Lesotho – FDI Inflows 2018
1.60%
−0.23% from 2017
Lesotho's fdi inflows was 1.60% in 2018, decreased +0.23% from 1.83% in 2017. This was the 129th highest in the G20.
G20 Ranking – 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Malta | 452.22% | 50.8% |
| 2nd | Cyprus | 307.09% | 66.8% |
| 3rd | Congo, Republic of | 29.21% | -21.7% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 26.83% | -27.2% |
| 5th | Guyana | 25.73% | 475.6% |
| 6th | Singapore | 22.12% | -25.5% |
| 7th | Ireland | 20.36% | -0.3% |
| 8th | Palau | 17.62% | 7.8% |
| 9th | Seychelles | 17.10% | 45.2% |
| 10th | Grenada | 15.94% | 17.1% |
| 11th | Mongolia | 14.81% | 13.8% |
| 12th | Dominica | 12.46% | 209.6% |
| 13th | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.18% | 23.6% |
| 14th | Mozambique | 11.17% | -36.1% |
| 15th | Maldives | 10.65% | 12.1% |
| 16th | Mauritania | 10.34% | 19.6% |
| 17th | Cambodia | 9.69% | 2.1% |
| 18th | Montenegro | 8.94% | -23.4% |
| 19th | Fiji | 8.40% | 16.0% |
| 20th | Gabon | 8.18% | -7.1% |
| 21st | Albania | 7.83% | 1.5% |
| 22nd | Serbia | 7.71% | 22.5% |
| 23rd | Lao PDR | 7.49% | -24.2% |
| 24th | Georgia | 7.28% | -37.8% |
| 25th | Nicaragua | 6.43% | -14.4% |
| 26th | Panama | 6.39% | 0.8% |
| 27th | São Tomé and Principe | 6.18% | -41.9% |
| 28th | Oman | 6.12% | 71.9% |
| 29th | Honduras | 5.99% | 46.0% |
| 30th | Nauru | 5.89% | – |
| 31st | Djibouti | 5.83% | -2.3% |
| 32nd | Israel | 5.72% | 21.3% |
| 33rd | Belize | 5.34% | 280.1% |
| 34th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 5.18% | 7.0% |
| 35th | North Macedonia | 5.11% | 51.9% |
| 36th | Viet Nam | 5.00% | -0.3% |
| 37th | Gambia, The | 4.90% | 14.5% |
| 38th | Lebanon | 4.84% | 1.8% |
| 39th | Costa Rica | 4.83% | -0.1% |
| 40th | Tonga | 4.70% | 238.0% |
| 41st | Cabo Verde | 4.70% | -16.1% |
| 42nd | Malawi | 4.66% | -13.1% |
| 43rd | Jamaica | 4.60% | -18.4% |
| 44th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.52% | -76.9% |
| 45th | Spain | 4.47% | 75.9% |
| 46th | Madagascar | 4.45% | 26.1% |
| 47th | Ghana | 4.44% | -17.6% |
| 48th | Marshall Islands | 4.43% | 62.3% |
| 49th | Aruba | 4.40% | -16.2% |
| 50th | Australia | 4.23% | 16.9% |
| 51st | Bahrain | 4.18% | 9.1% |
| 52nd | Curaçao | 4.17% | -26.8% |
| 53rd | Vanuatu | 4.11% | -5.4% |
| 54th | Estonia | 4.08% | -35.4% |
| 55th | Brazil | 4.08% | 22.2% |
| 56th | Kosovo | 4.04% | 1.2% |
| 57th | Barbados | 4.03% | 150.1% |
| 58th | Germany | 4.00% | 38.5% |
| 59th | Turkmenistan | 3.94% | -28.3% |
| 60th | Bahamas, The | 3.83% | 56.6% |
| 61st | Brunei Darussalam | 3.80% | -1.4% |
| 62nd | Ukraine | 3.80% | 15.8% |
| 63rd | Rwanda | 3.80% | 28.3% |
| 64th | Liberia | 3.77% | -48.4% |
| 65th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.72% | -18.1% |
