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FDI Inflows – Ranking 1985

All countries ranked by fdi inflows · World Bank

In 1985, St. Kitts and Nevis (7.21%), Seychelles (6.48%), and Antigua and Barbuda (6.33%) ranked highest in fdi inflows among all countries. Sierra Leone ranked lowest at -3.61%.

FDI Inflows by Country – 1985
RankCountryValueYoY %
1st St. Kitts and Nevis 7.21% +18.4%
2nd Seychelles 6.48% +6.8%
3rd Antigua and Barbuda 6.33% +205.4%
4th St. Lucia 5.98% +25.2%
5th Singapore 5.46% -17.1%
6th Chad 5.19% +419.6%
7th Botswana 4.81% -4.0%
8th Equatorial Guinea 3.93% -8.9%
9th Cameroon 3.70% +1,431.6%
10th Angola 3.68% +236.1%
11th Vanuatu 3.51% -31.9%
12th Papua New Guinea 3.44% -24.1%
13th Eswatini 3.23% +218.2%
14th Egypt, Arab Republic of 3.02% +40.5%
15th Colombia 2.93% +92.0%
16th Dominica 2.51% +19.2%
17th Grenada 2.45% +27.4%
18th Bahrain 2.44% -23.0%
19th Suriname 2.44% +129.7%
20th Cyprus 2.38% +3.1%
21st Zambia 2.29% +261.5%
22nd Malaysia 2.23% -5.2%
23rd Fiji 1.90% -4.0%
24th Lesotho 1.82% +151.4%
25th Costa Rica 1.78% +16.8%
26th Malta 1.70% -28.8%
27th Oman 1.61% -10.1%
28th Togo 1.51% +254.3%
29th Belize 1.29% +201.1%
30th Tunisia 1.28% -6.6%
31st St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1.24% +19.2%
32nd Belgium 1.22% +160.9%
33rd Australia 1.16% +425.0%
34th Switzerland 1.14% +60.8%
35th United Kingdom 1.12% +1,587.2%
36th Spain 1.09% +5.7%
37th Netherlands 1.04% -12.3%
38th Argentina 1.04% +354.8%
39th Panama 1.03% +186.6%
40th Namibia 1.02%
41st Mexico 1.02% +21.4%
42nd Portugal 1.01% +28.6%
43rd Congo, Democratic Republic of 0.96% +332.9%
44th Maldives 0.95% +844.1%
45th Greece 0.95% -7.5%
46th New Zealand 0.91% +70.2%
47th Rwanda 0.85% -10.2%
48th Kiribati 0.84%
49th Chile 0.80% +106.1%
50th Ireland 0.77% +27.5%
51st Iceland 0.76% +65.4%
52nd Mauritius 0.73% +56.3%
53rd Dominican Republic 0.72% +21.5%
54th Mauritania 0.69% -12.9%
55th Brazil 0.68% -19.3%
56th Nigeria 0.66% +155.8%
57th Guatemala 0.64% +58.4%
58th Honduras 0.64% +25.2%
59th Congo, Republic of 0.59% -63.1%
60th China 0.54% +10.8%
61st Jordan 0.50% -68.0%
62nd France 0.47% +3.8%
63rd Saudi Arabia 0.47% -88.3%
64th Kenya 0.47% +170.7%
65th Gabon 0.45% +98.1%
66th Samoa 0.45% +4,813.2%
67th Sri Lanka 0.44% -18.9%
68th Pakistan 0.42% +136.7%
69th Thailand 0.42% -56.3%
70th Côte d'Ivoire 0.42% +31.5%
71st Solomon Islands 0.41% -62.3%
72nd European Union 0.40% +6.1%
73rd Guyana 0.40% -61.1%
74th Israel 0.39% +33.0%
75th Guinea-Bissau 0.39% -39.5%
76th Libya 0.38% +760.0%
77th Indonesia 0.36% +38.9%
78th Ecuador 0.36% +22.3%
79th Central African Republic 0.35% -57.2%
80th Sweden 0.34% +29.7%
81st Barbados 0.34% -87.1%
82nd Canada 0.34% -78.4%
83rd Korea 0.34% +53.0%
84th El Salvador 0.33% -3.3%
85th Haiti 0.24% -0.3%
86th Austria 0.24% +43.8%
87th Italy 0.24% -21.3%
88th United States 0.22% -64.5%
89th Finland 0.20% -21.8%
90th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.19% +63.9%
91st Mali 0.18% -75.0%
92nd Denmark 0.18% +782.0%
93rd Türkiye 0.15% -21.9%
94th Morocco 0.13% -58.0%
95th Qatar 0.13% +158.1%
96th Ghana 0.12% +174.3%
97th Tanzania 0.09% +245.1%
98th Syrian Arab Republic 0.09% +31,910.9%
99th Germany 0.07% -11.0%
100th Djibouti 0.07%
101st Brunei Darussalam 0.05% +402.5%
102nd Zimbabwe 0.05% +229.0%
103rd Burundi 0.05% -61.2%
104th India 0.05% +403.1%
105th Japan 0.04% +5,840.8%
106th Tonga 0.03% +12.0%
107th Philippines 0.03% +36.3%
108th Kuwait 0.03% +221.7%
109th Malawi 0.03% -98.0%
110th Nepal 0.02% -32.6%
111th Paraguay 0.02% -81.5%
112th Trinidad and Tobago 0.02% -98.9%
113th French Polynesia 0.01% -80.8%
114th Peru 0.01% +101.3%
115th Guinea 0.00% +28.2%
116th Algeria 0.00% -54.1%
117th Albania 0.00%
118th Bulgaria 0.00%
119th Comoros 0.00%
120th Cabo Verde 0.00%
121st Hungary 0.00%
122nd Myanmar 0.00% -100.0%
123rd Mongolia 0.00%
124th São Tomé and Principe 0.00%
125th Nicaragua 0.00% -100.2%
126th Viet Nam 0.00%
127th Iraq 0.00% +59.1%
128th Madagascar 0.00% -102.2%
129th Benin -0.01% -890.6%
130th Iran, Islamic Republic of -0.02% -180.5%
131st Macao SAR, China -0.03% -103.9%
132nd Bangladesh -0.03% -922.3%
133rd Sudan -0.04% -143.3%
134th Liberia -0.04% -144.6%
135th Lao PDR -0.07%
136th Somalia, Fed. Rep. -0.08% +95.7%
137th Burkina Faso -0.09% -180.5%
138th Uganda -0.11%
139th Uruguay -0.17% -338.2%
140th Gambia, The -0.22% +76.9%
141st Senegal -0.41% -149.6%
142nd Jamaica -0.43% -183.4%
143rd United Arab Emirates -0.54% -233.6%
144th Norway -0.65% -126.9%
145th Niger -0.65% -758.0%
146th South Africa -0.70% -242.1%
147th Hong Kong SAR, China -0.75% -119.5%
148th Bahamas, The -1.30% -442.1%
149th Sierra Leone -3.61% -770.8%