Lesotho - FDI Inflows 2024
-0.55%
+0.66% from 2023
Lesotho's fdi inflows was -0.55% in 2024, increased +0.66% from -1.21% in 2023. This was the 171st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2024▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Malta | 170.54% | 56.7% |
| 2nd | Luxembourg | 113.62% | 1,187.2% |
| 3rd | Guyana | 34.99% | 621.6% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 30.92% | -3.4% |
| 5th | Singapore | 27.76% | 5.9% |
| 6th | Mozambique | 15.43% | 20.3% |
| 7th | Namibia | 14.76% | -20.2% |
| 8th | Mauritania | 13.20% | 67.0% |
| 9th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.01% | 74.4% |
| 10th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 11.97% | 381.7% |
| 11th | Grenada | 11.95% | -27.5% |
| 12th | Mongolia | 11.69% | 5.7% |
| 13th | Oman | 11.64% | -1.5% |
| 14th | Timor-Leste | 11.56% | 96.7% |
| 15th | Maldives | 11.42% | -1.4% |
| 16th | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.13% | -23.8% |
| 17th | Seychelles | 10.43% | -4.8% |
| 18th | Liberia | 9.87% | 38.7% |
| 19th | Gambia, The | 9.66% | 12.0% |
| 20th | Cambodia | 9.48% | 1.4% |
| 21st | Zambia | 9.32% | 301.1% |
| 22nd | Dominica | 8.70% | 19.5% |
| 23rd | New Caledonia | 8.49% | 20.7% |
| 24th | United Arab Emirates | 8.26% | 40.7% |
| 25th | Iceland | 8.12% | 36.3% |
| 26th | Kosovo | 7.68% | -11.5% |
| 27th | St. Lucia | 7.32% | -12.4% |
| 28th | Montenegro | 7.25% | 5.4% |
| 29th | Nicaragua | 6.87% | 9.8% |
| 30th | Andorra | 6.64% | -8.8% |
| 31st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 6.39% | 3.5% |
| 32nd | Albania | 6.32% | -8.4% |
| 33rd | North Macedonia | 6.23% | 54.1% |
| 34th | Serbia | 6.20% | 2.2% |
| 35th | Senegal | 6.15% | -60.6% |
| 36th | Uganda | 6.04% | -1.6% |
| 37th | Malawi | 6.02% | 5.9% |
| 38th | Lao PDR | 5.99% | -46.7% |
| 39th | Bahrain | 5.74% | -63.3% |
| 40th | Guinea | 5.61% | -4.5% |
| 41st | Costa Rica | 5.56% | 2.5% |
| 42nd | Lithuania | 5.54% | 15.3% |
| 43rd | Gabon | 5.48% | -7.7% |
| 44th | Chad | 5.22% | 4.9% |
| 45th | Croatia | 4.88% | 25.0% |
| 46th | Georgia | 4.69% | -31.7% |
| 47th | Mauritius | 4.56% | -15.5% |
| 48th | Sweden | 4.48% | 38.9% |
| 49th | Denmark | 4.37% | 97.4% |
| 50th | Curaçao | 4.35% | 4.4% |
| 51st | Portugal | 4.31% | 8.6% |
| 52nd | Viet Nam | 4.23% | -0.7% |
| 53rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 4.11% | 20.8% |
| 54th | Barbados | 4.04% | 29.8% |
| 55th | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.04% | 285.3% |
| 56th | Cabo Verde | 4.03% | -36.4% |
| 57th | Rwanda | 4.02% | 25.9% |
| 58th | Belize | 4.01% | 663.2% |
| 59th | Congo, Republic of | 3.84% | -6.1% |
| 60th | Macao SAR, China | 3.82% | 52.5% |
| 61st | Chile | 3.79% | -30.8% |
| 62nd | Czechia | 3.76% | 9.1% |
| 63rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.75% | 32.7% |
