Foreign Direct Investment (% of GDP)

Asia Ranking

percent of GDPSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Hong Kong	33.89	2020	4	16.06
2 ↓	Singapore	25.72	2020	1	32.17
3 ↑	Cambodia	14.04	2020	5	13.52
4 ↓	Mongolia	12.91	2020	2	17.2
5 ↓	Maldives	11.78	2020	3	17.14
6 ↑	Vietnam	5.83	2020	7	6.15
7 ↑	Laos	5.06	2020	10	4
8 ↑	Brunei	4.71	2020	13	2.77
8	Turkmenistan	4.71	2019	8	4.9
10 ↑	Kazakhstan	4.33	2020	19	2.05
11	Uzbekistan	2.89	2020	11	3.87
12 ↑	India	2.42	2020	21	1.76
13 ↑	Burma (Myanmar)	2.3	2020	15	2.53
14 ↑	Philippines	1.82	2020	17	2.3
15 ↑	Indonesia	1.81	2020	18	2.23
16 ↑	China	1.44	2020	22	1.31
17 ↓	Tajikistan	1.3	2020	14	2.56
18 ↓	Malaysia	1.28	2020	16	2.51
19 ↑	Japan	1.24	2020	26	0.78
20 ↓	Azerbaijan	1.19	2020	12	3.12
21 ↑	Pakistan	0.8	2020	25	0.8
22 ↓	Russia	0.64	2020	20	1.89
23 ↑	South Korea	0.56	2020	28	0.58
24 ↓	Sri Lanka	0.54	2020	23	0.89
25 ↑	Nepal	0.38	2020	29	0.54
26 ↑	Bangladesh	0.35	2020	27	0.63
27 ↑	Bhutan	-0.12	2020	30	0.51
28 ↓	Thailand	-0.97	2020	24	0.88
29 ↓	Kyrgyzstan	-5.19	2020	9	4.55
30 ↓	Macao	-27.76	2020	6	11.79

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.