Foreign Direct Investment (% of GDP)

Africa Ranking

percent of GDPSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Republic of the Congo	39.42	2020	1	26.4
2 ↑	Mozambique	22.74	2020	3	14.17
3 ↓	Seychelles	16.52	2020	2	16.04
4 ↑	Mauritania	11.73	2020	52	-11.2
5 ↓	Gabon	11.21	2020	4	9.2
6 ↑	Gambia	10.15	2020	19	3.92
7 ↑	Sao Tome and Principe	9.96	2020	9	5.66
8 ↓	Sierra Leone	8.58	2020	5	8.4
9 ↑	Togo	8.44	2020	15	4.79
10 ↓	Somalia	6.66	2020	6	6.9
11 ↑	Senegal	6.01	2020	16	4.57
12 ↑	Equatorial Guinea	5.29	2020	18	3.96
13	Chad	5.15	2020	13	5.01
14 ↓	Djibouti	4.68	2020	11	5.26
15 ↓	Cape Verde	4.35	2020	12	5.21
16 ↑	Sudan	3.36	2020	23	3.16
17 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.08	2020	26	2.68
18 ↑	Madagascar	2.75	2020	21	3.36
19 ↓	Ghana	2.74	2020	8	5.68
20 ↑	Liberia	2.72	2020	28	2.61
21 ↓	Niger	2.62	2020	10	5.55
22 ↓	Uganda	2.32	2020	20	3.6
23 ↓	Mauritius	2.25	2020	21	3.36
24 ↑	Ethiopia	2.23	2020	27	2.66
25 ↓	Eritrea	1.89	2011	7	5.73
26 ↓	Mali	1.76	2020	17	4.17
27 ↑	Cameroon	1.65	2020	29	2.58
28 ↓	Egypt	1.6	2020	24	2.97
29 ↑	Lesotho	1.58	2020	35	1.51
30 ↑	Morocco	1.54	2020	37	1.44
31 ↑	Central African Republic	1.46	2020	41	1.15
32 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	1.43	2020	14	4.98
33	Tunisia	1.42	2020	33	1.94
34 ↑	Guinea	1.12	2020	48	0.33
34	Benin	1.12	2020	34	1.52
36 ↓	Swaziland	1.11	2020	25	2.85
37 ↓	Tanzania	1.1	2020	32	1.99
38 ↓	Rwanda	0.97	2020	30	2.54
39	South Africa	0.95	2020	39	1.32
40 ↓	Ivory Coast	0.83	2020	36	1.45
40	Zimbabwe	0.83	2020	40	1.29
40 ↑	Burkina Faso	0.83	2020	42	1.01
43	Algeria	0.78	2020	43	0.8
44 ↓	Kenya	0.71	2020	38	1.33
45	Nigeria	0.55	2020	45	0.51
46 ↓	Botswana	0.53	2020	44	0.56
47 ↓	Malawi	0.37	2020	46	0.5
48 ↓	Comoros	0.31	2020	47	0.36
49	Burundi	0.21	2020	49	0.04
50	Libya	0	2019	50	0
51 ↓	Zambia	-0.95	2020	31	2.35
52 ↓	Namibia	-1.53	2020	51	-1.41

Definition of Foreign Direct Investment (% of GDP)

Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.