| 64th | Panama | 3.75% | 31.5% |
| 65th | Malaysia | 3.69% | 86.5% |
| 66th | Dominican Republic | 3.60% | -8.7% |
| 67th | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.58% | 16.5% |
| 68th | Slovak Republic | 3.56% | 802.6% |
| 69th | Honduras | 3.53% | 11.6% |
| 70th | Madagascar | 3.48% | 6.3% |
| 71st | Latvia | 3.47% | -12.2% |
| 72nd | Mali | 3.44% | 21.4% |
| 73rd | Fiji | 3.41% | 106.3% |
| 74th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.39% | -17.1% |
| 75th | Brazil | 3.39% | 18.4% |
| 76th | Colombia | 3.27% | -28.7% |
| 77th | Turkmenistan | 3.20% | 6.6% |
| 78th | Bulgaria | 3.13% | -38.1% |
| 79th | Jordan | 3.06% | -22.0% |
| 80th | Australia | 3.04% | 49.2% |
| 81st | Finland | 2.93% | 7,621.3% |
| 82nd | Canada | 2.81% | 39.1% |
| 83rd | Israel | 2.73% | -13.4% |
| 84th | Thailand | 2.72% | 35.7% |
| 85th | Greece | 2.63% | 35.4% |
| 86th | Kiribati | 2.62% | 48.1% |
| 87th | El Salvador | 2.61% | 37.5% |
| 88th | Uzbekistan | 2.60% | 23.6% |
| 89th | Vanuatu | 2.58% | 210.8% |
| 90th | Slovenia | 2.56% | 22.4% |
| 91st | Austria | 2.55% | 351.1% |
| 92nd | Benin | 2.53% | 12.3% |
| 93rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.52% | 26.5% |
| 94th | Moldova | 2.52% | 16.6% |
| 95th | Norway | 2.49% | -12.7% |
| 96th | Spain | 2.48% | -14.5% |
| 97th | Paraguay | 2.47% | -4.3% |
| 98th | Mexico | 2.45% | 43.4% |
| 99th | Aruba | 2.42% | 167.5% |
| 100th | Botswana | 2.41% | -37.0% |
| 101st | Peru | 2.35% | 44.6% |
| 102nd | Belarus | 2.29% | -16.8% |
| 103rd | Poland | 2.25% | -48.8% |
| 104th | Tanzania | 2.18% | 4.4% |
| 105th | Ghana | 2.15% | 31.0% |
| 106th | Ukraine | 2.11% | -16.5% |
| 107th | Solomon Islands | 2.08% | -60.3% |
| 108th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.06% | -23.1% |
| 109th | Tajikistan | 2.05% | 78.6% |
| 110th | Philippines | 2.04% | 0.1% |
| 111th | Romania | 1.87% | -25.3% |
| 112th | Argentina | 1.82% | -52.1% |
| 113th | Niger | 1.80% | -70.7% |
| 114th | Sierra Leone | 1.75% | -23.2% |
| 115th | Indonesia | 1.74% | 10.5% |
| 116th | Saudi Arabia | 1.72% | -8.0% |
| 117th | Cameroon | 1.67% | -1.0% |
| 118th | France | 1.65% | 178.8% |
| 119th | Djibouti | 1.63% | -53.5% |
| 120th | Guatemala | 1.63% | 3.2% |
| 121st | Eswatini | 1.55% | 155.3% |
| 122nd | European Union | 1.53% | 211.4% |
| 123rd | Bahamas, The | 1.52% | -28.0% |
| 124th | Tunisia | 1.48% | 1.1% |
| 125th | Myanmar | 1.48% | -35.1% |
| 126th | Equatorial Guinea | 1.47% | 28.2% |
| 127th | Central African Republic | 1.47% | -3.1% |
| 128th | Jamaica | 1.39% | -39.7% |
| 129th | Bermuda | 1.28% | -27.4% |
| 130th | Guinea-Bissau | 1.20% | 1.7% |
| 131st | West Bank and Gaza | 1.18% | 103.9% |
| 132nd | Italy | 1.13% | -37.7% |
| 133rd | Zimbabwe | 1.12% | -33.5% |
| 134th | Burundi | 1.08% | 9.1% |
| 135th | United States | 1.03% | -22.1% |
| 136th | Morocco | 1.02% | 40.6% |
