | |
| 60 | Uruguay | 4.0985% | 2018 | |
| 61 | Madagascar | 4.0543% | 2017 | |
| 62 | Australia | 4.0531% | 2018 | |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 3.961% | 2018 | |
| 64 | Brunei | 3.8582% | 2017 | |
| 65 | Latvia | 3.7346% | 2017 | |
| 66 | Mali | 3.6465% | 2017 | |
| 67 | Czech Republic | 3.4795% | 2018 | |
| 68 | Estonia | 3.3865% | 2018 | |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 3.3758% | 2018 | |
| 70 | Chad | 3.3581% | 2017 | |
| 71 | Tonga | 3.3413% | 2018 | |
| 72 | Colombia | 3.334% | 2018 | |
| 73 | Aruba | 3.2458% | 2017 | |
| 74 | Peru | 3.2128% | 2017 | |
| 75 | Rwanda | 3.2118% | 2017 | |
| 76 | Spain | 3.183% | 2018 | |
| 77 | Egypt | 3.1477% | 2017 | |
| 78 | Syria | 3.0738% | 2007 | |
| 79 | Morocco | 3.06% | 2018 | |
| 80 | Kosovo | 3.039% | 2018 | |
| 81 | Malaysia | 3.0224% | 2017 | |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 2.9889% | 2018 | |
| 83 | Philippines | 2.9622% | 2018 | |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 2.9358% | 2018 | |
| 85 | Vanuatu | 2.9074% | 2017 | |
| 86 | Romania | 2.8729% | 2018 | |
| 87 | Mexico | 2.8285% | 2018 | |
| 88 | Slovenia | 2.7919% | 2018 | |
| 89 | Senegal | 2.7836% | 2017 | |
| 90 | Sudan | 2.7803% | 2018 | |
| 91 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 2.7714% | 2017 | |
| 92 | Solomon Islands | 2.7677% | 2017 | |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 2.7383% | 2018 | |
| 94 | United Arab Emirates | 2.7065% | 2017 | |
| 95 | Germany | 2.6341% | 2018 | |
| 96 | Thailand | 2.6235% | 2018 | |
| 97 | Ivory Coast | 2.5559% | 2017 | |
| 98 | Canada | 2.5492% | 2018 | |
| 99 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.4742% | 2017 | |
| 100 | Belarus | 2.4721% | 2018 | |
| 101 | Austria | 2.4677% | 2018 | |
| 102 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.4543% | 2018 | |
| 103 | France | 2.4056% | 2018 | |
| 104 | Argentina | 2.3457% | 2018 | |
| 105 | Cameroon | 2.3309% | 2017 | |
| 106 | Botswana | 2.3013% | 2017 | |
| 107 | Tanzania | 2.2134% | 2017 | |
| 108 | Mauritius | 2.2071% | 2017 | |
| 109 | Benin | 2.1673% | 2017 | |
| 110 | Zambia | 2.1293% | 2018 | |
| 111 | Croatia | 2.1122% | 2018 | |
| 112 | United Kingdom | 2.0758% | 2018 | |
| 113 | Moldova | 2.0511% | 2018 | |
| 114 | Armenia | 2.045% | 2018 | |
| 115 | Portugal | 2.0418% | 2018 | |
| 116 | Chile | 2.0394% | 2018 | |
| 117 | Tunisia | 2.0267% | 2017 | |
| 118 | Greece | 1.9773% | 2018 | |
| 119 | Indonesia | 1.9355% | 2018 | |
| 120 | Poland | 1.9323% | 2018 | |
| 121 | Ukraine | 1.8925% | 2018 | |
| 122 | Libya | 1.8784% | 2016 | |
| 123 | Togo | 1.8536% | 2017 | |
| 124 | Turkey | 1.6991% | 2018 | |
| 125 | El Salvador | 1.638% | 2018 | |
| 126 | Lithuania | 1.6293% | 2018 | |
| 127 | Sri Lanka | 1.562% | 2017 | |
| 128 | Denmark | 1.5346% | 2018 | |
