Lao PDR - FDI Inflows 2023
11.24%
+6.55% from 2022
Lao PDR's fdi inflows was 11.24% in 2023, increased +6.55% from 4.70% in 2022. This was the 15th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2023▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Malta | 108.81% | -5.4% |
| 2nd | Cayman Islands | 93.72% | 298.5% |
| 3rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 32.01% | -6.2% |
| 4th | Palau | 28.87% | -5.3% |
| 5th | Singapore | 26.21% | -10.9% |
| 6th | Namibia | 18.49% | 120.1% |
| 7th | Grenada | 16.48% | 23.8% |
| 8th | Bahrain | 15.64% | 272.4% |
| 9th | Senegal | 15.60% | 48.0% |
| 10th | Antigua and Barbuda | 14.61% | -10.8% |
| 11th | Mozambique | 12.83% | -19.9% |
| 12th | Estonia | 12.54% | 176.8% |
| 13th | Oman | 11.82% | 88.9% |
| 14th | Maldives | 11.58% | -2.2% |
| 15th | Lao PDR | 11.24% | 139.5% |
| 16th | Mongolia | 11.06% | -24.3% |
| 17th | Seychelles | 10.96% | 16.5% |
| 18th | Cambodia | 9.35% | 4.5% |
| 19th | Kosovo | 8.68% | 6.3% |
| 20th | Gambia, The | 8.63% | -17.8% |
| 21st | St. Lucia | 8.36% | 237.3% |
| 22nd | Mauritania | 7.91% | -46.1% |
| 23rd | Andorra | 7.29% | -58.5% |
| 24th | Dominica | 7.28% | 168.1% |
| 25th | Liberia | 7.11% | 130.0% |
| 26th | New Caledonia | 7.03% | -2.8% |
| 27th | Albania | 6.90% | -9.0% |
| 28th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.89% | 4.4% |
| 29th | Montenegro | 6.88% | -50.7% |
| 30th | Georgia | 6.86% | -24.1% |
| 31st | Cabo Verde | 6.34% | 16.7% |
| 32nd | Nicaragua | 6.26% | -24.0% |
| 33rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 6.17% | -1.0% |
| 34th | Niger | 6.14% | -1.9% |
| 35th | Uganda | 6.14% | -5.3% |
| 36th | Serbia | 6.07% | -12.1% |
| 37th | Iceland | 5.96% | 25.7% |
| 38th | Gabon | 5.94% | 9.8% |
| 39th | Timor-Leste | 5.87% | 251.3% |
| 40th | United Arab Emirates | 5.87% | 32.1% |
| 41st | Guinea | 5.87% | 77.5% |
| 42nd | Malawi | 5.69% | 29.5% |
| 43rd | Chile | 5.48% | -12.1% |
| 44th | Costa Rica | 5.42% | 0.0% |
| 45th | Mauritius | 5.40% | 28.0% |
| 46th | Solomon Islands | 5.24% | 88.7% |
| 47th | Bulgaria | 5.06% | -3.6% |
| 48th | Chad | 4.98% | 44.6% |
| 49th | Lithuania | 4.80% | 41.0% |
| 50th | Colombia | 4.58% | -7.8% |
| 51st | Poland | 4.39% | -26.9% |
| 52nd | Viet Nam | 4.26% | -1.5% |
| 53rd | Curaçao | 4.16% | -27.1% |
| 54th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.09% | 8.0% |
| 55th | Congo, Republic of | 4.09% | 21.5% |
| 56th | North Macedonia | 4.05% | -34.0% |
| 57th | Portugal | 3.96% | -22.0% |
| 58th | Latvia | 3.95% | 23.3% |
| 59th | Dominican Republic | 3.94% | 10.5% |
| 60th | Jordan | 3.93% | 99.0% |
| 61st | Croatia | 3.90% | -29.2% |
| 62nd | Botswana | 3.82% | 9.4% |
| 63rd | Argentina | 3.81% | 58.9% |
| 64th | Djibouti | 3.51% | -33.0% |
| 65th | Czechia | 3.45% | 13.8% |
| 66th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.40% | 69.9% |
| 67th | Madagascar | 3.27% | 7.2% |
| 68th | Lebanon | 3.26% | 30.1% |
| 69th | Sweden | 3.23% | -65.5% |