| 66th | Senegal | 3.67% | 30.9% |
| 67th | Niger | 3.63% | 19.9% |
| 68th | Sudan | 3.51% | 36.1% |
| 69th | Portugal | 3.47% | -31.0% |
| 70th | New Caledonia | 3.46% | -34.7% |
| 71st | Colombia | 3.38% | -23.0% |
| 72nd | Poland | 3.35% | 40.8% |
| 73rd | Czechia | 3.30% | -34.8% |
| 74th | Suriname | 3.28% | 22.5% |
| 75th | Dominican Republic | 3.23% | -29.0% |
| 76th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.21% | 74.4% |
| 77th | Uganda | 3.21% | 22.8% |
| 78th | Cayman Islands | 3.14% | -93.5% |
| 79th | Macao SAR, China | 3.13% | -7.6% |
| 80th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.10% | 3.9% |
| 81st | Timor-Leste | 3.08% | 626.9% |
| 82nd | Mauritius | 3.08% | -10.9% |
| 83rd | Romania | 3.04% | 7.2% |
| 84th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.02% | 8.1% |
| 85th | Mexico | 3.01% | 8.3% |
| 86th | Chad | 3.01% | 10.5% |
| 87th | Azerbaijan | 2.98% | -57.6% |
| 88th | Guinea | 2.98% | -46.8% |
| 89th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.94% | 5.7% |
| 90th | Sierra Leone | 2.91% | -59.6% |
| 91st | Philippines | 2.87% | -8.1% |
| 92nd | Slovenia | 2.86% | 15.3% |
| 93rd | Tajikistan | 2.84% | 15.4% |
| 94th | France | 2.79% | 64.9% |
| 95th | Morocco | 2.78% | 23.1% |
| 96th | Moldova | 2.75% | 75.1% |
| 97th | Bulgaria | 2.74% | -19.3% |
| 98th | Thailand | 2.71% | 49.4% |
| 99th | Chile | 2.68% | 41.6% |
| 100th | Croatia | 2.67% | -17.6% |
| 101st | Uruguay | 2.64% | -36.1% |
| 102nd | Peru | 2.64% | -24.9% |
| 103rd | Myanmar | 2.61% | -64.2% |
| 104th | Canada | 2.47% | 60.6% |
| 105th | Denmark | 2.47% | 126.8% |
| 106th | Lithuania | 2.40% | -17.3% |
| 107th | Belarus | 2.38% | 1.9% |
| 108th | United Arab Emirates | 2.36% | -8.2% |
| 109th | Tunisia | 2.32% | 20.8% |
| 110th | Malaysia | 2.31% | -21.2% |
| 111th | Mali | 2.29% | -25.1% |
| 112th | Argentina | 2.23% | 24.8% |
| 113th | St. Lucia | 2.21% | -50.9% |
| 114th | Jordan | 2.20% | -54.9% |
| 115th | Armenia | 2.14% | -2.3% |
| 116th | Slovak Republic | 2.11% | -52.0% |
| 117th | Italy | 2.11% | 375.4% |
| 118th | Cameroon | 1.91% | -15.1% |
| 119th | Samoa | 1.90% | 82.7% |
| 120th | Greece | 1.89% | 10.0% |
| 121st | Indonesia | 1.81% | -10.2% |
| 122nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.74% | 225.3% |
| 123rd | Namibia | 1.71% | -21.2% |
| 124th | Sri Lanka | 1.71% | 17.5% |
| 125th | Tanzania | 1.70% | -3.2% |
| 126th | Burkina Faso | 1.69% | 9,162.5% |
| 127th | Botswana | 1.68% | 3.8% |
| 128th | China | 1.66% | 25.6% |
| 129th | Lesotho | 1.60% | -12.5% |
| 130th | El Salvador | 1.59% | -21.4% |
| 131st | Türkiye | 1.58% | 21.9% |
| 132nd | India | 1.56% | 3.4% |
| 133rd | Zambia | 1.55% | -63.7% |
