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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2000

Figures for 2000, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2000 covers 190 countries on 2 measures. British Virgin Islands is highest, at 941.352; Suriname is lowest, at -8.404. The middle country reads 2.662. Against 1999, 186 values changed (104 up, 82 down), 4 countries joined, 1 left.

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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows · Data for 2000

HighestBritish Virgin Islands

941.352

LowestSuriname

-8.404

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, 2000, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 190 countries · select a heading to sort

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2000: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean941.3528,073.33—
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean311.7389,358.72—
BelgiumBELWestern Europe37.47588,738.71—
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia31.79554,581.92—
AnguillaAIACaribbean30.19545.66—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe25.72625,779.44—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe20.61933,823.49—
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean20.53689.84—
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia15.35414,751.79—
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe15.28963,854.98—
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean14.87063.63—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe14.406581.56—
GrenadaGRDCaribbean14.15173.59—
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean13.266103.98—
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean13.159123.20—
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe13.1422,720.38—
MontserratMSRCaribbean11.4924.40—
JordanJORWestern Asia10.467913.26—
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa10.201154.50—
GermanyDEUWestern Europe10.080198,279.34—
CanadaCANNorthern America8.97066,795.05—
SwedenSWENorthern Europe8.91323,432.81—
BoliviaBOLSouth America8.769736.41—
DominicaDMACaribbean8.68532.06—
CyprusCYPWestern Asia8.407837.59—

02In 2000

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 Islands941.352
  2. Cayman Islands311.738
  3. Belgium37.475
  4. Hong Kong31.795
  5. Anguilla30.195

Lowest

  1. Suriname-8.404
  2. Aruba-6.829
  3. Eritrea-2.124
  4. New Caledonia-1.188
  5. Gabon-0.749

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.662. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +4 / −1countries joined / left
  • 186values changed, of 186 in both
  • 104 · 82rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Iraq+ Marshall Islands+ New Caledonia+ Palau− 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

  • 189 distinct values among 190

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share 0.358. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

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

  • 189 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) (2000). Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fdi-inflows/2000

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07Questions

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest foreign direct investment inflows in Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2000?

British Virgin Islands, at 941.352, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2000 cover?

190.

Where can I download Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2000?

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, 2000 the newest?

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

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