Sri Lanka - FDI Inflows 2025
1.01%
+0.24% from 2024
Sri Lanka's fdi inflows was 1.01% in 2025, increased +0.24% from 0.77% in 2024. This was the 142nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2025▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Malta | 93.74% | -45.0% |
| 2nd | Palau | 36.89% | 27.8% |
| 3rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 30.23% | -2.2% |
| 4th | Singapore | 28.73% | 3.5% |
| 5th | Cayman Islands | 27.16% | -71.0% |
| 6th | Namibia | 22.63% | 53.3% |
| 7th | Timor-Leste | 19.66% | 70.1% |
| 8th | Macao SAR, China | 14.98% | 291.9% |
| 9th | Antigua and Barbuda | 14.97% | 34.5% |
| 10th | Oman | 14.46% | 24.3% |
| 11th | Grenada | 13.69% | 14.6% |
| 12th | Liberia | 13.36% | 35.5% |
| 13th | Congo, Republic of | 12.92% | 236.5% |
| 14th | Seychelles | 12.64% | 21.1% |
| 15th | Iceland | 11.86% | 46.1% |
| 16th | Mauritania | 11.80% | -10.7% |
| 17th | Bahrain | 11.68% | 103.5% |
| 18th | Maldives | 11.32% | -0.8% |
| 19th | Mongolia | 11.22% | -4.1% |
| 20th | Senegal | 10.88% | 77.0% |
| 21st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 10.57% | -11.7% |
| 22nd | Mozambique | 9.72% | -37.0% |
| 23rd | Kosovo | 9.54% | 24.2% |
| 24th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.46% | -21.2% |
| 25th | Cambodia | 8.94% | -5.7% |
| 26th | Dominica | 8.92% | 2.5% |
| 27th | Lao PDR | 8.74% | 46.0% |
| 28th | Gambia, The | 8.71% | -9.9% |
| 29th | New Caledonia | 8.55% | 0.7% |
| 30th | Guyana | 8.40% | -76.0% |
| 31st | Zambia | 7.86% | -15.7% |
| 32nd | United Arab Emirates | 7.72% | -6.6% |
| 33rd | North Macedonia | 7.71% | 23.7% |
| 34th | Malawi | 7.56% | 25.6% |
| 35th | Uganda | 7.52% | 24.5% |
| 36th | St. Lucia | 7.51% | 2.6% |
| 37th | Guinea | 7.46% | 33.1% |
| 38th | Andorra | 7.24% | 9.0% |
| 39th | Nicaragua | 7.18% | 4.6% |
| 40th | Georgia | 6.91% | 47.4% |
| 41st | Albania | 6.54% | 3.4% |
| 42nd | Montenegro | 6.34% | -12.5% |
| 43rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 6.34% | -0.9% |
| 44th | Costa Rica | 6.34% | 14.0% |
| 45th | Luxembourg | 6.31% | -94.4% |
| 46th | Mauritius | 6.19% | 35.8% |
| 47th | Serbia | 6.19% | -0.2% |
| 48th | Panama | 5.94% | 58.5% |
| 49th | Cabo Verde | 5.55% | 37.6% |
| 50th | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.54% | 37.3% |
| 51st | Chad | 5.45% | 4.3% |
| 52nd | Denmark | 5.42% | 24.0% |
| 53rd | Portugal | 5.36% | 24.4% |
| 54th | Croatia | 5.20% | 6.6% |
| 55th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 4.90% | 30.6% |
| 56th | Sweden | 4.80% | 7.2% |
| 57th | Chile | 4.73% | 24.9% |
| 58th | Botswana | 4.62% | 91.8% |
| 59th | Colombia | 4.50% | 37.6% |
| 60th | Rwanda | 4.46% | 11.0% |
| 61st | Solomon Islands | 4.43% | 112.7% |
| 62nd | Niger | 4.32% | 139.5% |
| 63rd | Bulgaria | 4.24% | 35.4% |
| 64th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.24% | 24.9% |
