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Mauritania – FDI Inflows 1999

Foreign direct investment net inflows as a share of GDP. Measures cross-border investment where a foreign entity acquires a lasting management interest (10%+ of voting stock). · World Bank
0.76% +0.75% from 1998 Global rank: 131st

Mauritania's fdi inflows was 0.76% in 1999, increased +0.75% from 0.01% in 1998. This was the 131st highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1999
FDI Inflows by Country – 1999
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Liberia 58.00% 9.6%
2nd Belgium 46.35% 428.1%
3rd Angola 40.17% 134.6%
4th Aruba 27.14% 298.3%
5th Equatorial Guinea 24.84% -66.5%
6th Sweden 22.93% 166.2%
7th Singapore 21.85% 214.3%
8th Ireland 18.41% 87.4%
9th Malta 16.22% 101.2%
10th Hong Kong SAR, China 15.30% 85.3%
11th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 14.54% -38.9%
12th St. Kitts and Nevis 14.20% 70.5%
13th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 12.20% 9.2%
14th Eritrea 12.08% 197,863.3%
15th Brunei Darussalam 11.85% 14.8%
16th Chile 11.59% 105.4%
17th Azerbaijan 11.14% -51.6%
18th Czechia 9.62% 74.8%
19th Denmark 9.47% 151.0%
20th Trinidad and Tobago 9.45% -21.8%
21st Kazakhstan 9.41% 80.8%
22nd Netherlands 9.19% 7.2%
23rd Cabo Verde 9.10% 599.4%
24th St. Lucia 9.02% -5.1%
25th Panama 8.95% -25.0%
26th Grenada 8.62% -21.0%
27th Papua New Guinea 8.57% 196.8%
28th Argentina 8.46% 246.9%
29th Seychelles 8.33% 1.3%
30th Cyprus 7.74% 129.8%
31st United Kingdom 7.67% 16.0%
32nd Nicaragua 6.95% 47.6%
33rd Hungary 6.89% 3.0%
34th Guyana 6.62% 8.0%
35th Armenia 6.61% -46.1%
36th Eswatini 6.35% -34.4%
37th Antigua and Barbuda 6.20% 115.0%
38th Croatia 6.12% 57.8%
39th Dominican Republic 6.08% 96.8%
40th Gambia, The 6.07% 115.3%
41st Mozambique 6.07% 43.5%
42nd Bahrain 6.03% 136.1%
43rd Bulgaria 6.00% 68.0%
44th Belize 5.87% 208.9%
45th Finland 5.77% -38.3%
46th European Union 5.72% 106.6%
47th Estonia 5.66% -46.1%
48th Lao PDR 5.42% 51.3%
49th Dominica 5.41% 168.0%
50th Jamaica 5.34% 45.7%
51st Lithuania 5.12% -37.1%
52nd Turkmenistan 5.10% 113.3%
53rd Guatemala 5.05% -27.3%
54th Lebanon 5.01% -23.8%
55th Vanuatu 5.00% -35.6%
56th Viet Nam 4.92% -19.8%
57th Malaysia 4.92% 64.2%
58th Switzerland 4.88% 30.6%
59th Thailand 4.82% -25.1%
60th Zambia 4.76% -15.0%
61st Latvia 4.75% -10.8%
62nd Brazil 4.73% 41.7%
63rd West Bank and Gaza 4.44% -13.5%
64th Costa Rica 4.35% -3.2%
65th Poland 4.34% 19.2%
66th Tanzania 4.07% 187.3%
67th Canada 4.05% 2.7%
68th Germany 3.89% 195.9%
69th São Tomé and Principe 3.88% -33.2%
70th Peru 3.87% 30.5%
71st Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.77% 132.7%
72nd China 3.72% -15.6%
73rd Honduras 3.71% 131.1%
74th Belarus 3.66% 174.0%
75th Norway 3.59% -2.1%
76th Kyrgyz Republic 3.56% -46.4%
77th Sudan 3.47% 5.3%
78th Israel 3.42% 137.2%
79th Ecuador 3.30% 6.2%
80th United States 3.24% 39.2%
