Kuwait - FDI Inflows 2012
1.65%
−0.47% from 2011
Kuwait's fdi inflows was 1.65% in 2012, decreased +0.47% from 2.12% in 2011. This was the 139th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Liechtenstein | 540.37% | 17.4% |
| 2nd | Cayman Islands | 500.81% | -32.7% |
| 3rd | Cyprus | 289.86% | 91.0% |
| 4th | Liberia | 82.75% | -4.9% |
| 5th | Seychelles | 56.29% | 316.1% |
| 6th | Mongolia | 34.76% | -20.9% |
| 7th | Malta | 34.59% | -56.6% |
| 8th | Mozambique | 33.77% | 34.7% |
| 9th | Netherlands | 30.90% | -20.8% |
| 10th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 28.51% | -26.3% |
| 11th | New Caledonia | 27.77% | 63.5% |
| 12th | Ireland | 25.60% | 160.3% |
| 13th | Mauritania | 20.60% | 136.7% |
| 14th | Singapore | 18.74% | 6.5% |
| 15th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.20% | 53.5% |
| 16th | Montenegro | 15.18% | 22.9% |
| 17th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 13.79% | 30.3% |
| 18th | Chile | 11.91% | 13.5% |
| 19th | Marshall Islands | 11.83% | 565.2% |
| 20th | Uruguay | 11.79% | 120.6% |
| 21st | Sierra Leone | 11.76% | -39.8% |
| 22nd | Cambodia | 11.15% | 16.2% |
| 23rd | Dominica | 10.82% | 14.1% |
| 24th | Belize | 10.13% | 94.6% |
| 25th | Palau | 10.04% | 139.6% |
| 26th | São Tomé and Principe | 9.95% | -29.9% |
| 27th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 9.63% | 59.2% |
| 28th | Barbados | 9.17% | 12.9% |
| 29th | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.15% | 69.1% |
| 30th | Niger | 8.92% | -26.6% |
| 31st | Turkmenistan | 8.90% | -23.3% |
| 32nd | Hungary | 8.31% | 11.4% |
| 33rd | Macao SAR, China | 8.26% | 73.4% |
| 34th | Panama | 8.13% | -34.0% |
| 35th | Djibouti | 8.13% | 27.5% |
| 36th | Vanuatu | 8.08% | 1.8% |
| 37th | Namibia | 7.99% | 24.5% |
| 38th | Ghana | 7.98% | -3.3% |
| 39th | Guinea | 7.93% | -43.7% |
| 40th | Maldives | 7.90% | -48.3% |
| 41st | Estonia | 7.69% | 60.2% |
| 42nd | Azerbaijan | 7.60% | 11.7% |
| 43rd | Albania | 7.50% | -7.3% |
| 44th | St. Lucia | 7.38% | 19.1% |
| 45th | Nicaragua | 7.37% | -23.1% |
| 46th | Peru | 7.36% | 64.6% |
| 47th | Portugal | 7.22% | 70.3% |
| 48th | Lebanon | 7.07% | -10.0% |
| 49th | Madagascar | 7.04% | -0.3% |
| 50th | Fiji | 6.98% | 21.5% |
| 51st | Iceland | 6.85% | -4.7% |
| 52nd | Guyana | 6.84% | 2.3% |
| 53rd | Zambia | 6.79% | 43.7% |
| 54th | Malawi | 6.71% | 80.5% |
| 55th | Cabo Verde | 6.69% | 33.9% |
| 56th | Kazakhstan | 6.56% | -8.1% |
| 57th | Grenada | 6.23% | -43.6% |
| 58th | Sudan | 6.14% | 94.8% |
| 59th | Lao PDR | 6.06% | 76.3% |
| 60th | Honduras | 5.84% | -0.9% |
| 61st | Switzerland | 5.82% | 100.6% |
| 62nd | Georgia | 5.73% | -24.2% |
| 63rd | Costa Rica | 5.71% | -10.7% |
| 64th | Dominican Republic | 5.64% | 48.7% |
| 65th | Norway | 5.44% | 164.9% |
| 66th | Mauritius | 4.98% | 34.2% |
| 67th | Bahamas, The | 4.91% | -25.9% |
| 68th | Jordan | 4.89% | -2.8% |
| 69th | Bahrain | 4.83% | 85.1% |