| 65th | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.21% | 17.5% |
| 66th | Honduras | 4.20% | 19.0% |
| 67th | Viet Nam | 4.13% | -2.4% |
| 68th | Slovak Republic | 4.07% | 14.6% |
| 69th | Jordan | 3.98% | 29.9% |
| 70th | Lithuania | 3.96% | -28.5% |
| 71st | Dominican Republic | 3.96% | 10.0% |
| 72nd | Norway | 3.89% | 56.2% |
| 73rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.82% | -7.0% |
| 74th | Thailand | 3.69% | 35.9% |
| 75th | Madagascar | 3.68% | 5.9% |
| 76th | Malaysia | 3.66% | -0.9% |
| 77th | Austria | 3.64% | 42.6% |
| 78th | Curaçao | 3.62% | -16.7% |
| 79th | Brazil | 3.60% | 6.3% |
| 80th | Czechia | 3.54% | -5.9% |
| 81st | Australia | 3.52% | 15.8% |
| 82nd | Mali | 3.48% | 1.4% |
| 83rd | Equatorial Guinea | 3.36% | 128.0% |
| 84th | Poland | 3.32% | 47.9% |
| 85th | Latvia | 3.28% | -5.2% |
| 86th | Argentina | 3.20% | 75.5% |
| 87th | Paraguay | 3.20% | 29.6% |
| 88th | Gabon | 3.17% | -42.2% |
| 89th | Peru | 3.16% | 34.3% |
| 90th | Slovenia | 3.08% | 20.4% |
| 91st | Moldova | 3.08% | 22.3% |
| 92nd | Barbados | 3.03% | -25.0% |
| 93rd | Benin | 2.94% | 16.3% |
| 94th | Finland | 2.83% | -3.3% |
| 95th | Greece | 2.82% | 7.3% |
| 96th | Turkmenistan | 2.80% | -12.4% |
| 97th | Kiribati | 2.79% | 6.3% |
| 98th | Spain | 2.75% | 11.1% |
| 99th | Canada | 2.72% | -3.2% |
| 100th | Italy | 2.64% | 133.3% |
| 101st | Belarus | 2.55% | 11.7% |
| 102nd | Romania | 2.54% | 35.7% |
| 103rd | Ukraine | 2.50% | 18.6% |
| 104th | Belize | 2.46% | -38.8% |
| 105th | Tanzania | 2.43% | 11.3% |
| 106th | Uzbekistan | 2.38% | -8.3% |
| 107th | Saudi Arabia | 2.37% | 37.7% |
| 108th | Sierra Leone | 2.34% | 33.8% |
| 109th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.29% | 11.1% |
| 110th | Israel | 2.21% | -19.2% |
| 111th | El Salvador | 2.16% | -17.3% |
| 112th | Armenia | 2.16% | 325.3% |
| 113th | Central African Republic | 2.08% | 41.9% |
| 114th | Philippines | 2.07% | 1.1% |
| 115th | Lebanon | 2.06% | -36.9% |
| 116th | Mexico | 1.95% | -20.3% |
| 117th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.94% | -22.9% |
| 118th | Tajikistan | 1.92% | -6.3% |
| 119th | Libya | 1.84% | 2.1% |
| 120th | France | 1.79% | 8.9% |
| 121st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.74% | 147.0% |
| 122nd | Cameroon | 1.72% | 3.0% |
| 123rd | Jamaica | 1.69% | 21.9% |
| 124th | Zimbabwe | 1.66% | 48.0% |
| 125th | Indonesia | 1.65% | -5.2% |
| 126th | Djibouti | 1.61% | -1.5% |
| 127th | Burkina Faso | 1.54% | 329.9% |
| 128th | Ghana | 1.53% | -28.6% |
| 129th | Tunisia | 1.50% | 1.3% |
| 130th | Guatemala | 1.46% | -10.4% |
| 131st | Myanmar | 1.44% | -2.5% |
| 132nd | United States | 1.35% | 30.7% |
| 133rd | Tonga | 1.34% | 202.2% |
| 134th | Kuwait | 1.25% | 225.2% |
| 135th | Guinea-Bissau | 1.20% | -0.5% |
| 136th | West Bank and Gaza | 1.16% | -1.9% |
| 137th | Burundi | 1.16% | 7.1% |
| 138th | Korea | 1.13% | 39.1% |
