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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1999

Figures for 1999, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1999 covers 187 countries on 2 measures. British Virgin Islands is highest, at 1,029.9048; Suriname is lowest, at -5.5036. The middle country reads 2.5251. Against 1998, 185 values changed (96 up, 89 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows · Data for 1999

HighestBritish Virgin Islands

1,029.9048

LowestSuriname

-5.5036

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, 1999, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 187 countries · select a heading to sort

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1999: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean1,029.90487,915.399—
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean225.44506,475.830—
BelgiumBELWestern Europe46.3485119,692.913—
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa41.6004256.260—
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa27.19252,471.401—
ArubaABWCaribbean25.8980467.542—
AnguillaAIACaribbean25.673638.011—
SwedenSWENorthern Europe22.286261,135.041—
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia21.849218,852.952—
MontserratMSRCaribbean21.10298.215—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe20.8329856.627—
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa19.6939520.638—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe18.414318,210.642—
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa16.8183154.296—
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia15.295725,355.334—
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia14.6742747.869—
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean14.214357.737—
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean13.584556.796—
BoliviaBOLSouth America12.19651,010.488—
ChileCHLSouth America11.58928,761.016—
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia11.1394510.320—
GrenadaGRDCaribbean10.937241.552—
BahamasBHSCaribbean10.1758781.900—
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe9.65096,329.666—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe9.420016,756.878—

02In 1999

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 Islands1,029.9048
  2. Cayman Islands225.4450
  3. Belgium46.3485
  4. Liberia41.6004
  5. Angola27.1925

Lowest

  1. Suriname-5.5036
  2. Gabon-4.2152
  3. Yemen-3.5383
  4. United Arab Emirates-1.1518
  5. Eritrea-0.8887

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.5251. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −1countries joined / left
  • 185values changed, of 185 in both
  • 96 · 89rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Burundi+ Bhutan− Iraq

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.

  • 187 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) (1999). Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fdi-inflows/1999

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07Questions

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest foreign direct investment inflows in Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1999?

British Virgin Islands, at 1,029.9048, of the 187 countries in the file.

What year does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1999 cover?

187.

Where can I download Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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