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Foreign direct investment around the world
160 economies reporting · click a country for its profile
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT). Colour classes are septiles of positive values in the selected year.
Highest 15, 2024
160 of all economies with data
| # | Economy | Remittances |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | $138 bn |
| 2 | Mexico | $67.6 bn |
| 3 | Philippines | $40.3 bn |
| 4 | France | $38.8 bn |
| 5 | Pakistan | $34.9 bn |
| 6 | Egypt | $29.6 bn |
| 7 | Bangladesh | $27.5 bn |
| 8 | China | $25.0 bn |
| 9 | Germany | $22.2 bn |
| 10 | Nigeria | $22.1 bn |
| 11 | Guatemala | $21.6 bn |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | $16.6 bn |
| 13 | Indonesia | $16.0 bn |
| 14 | Belgium | $15.5 bn |
| 15 | Morocco | $12.5 bn |
About this measure
Personal transfers and compensation of employees received from abroad, current US$.
World Bank code BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT · Sources & methods
Reading net FDI flows with care
FDI flows are recorded net: new investment minus disinvestment and loan repayments, so they can be negative. In financial centres such as Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Ireland and the Cayman Islands, large pass-through flows by holding companies and special-purpose entities swing sharply from year to year. Scaled by a small GDP, they can produce extreme values in the % of GDP view — a sign of corporate structuring rather than new factories.