| 134th | Solomon Islands | 1.55% | -47.0% |
| 135th | South Africa | 1.37% | 154.7% |
| 136th | Saudi Arabia | 1.37% | 901.1% |
| 137th | Benin | 1.36% | -14.0% |
| 138th | Guinea-Bissau | 1.32% | 24.0% |
| 139th | Latvia | 1.32% | -67.4% |
| 140th | Bermuda | 1.32% | 132.7% |
| 141st | West Bank and Gaza | 1.29% | 13.5% |
| 142nd | Ecuador | 1.29% | 113.7% |
| 143rd | Papua New Guinea | 1.27% | 261.4% |
| 144th | Guatemala | 1.26% | -9.7% |
| 145th | Zimbabwe | 1.21% | 101.4% |
| 146th | New Zealand | 1.16% | 0.2% |
| 147th | Uzbekistan | 1.06% | -58.7% |
| 148th | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.06% | -42.9% |
| 149th | United States | 1.05% | -46.5% |
| 150th | Kenya | 0.83% | -49.3% |
| 151st | European Union | 0.83% | -79.1% |
| 152nd | Central African Republic | 0.81% | 143.9% |
| 153rd | Paraguay | 0.79% | -59.6% |
| 154th | Algeria | 0.75% | 16.3% |
| 155th | Bangladesh | 0.75% | 22.3% |
| 156th | Eswatini | 0.67% | 151.9% |
| 157th | Korea | 0.67% | -36.2% |
| 158th | Afghanistan | 0.66% | 140.7% |
| 159th | Haiti | 0.64% | -74.2% |
| 160th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.62% | -59.7% |
| 161st | Tuvalu | 0.62% | -6.1% |
| 162nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.58% | -41.4% |
| 163rd | Russian Federation | 0.53% | -70.8% |
| 164th | Japan | 0.50% | 31.6% |
| 165th | Pakistan | 0.49% | -33.7% |
| 166th | Comoros | 0.48% | 32.3% |
| 167th | Burundi | 0.23% | -90.1% |
| 168th | Nepal | 0.21% | -69.6% |
| 169th | Kazakhstan | 0.20% | -93.1% |
| 170th | Nigeria | 0.18% | -71.4% |
| 171st | Bhutan | 0.10% | 116.1% |
| 172nd | French Polynesia | 0.10% | -93.7% |
| 173rd | Kuwait | -0.02% | -116.5% |
| 174th | Sweden | -0.13% | -102.9% |
| 175th | Kiribati | -0.49% | -239.2% |
| 176th | United Kingdom | -0.86% | -118.6% |
| 177th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.10% | -135.0% |
| 178th | Qatar | -1.19% | -294.8% |
| 179th | Norway | -1.29% | -187.7% |
| 180th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.31% | -29.9% |
| 181st | Iraq | -2.15% | 20.1% |
| 182nd | Iceland | -2.33% | 91.6% |
| 183rd | Togo | -2.57% | -285.7% |
| 184th | Trinidad and Tobago | -2.93% | -48.4% |
| 185th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | -3.81% | -180.1% |
| 186th | Finland | -3.84% | -157.7% |
| 187th | Austria | -6.15% | -281.9% |
| 188th | Angola | -7.21% | 17.7% |
| 189th | Belgium | -7.67% | -3.0% |
| 190th | Switzerland | -22.30% | -205.6% |
| 191st | Netherlands | -30.66% | -229.3% |
| 192nd | Hungary | -40.11% | -364.7% |
| 193rd | Luxembourg | -117.23% | -181.5% |
| 194th | Liechtenstein | -1,303.11% | -316.3% |
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Lowest: 2023
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