| 139th | Togo | 1.11% | 41.2% |
| 140th | New Zealand | 1.08% | 59.4% |
| 141st | Bahamas, The | 1.04% | -31.6% |
| 142nd | Sri Lanka | 1.01% | 30.9% |
| 143rd | Eswatini | 0.99% | -36.0% |
| 144th | Morocco | 0.90% | -11.6% |
| 145th | Türkiye | 0.89% | 3.6% |
| 146th | Qatar | 0.80% | 281.2% |
| 147th | Fiji | 0.72% | -78.8% |
| 148th | Kenya | 0.65% | 67.9% |
| 149th | Pakistan | 0.62% | -13.5% |
| 150th | Marshall Islands | 0.53% | -9.3% |
| 151st | Comoros | 0.50% | 2.4% |
| 152nd | Vanuatu | 0.42% | -83.7% |
| 153rd | Nigeria | 0.32% | -26.4% |
| 154th | Algeria | 0.31% | -32.7% |
| 155th | Bhutan | 0.30% | -11.7% |
| 156th | Sudan | 0.28% | -79.3% |
| 157th | Bangladesh | 0.27% | -8.1% |
| 158th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.24% | -19.9% |
| 159th | Japan | 0.22% | -45.4% |
| 160th | Kazakhstan | 0.17% | -74.9% |
| 161st | Samoa | 0.17% | -46.8% |
| 162nd | Tuvalu | 0.17% | -37.9% |
| 163rd | Papua New Guinea | 0.15% | 123.9% |
| 164th | India | 0.14% | -80.4% |
| 165th | Ecuador | 0.11% | -69.9% |
| 166th | South Africa | 0.08% | -85.7% |
| 167th | Haiti | 0.07% | -13.6% |
| 168th | Nepal | 0.02% | -81.4% |
| 169th | Germany | -0.01% | -101.0% |
| 170th | European Union | -0.03% | -102.2% |
| 171st | French Polynesia | -0.11% | 50.9% |
| 172nd | China | -0.44% | -541.1% |
| 173rd | Azerbaijan | -0.88% | -381.4% |
| 174th | Bermuda | -0.92% | -172.2% |
| 175th | Angola | -1.06% | 3.7% |
| 176th | Suriname | -1.08% | -27.1% |
| 177th | Russian Federation | -1.41% | -227.6% |
| 178th | Aruba | -1.43% | -159.2% |
| 179th | Lesotho | -1.61% | -190.7% |
| 180th | Switzerland | -1.67% | 85.6% |
| 181st | United Kingdom | -2.13% | -504.6% |
| 182nd | Brunei Darussalam | -2.41% | -1,373.8% |
| 183rd | Iraq | -2.57% | 5.9% |
| 184th | Nauru | -2.90% | 19.4% |
| 185th | Belgium | -3.10% | 49.7% |
| 186th | Trinidad and Tobago | -5.22% | -195.0% |
| 187th | Netherlands | -5.38% | -283.0% |
| 188th | Estonia | -6.03% | 24.4% |
| 189th | Uruguay | -6.34% | -30.3% |
| 190th | São Tomé and Principe | -6.56% | -223.3% |
| 191st | San Marino | -8.21% | -818.7% |
| 192nd | Ireland | -17.70% | -2,337.8% |
| 193rd | Cyprus | -22.38% | 83.3% |
| 194th | Hungary | -83.23% | -198.1% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's fdi inflows in 2025?▾
Sri Lanka's fdi inflows in 2025 was 1.01%. This ranked 142nd globally.
How did Sri Lanka's fdi inflows change in 2025?▾
Sri Lanka's fdi inflows increased by 30.9% in 2025 compared to 2024.
Which country had the highest fdi inflows in 2025?▾
Malta had the highest fdi inflows in 2025 at 93.74%.
What is the fdi inflows of Sri Lanka in 2025?▾
The fdi inflows of Sri Lanka in 2025 was 1.01%. This ranked 142nd globally.
How does 2025 compare to 2024 for Sri Lanka's fdi inflows?▾
Sri Lanka's fdi inflows went from 0.77% in 2024 to 1.01% in 2025, a 30.9% increase.
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