81st Moldova 3.23% -27.2%
82nd Ghana 3.16% 41.1%
83rd Spain 3.12% 22.9%
84th France 3.09% 56.8%
85th Myanmar 2.98% -38.7%
86th Georgia 2.94% -60.0%
87th Cambodia 2.91% -21.7%
88th Romania 2.90% -40.6%
89th Mongolia 2.87% 71.0%
90th Senegal 2.45% 124.4%
91st Lesotho 2.41% -20.9%
92nd North Macedonia 2.36% -41.1%
93rd Uganda 2.34% -26.7%
94th Malawi 2.26% 376.6%
95th Mexico 2.21% -3.5%
96th Philippines 2.14% -30.4%
97th Maldives 2.09% -1.9%
98th Korea 2.08% 38.0%
99th Solomon Islands 2.03% 5.4%
100th Bahamas, The 1.94% -9.6%
101st Jordan 1.94% -50.5%
102nd Gabon 1.92% -35.1%
103rd El Salvador 1.91% -81.0%
104th Bermuda 1.82% -44.5%
105th Morocco 1.79% 169.2%
106th Colombia 1.75% -39.1%
107th Nigeria 1.70% 1,138.8%
108th Russian Federation 1.66% 63.1%
109th Syrian Arab Republic 1.66% 207.1%
110th Barbados 1.61% 55.6%
111th New Zealand 1.60% -50.7%
112th Chad 1.60% 28.5%
113th Ukraine 1.57% -11.5%
114th Tunisia 1.51% -49.3%
115th Austria 1.37% -34.7%
116th Madagascar 1.36% 261.1%
117th Namibia 1.32% -46.8%
118th Guinea 1.26% 269.4%
119th Albania 1.25% -27.5%
120th Côte d'Ivoire 1.25% -67.8%
121st Egypt, Arab Republic of 1.17% -7.4%
122nd Sri Lanka 1.12% -8.5%
123rd Mauritius 1.12% 289.3%
124th Slovak Republic 1.11% -48.5%
125th South Africa 0.99% 175.8%
126th Paraguay 0.99% -73.2%
127th Uruguay 0.98% 51.8%
128th Qatar 0.91% -73.0%
129th Zimbabwe 0.86% -87.6%
130th Pakistan 0.84% 3.8%
131st Mauritania 0.76% 11,565.1%
132nd Mali 0.76% 208.7%
133rd Iceland 0.73% -59.0%
134th Haiti 0.72% 150.0%
135th Uzbekistan 0.71% -23.8%
136th Togo 0.68% 36.7%
137th Botswana 0.67% -66.4%
138th Tajikistan 0.62% -72.8%
139th Algeria 0.60% -52.4%
140th Djibouti 0.60% -2.9%
141st Central African Republic 0.60% -20.8%
142nd Kiribati 0.58% -0.5%
143rd Portugal 0.58% -88.1%
144th Australia 0.57% -70.2%
145th Italy 0.55% 166.7%
146th Tonga 0.48% 1,915.1%
147th India 0.47% -24.4%
148th Slovenia 0.47% -51.8%
149th Kenya 0.40% 113.9%
150th Bangladesh 0.35% -7.9%
151st Japan 0.32% 420.2%
152nd Türkiye 0.31% -10.4%
153rd Cameroon 0.30% -38.1%
154th Bhutan 0.26% 232.3%
155th Benin 0.25% -44.9%
156th Kuwait 0.24% 5.4%
157th Congo, Democratic Republic of 0.24% -76.0%
158th Burkina Faso 0.23% 48.8%
159th Oman 0.22% -64.6%
160th Macao SAR, China 0.14% 154.7%
161st Guinea-Bissau 0.13% -83.1%
162nd French Polynesia 0.11% -58.8%
163rd Nepal 0.09% -65.1%
164th Rwanda 0.08% -77.4%
165th Sierra Leone 0.08% 410.6%
166th Comoros 0.07% -31.0%
167th Niger 0.06% 194.8%
168th Greece 0.06% 18.3%
169th Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.03% 41.3%
170th Somalia, Fed. Rep. -0.03% -2,069.3%
171st Burundi -0.06% -129.7%
172nd Samoa -0.28% -125.3%
173rd Libya -0.36% 24.1%
174th Saudi Arabia -0.48% -116.5%
175th United Arab Emirates -1.17% -442.7%
176th Indonesia -1.33% -428.2%
177th Congo, Republic of -2.90% 66.7%
178th Yemen, Republic of -4.03% -16.0%
179th Suriname -6.94% -947.1%
180th Fiji -7.60% -717.5%