| 70th | Rwanda | 3.19% | 39.4% |
| 71st | Honduras | 3.16% | 31.0% |
| 72nd | Israel | 3.16% | -27.5% |
| 73rd | Barbados | 3.11% | 7.2% |
| 74th | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.08% | 36.4% |
| 75th | Turkmenistan | 3.00% | 35.4% |
| 76th | Spain | 2.90% | -37.7% |
| 77th | Brazil | 2.86% | -26.0% |
| 78th | Norway | 2.85% | 19.2% |
| 79th | Panama | 2.85% | -11.7% |
| 80th | Mali | 2.83% | -10.8% |
| 81st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.83% | -32.5% |
| 82nd | Belarus | 2.75% | 26.2% |
| 83rd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.68% | 150.2% |
| 84th | Paraguay | 2.58% | 26.5% |
| 85th | Ukraine | 2.52% | 1,749.2% |
| 86th | Macao SAR, China | 2.51% | -81.3% |
| 87th | Romania | 2.50% | -35.6% |
| 88th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 2.49% | 3.9% |
| 89th | Armenia | 2.40% | -52.0% |
| 90th | Zambia | 2.32% | 1,141.1% |
| 91st | Jamaica | 2.30% | 35.7% |
| 92nd | Myanmar | 2.28% | 14.5% |
| 93rd | Sierra Leone | 2.27% | 11.7% |
| 94th | Benin | 2.25% | 4.4% |
| 95th | Denmark | 2.21% | -68.0% |
| 96th | Kazakhstan | 2.19% | -3.0% |
| 97th | Moldova | 2.16% | -46.5% |
| 98th | Bahamas, The | 2.11% | -44.7% |
| 99th | Uzbekistan | 2.10% | -28.8% |
| 100th | Slovenia | 2.09% | -42.6% |
| 101st | Tanzania | 2.09% | 9.9% |
| 102nd | Philippines | 2.04% | -13.0% |
| 103rd | Australia | 2.04% | -49.8% |
| 104th | Canada | 2.02% | -12.8% |
| 105th | Thailand | 2.00% | -16.3% |
| 106th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.99% | -18.3% |
| 107th | Malaysia | 1.98% | -46.3% |
| 108th | Greece | 1.94% | -47.4% |
| 109th | El Salvador | 1.90% | 2,207.2% |
| 110th | Saudi Arabia | 1.87% | -13.2% |
| 111th | Italy | 1.81% | -38.3% |
| 112th | Libya | 1.81% | 11.2% |
| 113th | Kiribati | 1.77% | 12.0% |
| 114th | Bermuda | 1.76% | 2,248.5% |
| 115th | New Zealand | 1.72% | -56.2% |
| 116th | Mexico | 1.71% | -36.1% |
| 117th | Germany | 1.70% | -18.2% |
| 118th | Zimbabwe | 1.68% | 103.9% |
| 119th | Cameroon | 1.68% | -19.4% |
| 120th | Fiji | 1.65% | -20.5% |
| 121st | Ghana | 1.64% | -15.2% |
| 122nd | Peru | 1.63% | -64.3% |
| 123rd | Guatemala | 1.58% | 4.3% |
| 124th | Indonesia | 1.57% | -16.1% |
| 125th | Central African Republic | 1.52% | 50.2% |
| 126th | Tunisia | 1.46% | 2.2% |
| 127th | Sudan | 1.37% | 23.8% |
| 128th | United States | 1.33% | -18.5% |
| 129th | Kuwait | 1.28% | 211.9% |
| 130th | Guinea-Bissau | 1.18% | 1.4% |
| 131st | Equatorial Guinea | 1.15% | -88.7% |
| 132nd | Tajikistan | 1.15% | -29.3% |
| 133rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.05% | 131.7% |
| 134th | Korea | 1.03% | -25.8% |
| 135th | South Africa | 1.01% | -55.3% |
| 136th | Burundi | 0.99% | 58.4% |
| 137th | Nauru | 0.96% | 116.1% |
| 138th | Türkiye | 0.93% | -37.3% |
| 139th | Sri Lanka | 0.85% | -28.6% |
| 140th | Vanuatu | 0.83% | -18.1% |
| 141st | Togo | 0.81% | 140.5% |
| 142nd | Marshall Islands | 0.77% | -22.3% |
| 143rd | India | 0.77% | -48.3% |
