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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1997

Figures for 1997, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1997 covers 186 countries on 2 measures. British Virgin Islands is highest, at 610.0569; Gabon is lowest, at -5.3502. The middle country reads 2.0290. Against 1996, 183 values changed (115 up, 68 down), 3 countries joined.

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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows · Data for 1997

HighestBritish Virgin Islands

610.0569

LowestGabon

-5.3502

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, 1997, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 186 countries · select a heading to sort

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1997: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean610.05693,636.65—
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean156.04013,150.87—
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa51.0789213.82—
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia26.52481,051.00—
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean25.203792.47—
AnguillaAIACaribbean17.273821.24—
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean16.5043999.60—
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia15.682315,701.74—
PanamaPANCentral America12.67921,299.20—
ArubaABWCaribbean12.2053195.92—
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia12.1870701.74—
BahrainBHRWestern Asia11.8738868.62—
LebanonLBNWestern Asia11.53951,799.60—
BoliviaBOLSouth America10.7750854.00—
VanuatuVUTMelanesia10.597530.23—
GrenadaGRDCaribbean10.428733.50—
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia9.7179878.80—
HungaryHUNEastern Europe8.79214,167.32—
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia8.27012,220.00—
LatviaLVANorthern Europe8.2261522.34—
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa8.177753.45—
SamoaWSMPolynesia8.095019.99—
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa7.849853.39—
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia7.531233.87—
VenezuelaVENSouth America7.22536,202.00—

02In 1997

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 Islands610.0569
  2. Cayman Islands156.0401
  3. Liberia51.0789
  4. Azerbaijan26.5248
  5. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines25.2037

Lowest

  1. Gabon-5.3502
  2. Yemen-1.7764
  3. Suriname-0.8153
  4. Eswatini-0.7951
  5. DR Congo-0.4709

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.0290. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • FDI inflows (US$ millions, current prices)

    HighestUnited States103,398.00

    LowestGabon-318.42

    Middle country: 170.10

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 183values changed, of 183 in both
  • 115 · 68rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Bermuda+ Georgia+ El Salvador

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

  • Which end is better

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

  • 186 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) (1997). Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fdi-inflows/1997

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07Questions

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest foreign direct investment inflows in Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1997?

British Virgin Islands, at 610.0569, of the 186 countries in the file.

What year does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1997 cover?

186.

Where can I download Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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