| 70th | Kosovo | 4.76% | -43.7% |
| 71st | Luxembourg | 4.72% | -67.0% |
| 72nd | Armenia | 4.68% | -27.4% |
| 73rd | Brunei Darussalam | 4.54% | 21.7% |
| 74th | Tanzania | 4.54% | 28.0% |
| 75th | Czechia | 4.48% | 147.8% |
| 76th | Ukraine | 4.48% | 5.2% |
| 77th | Uganda | 4.41% | 37.6% |
| 78th | Equatorial Guinea | 4.40% | -52.4% |
| 79th | Viet Nam | 4.28% | -0.6% |
| 80th | Colombia | 4.06% | -7.2% |
| 81st | Latvia | 3.99% | -30.3% |
| 82nd | European Union | 3.95% | -30.5% |
| 83rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.95% | -64.3% |
| 84th | Gabon | 3.94% | -36.1% |
| 85th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.91% | 9.2% |
| 86th | Brazil | 3.75% | -4.1% |
| 87th | Australia | 3.71% | -20.7% |
| 88th | Rwanda | 3.52% | 116.3% |
| 89th | Timor-Leste | 3.48% | -26.1% |
| 90th | North Macedonia | 3.47% | -28.4% |
| 91st | Israel | 3.42% | 6.0% |
| 92nd | Suriname | 3.40% | 3.6% |
| 93rd | Tuvalu | 3.37% | 1,208.5% |
| 94th | Bulgaria | 3.29% | -9.7% |
| 95th | Tunisia | 3.29% | 265.4% |
| 96th | Thailand | 3.24% | 386.4% |
| 97th | Chad | 3.24% | 91.8% |
| 98th | Tajikistan | 3.17% | 41.6% |
| 99th | Gambia, The | 2.91% | 13.7% |
| 100th | Moldova | 2.88% | -34.9% |
| 101st | Malaysia | 2.83% | -44.2% |
| 102nd | Serbia | 2.83% | -70.6% |
| 103rd | Guatemala | 2.82% | 50.9% |
| 104th | Argentina | 2.81% | 37.3% |
| 105th | Jamaica | 2.79% | 133.4% |
| 106th | Central African Republic | 2.79% | 84.3% |
| 107th | China | 2.78% | -23.8% |
| 108th | Canada | 2.70% | 26.3% |
| 109th | Samoa | 2.70% | 32.2% |
| 110th | Mali | 2.69% | -25.4% |
| 111th | Morocco | 2.66% | 16.0% |
| 112th | Burkina Faso | 2.62% | 120.2% |
| 113th | Paraguay | 2.61% | 33.3% |
| 114th | French Polynesia | 2.59% | 19.9% |
| 115th | Croatia | 2.55% | 28.2% |
| 116th | Benin | 2.53% | 67.5% |
| 117th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 2.46% | -29.9% |
| 118th | Kenya | 2.45% | -20.9% |
| 119th | United Arab Emirates | 2.44% | 25.6% |
| 120th | Belgium | 2.37% | -92.4% |
| 121st | Curaçao | 2.31% | -3.8% |
| 122nd | Indonesia | 2.31% | 0.3% |
| 123rd | Russian Federation | 2.29% | -14.9% |
| 124th | Lesotho | 2.29% | -3.6% |
| 125th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.28% | -10.0% |
| 126th | Togo | 2.24% | -83.3% |
| 127th | Belarus | 2.23% | -65.6% |
| 128th | Myanmar | 2.23% | -47.0% |
| 129th | New Zealand | 2.18% | 166.3% |
| 130th | Zimbabwe | 2.04% | -16.3% |
| 131st | Solomon Islands | 2.01% | -82.1% |
| 132nd | El Salvador | 2.01% | 233.0% |
| 133rd | Finland | 1.92% | 187.7% |
| 134th | Slovak Republic | 1.88% | -65.6% |
| 135th | Germany | 1.82% | -28.7% |
| 136th | Cameroon | 1.75% | -18.0% |
| 137th | United Kingdom | 1.72% | 70.3% |
| 138th | Romania | 1.70% | 38.3% |
| 139th | Kuwait | 1.65% | -22.0% |
| 140th | Lithuania | 1.59% | -63.6% |
| 141st | Senegal | 1.56% | -17.7% |
| 142nd | Oman | 1.56% | -25.7% |
| 143rd | Iraq | 1.56% | 39.1% |
