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Bulgaria – FDI Inflows 2008

Foreign direct investment net inflows as a share of GDP. Measures cross-border investment where a foreign entity acquires a lasting management interest (10%+ of voting stock). · World Bank
18.90% −12.33% from 2007 G20 rank: 17th

Bulgaria's fdi inflows was 18.90% in 2008, decreased +12.33% from 31.23% in 2007. This was the 17th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2008
FDI Inflows by Country – 2008
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Cayman Islands 426.43% -32.5%
2nd Liechtenstein 319.10% -56.2%
3rd Malta 162.42% -63.9%
4th Hungary 47.24% -6.3%
5th Cyprus 44.55% 365.3%
6th São Tomé and Principe 42.09% 74.3%
7th Belgium 36.80% 79.5%
8th Hong Kong SAR, China 30.57% 4.1%
9th Djibouti 22.79% -1.1%
10th Montenegro 21.48% -15.7%
11th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 21.45% 82.1%
12th Netherlands 20.41% -76.3%
13th Fiji 19.28% 40.3%
14th New Caledonia 19.26% 306.9%
15th St. Kitts and Nevis 19.26% 5.6%
16th Macao SAR, China 18.94% -34.3%
17th Bulgaria 18.90% -39.5%
18th Seychelles 18.36% 12.4%
19th Grenada 17.49% -19.7%
20th Congo, Republic of 16.72% 3.1%
21st Liberia 16.43% 71.3%
22nd Mongolia 15.02% 70.7%
23rd Lebanon 14.88% 9.4%
24th St. Lucia 13.61% -10.4%
25th Barbados 12.84% 26.0%
26th Kazakhstan 12.60% 10.4%
27th Georgia 12.52% -32.7%
28th Jordan 12.48% -18.6%
29th Luxembourg 12.09% 121.0%
30th Moldova 12.00% -1.5%
31st Dominica 11.71% 28.9%
32nd Cabo Verde 10.76% -7.4%
33rd Madagascar 10.58% 14.2%
34th Kosovo 10.50%
35th Chile 10.46% 71.0%
36th Trinidad and Tobago 10.05% 162.0%
37th Jamaica 10.04% 58.3%
38th Antigua and Barbuda 9.86% -57.7%
39th Belize 9.76% 18.6%
40th Solomon Islands 9.68% -21.7%
41st Viet Nam 9.66% 11.7%
42nd Ghana 9.47% 69.9%
43rd Tajikistan 9.43% -2.6%
44th Albania 9.41% 60.3%
45th Panama 9.29% -9.3%
46th Namibia 8.72% 15.2%
47th Honduras 8.65% 10.6%
48th United Kingdom 8.61% 27.5%
49th Ireland 8.45% -61.9%
50th Bahamas, The 8.17% 21.6%
51st Azerbaijan 8.16% -41.3%
52nd Estonia 8.12% -39.9%
53rd Armenia 8.09% 11.6%
54th Sweden 8.05% -14.5%
55th Maldives 7.98% 12.6%
56th Costa Rica 7.91% -5.1%
57th Croatia 7.67% -2.2%
58th Congo, Democratic Republic of 7.60% -22.8%
59th Serbia 7.48% -24.1%
60th Nicaragua 7.38% 43.6%
61st Kyrgyz Republic 7.33% 34.1%
62nd Samoa 7.16% 501.7%
63rd Singapore 7.02% -73.2%
64th Bahrain 6.98% -13.7%
65th Uruguay 6.88% 20.6%
66th Finland 6.79% -20.8%
67th Cambodia 6.70% -21.8%
68th Turkmenistan 6.63% -2.0%
69th Iceland 6.60% -78.9%
70th Mauritania 6.58% 105.3%
71st Vanuatu 6.38% -3.5%
72nd Romania 6.38% 10.2%
73rd Tonga 6.25% 6.1%
74th North Macedonia 6.17% -29.8%
75th Timor-Leste 6.12% 282.1%
76th Guyana 5.88% 5.4%
77th Central African Republic 5.87% 76.0%
78th Egypt, Arab Republic of 5.83% -34.3%
79th Tunisia 5.80% 48.9%
80th Yemen, Republic of 5.78% 36.4%
81st Peru 5.74% 6.9%
82nd Ukraine 5.69% -17.0%
83rd Dominican Republic 5.67% 10.7%
84th Guinea 5.48% -10.7%
85th Tuvalu 5.30% 13,728.4%
86th Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.26% -55.0%
