Lesotho - FDI Inflows 2008
0.62%
−3.87% from 2007
Lesotho's fdi inflows was 0.62% in 2008, decreased +3.87% from 4.50% in 2007. This was the 172nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2008▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
FAQ
What was Lesotho's fdi inflows in 2008?▾
Lesotho's fdi inflows in 2008 was 0.62%. This ranked 172nd globally.
How did Lesotho's fdi inflows change in 2008?▾
Lesotho's fdi inflows decreased by 86.1% in 2008 compared to 2007.
Which country had the highest fdi inflows in 2008?▾
Cayman Islands had the highest fdi inflows in 2008 at 426.43%.
What is the fdi inflows of Lesotho in 2008?▾
The fdi inflows of Lesotho in 2008 was 0.62%. This ranked 172nd globally.
How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Lesotho's fdi inflows?▾
Lesotho's fdi inflows went from 4.50% in 2007 to 0.62% in 2008, a 86.1% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Lesotho matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2008. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: -2.4%. View full analysis →
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