| 144th | Türkiye | 1.55% | -19.0% |
| 145th | United States | 1.54% | -8.8% |
| 146th | Libya | 1.54% | -34.9% |
| 147th | Poland | 1.53% | -57.2% |
| 148th | Nigeria | 1.52% | -28.6% |
| 149th | Mexico | 1.45% | -25.3% |
| 150th | Spain | 1.45% | -16.8% |
| 151st | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.37% | 126.5% |
| 152nd | South Sudan | 1.35% | - |
| 153rd | Sri Lanka | 1.34% | -5.3% |
| 154th | India | 1.31% | -34.4% |
| 155th | Austria | 1.28% | -76.1% |
| 156th | Bhutan | 1.24% | -21.5% |
| 157th | France | 1.23% | -20.3% |
| 158th | Philippines | 1.23% | 43.3% |
| 159th | Bangladesh | 1.19% | 20.9% |
| 160th | Haiti | 1.14% | 24.4% |
| 161st | Uzbekistan | 1.10% | -58.9% |
| 162nd | South Africa | 1.06% | 17.9% |
| 163rd | Botswana | 1.05% | -45.9% |
| 164th | Comoros | 1.02% | -54.8% |
| 165th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 1.00% | 590.0% |
| 166th | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.91% | 10.5% |
| 167th | Sweden | 0.78% | -36.5% |
| 168th | Bermuda | 0.75% | 118.3% |
| 169th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.72% | 6.5% |
| 170th | Korea | 0.71% | -4.9% |
| 171st | Greece | 0.70% | 80.5% |
| 172nd | Saudi Arabia | 0.67% | -2.7% |
| 173rd | Algeria | 0.66% | -43.9% |
| 174th | Ecuador | 0.65% | -20.9% |
| 175th | Guinea-Bissau | 0.63% | -70.8% |
| 176th | Eswatini | 0.56% | -73.3% |
| 177th | West Bank and Gaza | 0.52% | -75.8% |
| 178th | Nepal | 0.42% | -2.8% |
| 179th | Pakistan | 0.34% | -40.3% |
| 180th | Afghanistan | 0.29% | -2.6% |
| 181st | Qatar | 0.21% | -62.1% |
| 182nd | Papua New Guinea | 0.14% | -33.2% |
| 183rd | Slovenia | 0.07% | -95.8% |
| 184th | Burundi | 0.03% | -82.7% |
| 185th | Japan | 0.01% | 163.9% |
| 186th | Italy | 0.00% | -99.9% |
| 187th | Yemen, Republic of | -0.04% | 97.5% |
| 188th | Tonga | -0.18% | -109.7% |
| 189th | Congo, Republic of | -0.39% | -120.5% |
| 190th | Angola | -1.02% | 57.6% |
| 191st | Kiribati | -1.15% | -547.7% |
| 192nd | Denmark | -5.00% | -227.0% |
| 193rd | Trinidad and Tobago | -7.01% | -4,446.4% |
| 194th | Aruba | -12.03% | -165.0% |
FAQ
What was Kuwait's fdi inflows in 2012?▾
Kuwait's fdi inflows in 2012 was 1.65%. This ranked 139th globally.
How did Kuwait's fdi inflows change in 2012?▾
Kuwait's fdi inflows decreased by 22.0% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest fdi inflows in 2012?▾
Liechtenstein had the highest fdi inflows in 2012 at 540.37%.
What is the fdi inflows of Kuwait in 2012?▾
The fdi inflows of Kuwait in 2012 was 1.65%. This ranked 139th globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Kuwait's fdi inflows?▾
Kuwait's fdi inflows went from 2.12% in 2011 to 1.65% in 2012, a 22.0% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Kuwait matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2012. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 0.5%. View full analysis →
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