87th Zambia 5.24% -44.4%
88th Uganda 5.05% -24.2%
89th European Union 5.04% -49.6%
90th El Salvador 5.02% -44.9%
91st Mozambique 4.96% 28.8%
92nd Tanzania 4.95% 86.1%
93rd Botswana 4.85% 3.7%
94th Libya 4.74% -31.2%
95th Israel 4.64% -2.5%
96th Slovak Republic 4.60% -21.2%
97th Gambia, The 4.53% -25.7%
98th Canada 4.52% -44.9%
99th Russian Federation 4.50% 4.7%
100th Gabon 4.45% -15.3%
101st Norway 4.43% -28.2%
102nd Spain 4.36% -8.4%
103rd Colombia 4.36% 1.1%
104th Australia 4.27% -17.7%
105th Oman 4.23% -38.7%
106th Latvia 4.20% -54.4%
107th Lao PDR 4.18% -45.4%
108th Marshall Islands 3.88% -16.3%
109th Niger 3.88% 124.4%
110th Mauritius 3.73% -9.4%
111th Czechia 3.73% -48.7%
112th China 3.68% -15.2%
113th India 3.62% 74.6%
114th Lithuania 3.61% -44.9%
115th Belarus 3.60% -9.8%
116th Chad 3.48% 217.6%
117th Malaysia 3.28% -30.0%
118th Qatar 3.28% -44.4%
119th Eswatini 3.27% 195.5%
120th South Africa 3.13% 58.1%
121st Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.07% 10.1%
122nd Brazil 2.99% -6.3%
123rd Portugal 2.97% 18.7%
124th Thailand 2.94% -10.5%
125th Eritrea 2.83% 416.8%
126th Syrian Arab Republic 2.79% -9.1%
127th Poland 2.72% -53.3%
128th Myanmar 2.71% -22.9%
129th Senegal 2.70% 7.7%
130th Argentina 2.69% 19.5%
131st Pakistan 2.69% -11.4%
132nd Mexico 2.56% -8.9%
133rd Türkiye 2.56% -20.4%
134th Sudan 2.55% 0.7%
135th Malawi 2.52% 30.9%
136th Bermuda 2.46% -73.1%
137th Morocco 2.42% -25.5%
138th Nigeria 2.41% 11.3%
139th Palau 2.36% 8.0%
140th Mali 2.33% 9.7%
141st France 2.32% -26.4%
142nd United States 2.31% -3.6%
143rd Rwanda 1.97% -2.3%
144th Slovenia 1.95% -50.5%
145th New Zealand 1.94% -38.5%
146th Guatemala 1.90% -25.8%
147th Uzbekistan 1.85% -38.0%
148th Sri Lanka 1.85% -0.9%
149th Paraguay 1.84% 212.1%
150th Indonesia 1.83% 13.9%
151st Ecuador 1.73% 344.7%
152nd Angola 1.70% 238.9%
153rd Greece 1.63% 162.2%
154th United Arab Emirates 1.60% -70.8%
155th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 1.47% -43.3%
156th Austria 1.47% -91.8%
157th Algeria 1.46% 23.6%
158th Bangladesh 1.45% 77.3%
159th Iraq 1.41% 28.9%
160th Brunei Darussalam 1.40% -27.3%
161st Côte d'Ivoire 1.37% -10.9%
162nd Sierra Leone 1.28% -51.4%
163rd Zimbabwe 1.17% -10.2%
164th Togo 1.11% -33.0%
165th Saudi Arabia 1.06% -28.6%
166th Korea 1.02% 41.8%
167th Germany 0.81% -44.3%
168th Philippines 0.74% -60.6%
169th West Bank and Gaza 0.70% 109.1%
170th Guinea-Bissau 0.70% -72.1%
171st Aruba 0.66% 103.8%
172nd Lesotho 0.62% -86.1%
173rd Denmark 0.62% -83.3%
174th Switzerland 0.53% -94.7%
175th Comoros 0.51% -47.5%
176th Benin 0.49% -71.1%
177th Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.49% -15.5%
178th Japan 0.48% 2.1%
179th Afghanistan 0.46% -76.5%
180th Papua New Guinea 0.41% -70.0%
181st Burkina Faso 0.35% 23.3%
182nd Haiti 0.29% -64.6%
183rd Kenya 0.27% -88.3%
184th Bhutan 0.24% -95.9%
185th Burundi 0.24% 544.7%
186th French Polynesia 0.19% -77.9%
187th Cameroon 0.08% -90.4%
188th Nepal 0.01% -85.7%
189th Kuwait 0.00% -104.2%
190th Italy -0.39% -113.2%
191st Kiribati -0.86% -203.2%
192nd Equatorial Guinea -4.02% -142.3%
193rd Suriname -6.55% 22.0%