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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2002

Figures for 2002, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2002 covers 191 countries on 2 measures. British Virgin Islands is highest, at 607.3839; Malta is lowest, at -9.3976. The middle country reads 2.3455. Against 2001, 189 values changed (93 up, 96 down), 2 countries joined, 2 left.

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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows · Data for 2002

HighestBritish Virgin Islands

607.3839

LowestMalta

-9.3976

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, 2002, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 191 countries · select a heading to sort

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2002: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean607.38395,451.88—
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean87.26472,802.98—
AnguillaAIACaribbean41.906065.10—
ChadTCDMiddle Africa40.6897924.12—
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe23.67485,864.88—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe22.803029,323.80—
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia22.32891,392.44—
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe17.94174,243.17—
GrenadaGRDCaribbean17.832296.35—
ArubaABWCaribbean16.9291332.12—
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean16.190480.85—
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia15.99341,035.53—
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean13.3366118.42—
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean12.6150101.24—
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa11.8482323.39—
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia10.51372,590.22—
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe10.26788,482.05—
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa10.07141,743.50—
CyprusCYPWestern Asia9.12391,038.60—
DominicaDMACaribbean8.701032.65—
BoliviaBOLSouth America8.5582676.57—
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean8.3142790.70—
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean7.741637.76—
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa7.4497403.41—
LebanonLBNWestern Asia7.13951,335.96—

02In 2002

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 Islands607.3839
  2. Cayman Islands87.2647
  3. Anguilla41.9060
  4. Chad40.6897
  5. Slovakia23.6748

Lowest

  1. Malta-9.3976
  2. Suriname-5.4962
  3. Eritrea-2.0567
  4. Solomon Islands-1.1300
  5. Nepal-0.0996

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.3455. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • FDI inflows (US$ millions, current prices)

    HighestUnited States74,457.00

    LowestMalta-418.68

    Middle country: 217.02

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −2countries joined / left
  • 189values changed, of 189 in both
  • 93 · 96rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Bhutan+ Luxembourg− Burundi− North Macedonia

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.

  • 190 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) (2002). Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fdi-inflows/2002

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07Questions

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest foreign direct investment inflows in Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2002?

British Virgin Islands, at 607.3839, of the 191 countries in the file.

What year does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2002 cover?

191.

Where can I download Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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