| 144th | Morocco | 0.73% | -58.5% |
| 145th | Eswatini | 0.61% | 116.4% |
| 146th | Pakistan | 0.61% | 56.0% |
| 147th | France | 0.59% | -85.3% |
| 148th | West Bank and Gaza | 0.58% | -64.2% |
| 149th | Austria | 0.57% | -81.3% |
| 150th | Burkina Faso | 0.54% | -84.9% |
| 151st | Belize | 0.53% | -89.4% |
| 152nd | Algeria | 0.49% | 357.0% |
| 153rd | Japan | 0.47% | -58.0% |
| 154th | Kenya | 0.47% | -31.7% |
| 155th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.46% | 3,648.7% |
| 156th | Tonga | 0.44% | -15.2% |
| 157th | Comoros | 0.40% | 19.5% |
| 158th | United Kingdom | 0.40% | -86.2% |
| 159th | Ecuador | 0.40% | -47.7% |
| 160th | Slovak Republic | 0.39% | -90.6% |
| 161st | Nigeria | 0.38% | 1,430.6% |
| 162nd | Azerbaijan | 0.35% | 106.1% |
| 163rd | Bangladesh | 0.34% | -2.5% |
| 164th | Bhutan | 0.34% | 16.7% |
| 165th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.31% | -12.4% |
| 166th | China | 0.28% | -72.9% |
| 167th | Tuvalu | 0.27% | -20.9% |
| 168th | Samoa | 0.23% | -57.5% |
| 169th | Nepal | 0.18% | 13.6% |
| 170th | Papua New Guinea | 0.14% | -96.3% |
| 171st | Haiti | 0.12% | -38.8% |
| 172nd | Finland | -0.04% | -100.8% |
| 173rd | French Polynesia | -0.11% | 37.2% |
| 174th | Qatar | -0.22% | -775.9% |
| 175th | Brunei Darussalam | -0.37% | 78.7% |
| 176th | Russian Federation | -0.48% | 72.1% |
| 177th | Belgium | -0.65% | -129.3% |
| 178th | San Marino | -0.89% | -122.7% |
| 179th | Lesotho | -1.21% | -264.7% |
| 180th | European Union | -1.37% | -198.0% |
| 181st | Suriname | -1.53% | -523.0% |
| 182nd | Angola | -1.98% | 60.7% |
| 183rd | Iraq | -1.99% | -174.5% |
| 184th | Aruba | -3.58% | -148.0% |
| 185th | São Tomé and Principe | -3.74% | -136.3% |
| 186th | Trinidad and Tobago | -5.98% | -244.7% |
| 187th | Guyana | -6.71% | 67.1% |
| 188th | Uruguay | -6.73% | -153.9% |
| 189th | Luxembourg | -10.45% | 97.3% |
| 190th | Switzerland | -12.91% | -761.5% |
| 191st | Ireland | -24.67% | -280.2% |
| 192nd | Netherlands | -30.24% | -2,147.6% |
| 193rd | Hungary | -33.19% | -2,964.0% |
| 194th | Cyprus | -63.15% | -36,685.2% |
FAQ
What was Lao PDR's fdi inflows in 2023?▾
Lao PDR's fdi inflows in 2023 was 11.24%. This ranked 15th globally.
How did Lao PDR's fdi inflows change in 2023?▾
Lao PDR's fdi inflows increased by 139.5% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Which country had the highest fdi inflows in 2023?▾
Malta had the highest fdi inflows in 2023 at 108.81%.
What is the fdi inflows of Lao PDR in 2023?▾
The fdi inflows of Lao PDR in 2023 was 11.24%. This ranked 15th globally.
How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Lao PDR's fdi inflows?▾
Lao PDR's fdi inflows went from 4.70% in 2022 to 11.24% in 2023, a 139.5% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Lao PDR matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2023. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). View full analysis →
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