| 129 | Namibia | 1.5098% | 2018 | |
| 130 | India | 1.5067% | 2017 | |
| 131 | Eritrea | 1.4955% | 2011 | |
| 132 | China | 1.4954% | 2018 | |
| 133 | South Africa | 1.4926% | 2018 | |
| 134 | Italy | 1.4899% | 2018 | |
| 135 | Bahrain | 1.4644% | 2017 | |
| 136 | Lesotho | 1.4179% | 2018 | |
| 137 | Guatemala | 1.3459% | 2018 | |
| 138 | United States | 1.3032% | 2018 | |
| 139 | Ecuador | 1.2925% | 2018 | |
| 140 | Paraguay | 1.2365% | 2018 | |
| 141 | Uzbekistan | 1.2362% | 2018 | |
| 142 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.1622% | 2017 | |
| 143 | Iran | 1.1055% | 2017 | |
| 144 | Zimbabwe | 1.0835% | 2017 | |
| 145 | Samoa | 1.0769% | 2017 | |
| 146 | Sweden | 1.0556% | 2018 | |
| 147 | Bermuda | 0.9851% | 2013 | |
| 148 | Nigeria | 0.9307% | 2017 | |
| 149 | South Korea | 0.8941% | 2018 | |
| 150 | Pakistan | 0.8888% | 2018 | |
| 151 | Bangladesh | 0.8615% | 2017 | |
| 152 | Macao | 0.8528% | 2017 | |
| 153 | Kenya | 0.8526% | 2017 | |
| 154 | Comoros | 0.8059% | 2017 | |
| 155 | Central African Republic | 0.7926% | 2017 | |
| 156 | Nepal | 0.7888% | 2017 | |
| 157 | Tuvalu | 0.7385% | 2017 | |
| 158 | New Zealand | 0.7193% | 2018 | |
| 159 | Algeria | 0.7168% | 2017 | |
| 160 | Bolivia | 0.6332% | 2018 | |
| 161 | Russia | 0.5319% | 2018 | |
| 162 | Japan | 0.5206% | 2018 | |
| 163 | Kiribati | 0.4229% | 2017 | |
| 164 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4101% | 2018 | |
| 165 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.3787% | 2014 | |
| 166 | Gambia | 0.3656% | 2017 | |
| 167 | East Timor | 0.27% | 2017 | |
| 168 | Afghanistan | 0.2552% | 2017 | |
| 169 | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.2538% | 2015 | |
| 170 | Venezuela | 0.2353% | 2014 | |
| 171 | Bhutan | 0.1666% | 2018 | |
| 172 | Kazakhstan | 0.122% | 2018 | |
| 173 | Marshall Islands | 0.0975% | 2017 | |
| 174 | French Polynesia | 0.058% | 2000 | |
| 175 | Burkina Faso | 0.0208% | 2017 | |
| 176 | Burundi | 0.01% | 2017 | |
| 177 | Nauru | 0% | 2016 | |
| 178 | Slovakia | 0% | 2018 | |
| 179 | Kuwait | -0.0067% | 2018 | |
| 180 | South Sudan | -0.2556% | 2016 | |
| 181 | Dominica | -0.4252% | 2017 | |
| 182 | Papua New Guinea | -0.8088% | 2017 | |
| 183 | Yemen | -1.0062% | 2017 | |
| 184 | Qatar | -1.1386% | 2018 | |
| 185 | Swaziland | -1.3412% | 2017 | |
| 186 | Cyprus | -1.3607% | 2018 | |
| 187 | Kyrgyzstan | -1.3918% | 2017 | |
| 188 | New Caledonia | -1.5146% | 2000 | |
| 189 | Iceland | -1.8806% | 2018 | |
| 190 | Finland | -1.9935% | 2018 | |
| 191 | Trinidad and Tobago | -2.0533% | 2017 | |
| 192 | Iraq | -2.1624% | 2018 | |
| 193 | Norway | -4.5859% | 2018 | |
| 194 | Angola | -5.4207% | 2018 | |
| 195 | Switzerland | -9.5928% | 2018 | |
| 196 | Belgium | -12.0449% | 2018 | |
| 197 | Netherlands | -17.8737% | 2018 | |
| 198 | Hungary | -48.2838% | 2018 |