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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2004

Figures for 2004, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2004 covers 194 countries on 2 measures. British Virgin Islands is highest, at 3,323.0365; Ireland is lowest, at -5.4574. The middle country reads 2.5354. Against 2003, 192 values changed (122 up, 70 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows · Data for 2004

HighestBritish Virgin Islands

3,323.0365

LowestIreland

-5.4574

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, 2004, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 194 countries · select a heading to sort

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2004: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean3,323.036528,309.66—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe206.551112,608.16—
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean105.54793,703.46—
CyprusCYPWestern Asia49.66248,594.78—
AnguillaAIACaribbean44.462089.03—
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia40.96703,556.10—
GrenadaGRDCaribbean23.5660141.19—
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia19.407322,324.89—
BermudaBMUNorthern America18.5430831.60—
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean18.051099.26—
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia17.240629,153.83—
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa16.5799404.10—
TongaTONPolynesia15.661637.48—
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe14.77165,179.64—
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean14.2543151.03—
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia13.1026272.03—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe12.98703,397.12—
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean12.8957115.85—
BelgiumBELWestern Europe11.797443,557.89—
LebanonLBNWestern Asia11.73782,483.69—
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa11.703075.36—
DominicaDMACaribbean10.682642.38Asset/liability basis.
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia9.63404,157.21—
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean9.407849.60—
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe9.37894,028.99—

02In 2004

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 Islands3,323.0365
  2. Malta206.5511
  3. Cayman Islands105.5479
  4. Cyprus49.6624
  5. Anguilla44.4620

Lowest

  1. Ireland-5.4574
  2. Aruba-4.6856
  3. Denmark-4.2526
  4. Suriname-2.0657
  5. Eritrea-1.4427

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.5354. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • FDI inflows (US$ millions, current prices)

    HighestUnited States135,826.00

    LowestDenmark-10,715.97

    Middle country: 343.29

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −1countries joined / left
  • 192values changed, of 192 in both
  • 122 · 70rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Burundi+ French Polynesia− Timor-Leste

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.

  • 192 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) (2004). Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fdi-inflows/2004

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07Questions

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest foreign direct investment inflows in Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2004?

British Virgin Islands, at 3,323.0365, of the 194 countries in the file.

What year does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2004 cover?

194.

Where can I download Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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

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