South Africa - FDI Outflows 2021
0.02%
+0.60% from 2020
South Africa's fdi outflows was 0.02% in 2021, increased +0.60% from -0.57% in 2020. This was the 44th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cayman Islands | -38.29% | -14.7% |
| 2nd | Switzerland | -11.47% | 23.5% |
| 3rd | Lebanon | -5.79% | -6,447.8% |
| 4th | Kyrgyz Republic | -3.62% | -265.4% |
| 5th | Seychelles | -3.25% | 17.5% |
| 6th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -1.77% | -496.4% |
| 7th | Tuvalu | -1.52% | 44.9% |
| 8th | Kuwait | -1.51% | -153.2% |
| 9th | Angola | -1.33% | -964.1% |
| 10th | Zambia | -1.27% | -459.0% |
| 11th | St. Lucia | -0.94% | 41.7% |
| 12th | Grenada | -0.83% | 61.6% |
| 13th | Togo | -0.83% | 44.6% |
| 14th | San Marino | -0.69% | - |
| 15th | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.61% | 52.1% |
| 16th | Bermuda | -0.37% | -125.3% |
| 17th | New Zealand | -0.34% | -182.2% |
| 18th | Suriname | -0.28% | -1,274.1% |
| 19th | Panama | -0.24% | 95.4% |
| 20th | Timor-Leste | -0.23% | 80.1% |
| 21st | Burkina Faso | -0.22% | -443.5% |
| 22nd | Botswana | -0.18% | 61.5% |
| 23rd | Aruba | -0.17% | -120.8% |
| 24th | Gambia, The | -0.17% | 12.5% |
| 25th | Iceland | -0.16% | 90.6% |
| 26th | Belarus | -0.11% | -184.3% |
| 27th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.05% | -124.0% |
| 28th | Cabo Verde | -0.03% | -114.3% |
| 29th | Algeria | -0.03% | -406.5% |
| 30th | Mexico | -0.02% | -105.1% |
| 31st | Guinea | -0.02% | -209.1% |
| 32nd | Tonga | -0.01% | -105.3% |
| 33rd | Rwanda | 0.00% | -8.2% |
| 34th | Uganda | 0.00% | -2.3% |
| 35th | Uzbekistan | 0.00% | -80.9% |
| 36th | Malawi | 0.01% | 100.4% |
| 37th | Portugal | 0.01% | 100.5% |
| 38th | Zimbabwe | 0.01% | 155.3% |
| 39th | Sri Lanka | 0.02% | 14.2% |
| 40th | Bangladesh | 0.02% | 1,454.5% |
| 41st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.02% | -28.2% |
| 42nd | São Tomé and Principe | 0.02% | -88.1% |
| 43rd | Vanuatu | 0.02% | -85.8% |
| 44th | South Africa | 0.02% | 104.2% |
| 45th | Burundi | 0.03% | -6.1% |
| 46th | Tunisia | 0.03% | -53.2% |
| 47th | Jordan | 0.03% | -43.0% |
| 48th | Kiribati | 0.04% | -29.8% |
| 49th | Guinea-Bissau | 0.05% | 169.2% |
| 50th | Belize | 0.06% | -70.7% |
| 51st | Iraq | 0.06% | -21.1% |
| 52nd | Congo, Republic of | 0.07% | 100.8% |
| 53rd | Pakistan | 0.07% | 563.6% |
| 54th | Samoa | 0.08% | -52.8% |
| 55th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.09% | 1.6% |
| 56th | Viet Nam | 0.09% | -20.6% |
| 57th | Qatar | 0.09% | -95.3% |
| 58th | Mauritania | 0.09% | 29.8% |
| 59th | Nicaragua | 0.10% | -67.1% |
| 60th | Curaçao | 0.10% | -62.2% |
| 61st | Moldova | 0.10% | 217.3% |
| 62nd | Cameroon | 0.12% | -41.2% |
| 63rd | Azerbaijan | 0.14% | -92.7% |
| 64th | Namibia | 0.14% | -70.4% |
| 65th | Ghana | 0.15% | -80.6% |
| 66th | Bahrain | 0.16% | 127.5% |
| 67th | Sudan | 0.16% | - |
| 68th | Dominican Republic | 0.16% | 227.9% |
| 69th | Armenia | 0.18% | 182.1% |
| 70th | Montenegro | 0.18% | 281.7% |
| 71st | Guyana | 0.19% | -25.2% |
| 72nd | Senegal | 0.19% | -53.6% |
| 73rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.19% | 172.6% |
| 74th | Afghanistan | 0.22% | 15.7% |
| 75th | Ukraine | 0.22% | -5.6% |
| 76th | French Polynesia | 0.22% | 489.3% |
| 77th | Benin | 0.24% | 76.8% |
| 78th | Mali | 0.24% | 4,253.8% |
| 79th | Cambodia | 0.25% | -31.1% |
| 80th | Niger | 0.26% | 141.3% |
| 81st | Albania | 0.28% | -15.7% |
| 82nd | Barbados | 0.30% | 114.1% |
| 83rd | New Caledonia | 0.30% | -48.6% |
| 84th | Nigeria | 0.30% | 21.2% |
| 85th | Solomon Islands | 0.31% | 44.9% |
| 86th | Argentina | 0.32% | 4.0% |
| 87th | West Bank and Gaza | 0.32% | 184.1% |
| 88th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 0.33% | 2.2% |
| 89th | Indonesia | 0.33% | -30.4% |
| 90th | Jamaica | 0.35% | 688.4% |
| 91st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.39% | -6.0% |
| 92nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.39% | 18,487.3% |
