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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1998

Figures for 1998, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1998 covers 186 countries on 2 measures. British Virgin Islands is highest, at 1,278.9002; Bahrain is lowest, at -3.9298. The middle country reads 2.2131. Against 1997, 185 values changed (103 up, 82 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows · Data for 1998

HighestBritish Virgin Islands

1,278.9002

LowestBahrain

-3.9298

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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean1,278.90028,777.52—
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean164.34194,354.11—
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa50.1363274.77—
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa37.2441190.31—
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia23.00671,022.97—
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean22.290388.95—
AnguillaAIACaribbean20.164628.06—
GrenadaGRDCaribbean13.793648.69—
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia12.7743573.25—
BahamasBHSCaribbean12.3955847.01—
BoliviaBOLSouth America12.07471,026.05—
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa11.79921,114.00—
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia11.5359683.60—
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia11.5160232.38—
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean11.4727731.90—
PanamaPANCentral America10.83031,203.10—
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe10.2004578.37—
El SalvadorSLVCentral America10.08261,102.70—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe9.82518,862.22—
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean9.479883.40—
FinlandFINNorthern Europe9.132312,236.39—
BelgiumBELWestern Europe8.777022,690.50—
FijiFJIMelanesia8.7624144.86—
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa8.6082152.72—
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe8.498737,277.25—

02In 1998

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 Islands1,278.9002
  2. Cayman Islands164.3419
  3. Equatorial Guinea50.1363
  4. Liberia37.2441
  5. Azerbaijan23.0067

Lowest

  1. Bahrain-3.9298
  2. Yemen-3.0258
  3. Libya-0.4278
  4. Eritrea-0.3570
  5. Macau-0.2632

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.2131. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • FDI inflows (US$ millions, current prices)

    HighestUnited States174,434.00

    LowestBahrain-275.00

    Middle country: 216.47

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −1countries joined / left
  • 185values changed, of 185 in both
  • 103 · 82rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Bahrain11.8738 → -3.9298−15.8035
  • Liberia51.0789 → 37.2441−13.8347
  • Singapore15.6823 → 6.9506−8.7317
  • Aruba12.2053 → 4.7891−7.4162
  • Samoa8.0950 → 1.2963−6.7987
+ Bosnia and Herzegovina− Bhutan

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) (1998). Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fdi-inflows/1998

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07Questions

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest foreign direct investment inflows in Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1998?

British Virgin Islands, at 1,278.9002, of the 186 countries in the file.

What year does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1998 cover?

186.

Where can I download Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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