| 137th | Germany | 1.02% | -40.2% |
| 138th | Türkiye | 0.86% | -7.8% |
| 139th | Korea | 0.81% | -21.3% |
| 140th | Ireland | 0.79% | 103.2% |
| 141st | Togo | 0.79% | -3.2% |
| 142nd | Sri Lanka | 0.77% | -9.7% |
| 143rd | Pakistan | 0.72% | 17.8% |
| 144th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.71% | 53.7% |
| 145th | India | 0.69% | -10.1% |
| 146th | Kazakhstan | 0.68% | -68.9% |
| 147th | New Zealand | 0.68% | -60.7% |
| 148th | Marshall Islands | 0.59% | -24.0% |
| 149th | South Africa | 0.58% | -42.6% |
| 150th | Armenia | 0.51% | -78.9% |
| 151st | Comoros | 0.49% | 22.1% |
| 152nd | Algeria | 0.46% | -7.0% |
| 153rd | Nigeria | 0.43% | 11.5% |
| 154th | Japan | 0.40% | -15.4% |
| 155th | Kenya | 0.39% | -18.5% |
| 156th | Kuwait | 0.38% | -70.0% |
| 157th | Burkina Faso | 0.36% | -34.1% |
| 158th | Ecuador | 0.36% | -10.5% |
| 159th | Samoa | 0.32% | 38.8% |
| 160th | Azerbaijan | 0.31% | -10.9% |
| 161st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.30% | -1.9% |
| 162nd | Bangladesh | 0.29% | -13.9% |
| 163rd | Qatar | 0.21% | 196.2% |
| 164th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.19% | 151.1% |
| 165th | Nepal | 0.13% | -27.3% |
| 166th | China | 0.10% | -64.8% |
| 167th | Haiti | 0.08% | -33.4% |
| 168th | French Polynesia | -0.22% | -107.2% |
| 169th | United Kingdom | -0.35% | -187.2% |
| 170th | Russian Federation | -0.43% | 11.3% |
| 171st | Lesotho | -0.55% | 54.3% |
| 172nd | Papua New Guinea | -0.62% | -543.8% |
| 173rd | Suriname | -0.85% | 44.4% |
| 174th | Angola | -1.10% | 44.5% |
| 175th | Netherlands | -1.40% | 95.4% |
| 176th | Trinidad and Tobago | -1.77% | 70.5% |
| 177th | São Tomé and Principe | -2.03% | 45.7% |
| 178th | Iraq | -2.74% | -37.1% |
| 179th | Nauru | -3.60% | -476.5% |
| 180th | Uruguay | -4.86% | 27.7% |
| 181st | Belgium | -6.16% | -844.6% |
| 182nd | Estonia | -7.97% | -163.6% |
| 183rd | Switzerland | -11.57% | 10.3% |
| 184th | Hungary | -27.92% | 15.9% |
| 185th | Cyprus | -133.82% | -111.9% |
FAQ
What was Lesotho's fdi inflows in 2024?▾
Lesotho's fdi inflows in 2024 was -0.55%. This ranked 171st globally.
How did Lesotho's fdi inflows change in 2024?▾
Lesotho's fdi inflows increased by 54.3% in 2024 compared to 2023.
Which country had the highest fdi inflows in 2024?▾
Malta had the highest fdi inflows in 2024 at 170.54%.
What is the fdi inflows of Lesotho in 2024?▾
The fdi inflows of Lesotho in 2024 was -0.55%. This ranked 171st globally.
How does 2024 compare to 2023 for Lesotho's fdi inflows?▾
Lesotho's fdi inflows went from -1.21% in 2023 to -0.55% in 2024, a 54.3% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Lesotho matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2024. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). View full analysis →
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