| 93rd | Serbia | 0.41% | 97.1% |
| 94th | Dominica | 0.41% | 666.5% |
| 95th | Morocco | 0.45% | 19.6% |
| 96th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.47% | 405.7% |
| 97th | Romania | 0.47% | 492.7% |
| 98th | Tajikistan | 0.53% | -38.3% |
| 99th | India | 0.54% | 30.9% |
| 100th | Philippines | 0.57% | -42.0% |
| 101st | Mauritius | 0.58% | 320.2% |
| 102nd | Australia | 0.59% | 6.8% |
| 103rd | Greece | 0.63% | 84.8% |
| 104th | Libya | 0.64% | -14.4% |
| 105th | Costa Rica | 0.69% | -6.5% |
| 106th | Bahamas, The | 0.70% | 21.8% |
| 107th | Kenya | 0.73% | 93.1% |
| 108th | Guatemala | 0.74% | 159.8% |
| 109th | Mongolia | 0.74% | 280.2% |
| 110th | Türkiye | 0.77% | 73.3% |
| 111th | Fiji | 0.77% | 143.1% |
| 112th | Madagascar | 0.80% | -12.7% |
| 113th | Peru | 0.87% | -6.8% |
| 114th | Brazil | 0.97% | 513.8% |
| 115th | China | 0.98% | -4.2% |
| 116th | Colombia | 1.00% | 55.7% |
| 117th | Slovak Republic | 1.00% | -33.6% |
| 118th | Honduras | 1.02% | 274.2% |
| 119th | Paraguay | 1.06% | 233.8% |
| 120th | Mozambique | 1.20% | 11.2% |
| 121st | Eswatini | 1.22% | 509.1% |
| 122nd | Kosovo | 1.26% | 42.2% |
| 123rd | Bulgaria | 1.31% | 104.1% |
| 124th | Kazakhstan | 1.35% | 73.9% |
| 125th | Oman | 1.35% | 222.6% |
| 126th | United States | 1.47% | 9.5% |
| 127th | El Salvador | 1.47% | -4.5% |
| 128th | Poland | 1.48% | 77.1% |
| 129th | Croatia | 1.71% | 124.4% |
| 130th | North Macedonia | 1.74% | 229.9% |
| 131st | Liberia | 1.80% | 329.7% |
| 132nd | Georgia | 1.84% | 1,930.1% |
| 133rd | Equatorial Guinea | 1.84% | 1,005.2% |
| 134th | Lithuania | 1.89% | -72.3% |
| 135th | Israel | 2.12% | 89.9% |
| 136th | Saudi Arabia | 2.51% | 256.4% |
| 137th | Italy | 2.66% | 972.4% |
| 138th | Slovenia | 2.75% | 77.7% |
| 139th | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.18% | 577.0% |
| 140th | Korea | 3.40% | 70.1% |
| 141st | Malaysia | 3.42% | 250.2% |
| 142nd | Spain | 3.51% | -19.7% |
| 143rd | Russian Federation | 3.60% | 819.7% |
| 144th | Thailand | 3.82% | 3.5% |
| 145th | Czechia | 3.97% | 377.3% |
| 146th | France | 3.99% | 267.2% |
| 147th | Japan | 4.16% | 40.1% |
| 148th | United Kingdom | 4.17% | 593.6% |
| 149th | Andorra | 4.20% | -8.7% |
| 150th | Uruguay | 4.31% | 2,018.7% |
| 151st | Chile | 4.62% | 83.5% |
| 152nd | Germany | 4.93% | 34.1% |
| 153rd | Canada | 5.18% | 80.8% |
| 154th | United Arab Emirates | 5.34% | 0.7% |
| 155th | Austria | 6.05% | 1,143.9% |
| 156th | Papua New Guinea | 6.17% | 47.7% |
| 157th | Norway | 6.18% | 373.4% |
| 158th | European Union | 6.25% | 528.8% |
| 159th | Netherlands | 6.51% | 125.1% |
| 160th | Nauru | 6.54% | 476.3% |
| 161st | Finland | 6.83% | 229.9% |
| 162nd | Latvia | 7.00% | 1,082.6% |
| 163rd | Cyprus | 7.78% | 102.0% |
| 164th | Denmark | 8.98% | 233.9% |
| 165th | Sweden | 10.02% | 145.4% |
| 166th | Belgium | 10.43% | 371.6% |
| 167th | Macao SAR, China | 14.51% | 92.7% |
| 168th | Hungary | 16.11% | -84.5% |
| 169th | Singapore | 16.66% | 29.9% |
| 170th | Estonia | 17.05% | 1,296.5% |
| 171st | Ireland | 23.71% | 227.2% |
| 172nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 25.33% | 4.7% |
| 173rd | Luxembourg | 120.95% | -13.5% |
| 174th | Malta | 348.59% | 41.4% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's fdi outflows in 2021?▾
South Africa's fdi outflows in 2021 was 0.02%. This ranked 44th globally.
How did South Africa's fdi outflows change in 2021?▾
South Africa's fdi outflows increased by 104.2% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest fdi outflows in 2021?▾
Malta had the highest fdi outflows in 2021 at 348.59%.
What is the fdi outflows of South Africa in 2021?▾
The fdi outflows of South Africa in 2021 was 0.02%. This ranked 44th globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for South Africa's fdi outflows?▾
South Africa's fdi outflows went from -0.57% in 2020 to 0.02% in 2021, a 104.2% increase.
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