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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1994

Figures for 1994, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1994 covers 181 countries on 2 measures. British Virgin Islands is highest, at 193.18796; Aruba is lowest, at -4.21634. The middle country reads 1.03934. Against 1993, 178 values changed (106 up, 72 down), 1 country joined, 2 left.

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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows · Data for 1994

HighestBritish Virgin Islands

193.18796

LowestAruba

-4.21634

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1994, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 181 countries · select a heading to sort

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1994: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean193.18796677.510—
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean29.51769467.070—
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean15.9633847.285—
VanuatuVUTMelanesia12.3862929.786—
GuyanaGUYSouth America12.26908106.694—
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia11.943331,944.516—
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia11.603128,550.189—
AnguillaAIACaribbean10.8440811.144—
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa10.2929216.995—
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean9.97683521.000—
MontserratMSRCaribbean9.800947.167—
DominicaDMACaribbean8.5484922.600—
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa8.4905417.380—
PeruPERSouth America7.364473,289.187—
GrenadaGRDCaribbean7.3047519.311—
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia6.150444,581.000—
ChinaCHNEastern Asia5.9835533,766.500—
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia5.763817,827.939—
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa5.3329342.582—
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa5.2713730.744—
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean5.1999515.348—
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe5.09801214.352—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe4.99338155.829—
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand4.870872,616.631—
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean4.6897032.522—

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. British Virgin Islands193.18796
  2. Cayman Islands29.51769
  3. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines15.96338
  4. Vanuatu12.38629
  5. Guyana12.26908

Lowest

  1. Aruba-4.21634
  2. Suriname-3.65255
  3. Gabon-2.13537
  4. Niger-0.56009
  5. Botswana-0.33232

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.03934. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • FDI inflows (US$ millions, current prices)

    HighestUnited States45,095.000

    LowestGabon-99.603

    Middle country: 65.000

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −2countries joined / left
  • 178values changed, of 180 in both
  • 106 · 72rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ North Macedonia− El Salvador− São Tomé and Príncipe

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 180 distinct values among 181

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share 0.00000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • 181 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (1994). Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fdi-inflows/1994

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07Questions

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1994: questions and answers

Which country has the highest foreign direct investment inflows in Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1994?

British Virgin Islands, at 193.18796, of the 181 countries in the file.

What year does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1994 describe?

1994.

How many countries does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1994 cover?

181.

Where can I download Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1994?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1994 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2025.

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