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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2012

Figures for 2012, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2012 covers 201 countries on 2 measures. British Virgin Islands is highest, at 5,472.6696; Aruba is lowest, at -12.0994. The middle country reads 2.8769. Against 2011, 198 values changed (94 up, 104 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows · Data for 2012

HighestBritish Virgin Islands

5,472.6696

LowestAruba

-12.0994

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, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 201 countries · select a heading to sort

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2012: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean5,472.669661,121.51—
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean500.805921,489.61—
CyprusCYPWestern Asia264.969066,368.02—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe147.602014,183.93—
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa51.5984984.60—
AnguillaAIACaribbean34.832499.68—
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia34.75604,272.47—
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa33.73315,629.41—
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia29.31372,831.45—
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia26.722070,179.80—
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa24.0709261.36—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe21.509148,883.84—
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa20.63831,388.59—
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia20.367560,102.99—
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean18.2977133.58—
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe15.2205619.75—
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean13.9445114.98—
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia11.884021.37—
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa11.7630722.45—
DominicaDMACaribbean11.599760.36Asset/liability basis.
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia11.19751,988.10—
HungaryHUNEastern Europe11.197014,384.79—
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean11.0461146.59—
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa11.02973,312.14—
PalauPLWMicronesia10.160821.64—

02In 2012

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 Islands5,472.6696
  2. Cayman Islands500.8059
  3. Cyprus264.9690
  4. Malta147.6020
  5. Liberia51.5984

Lowest

  1. Aruba-12.0994
  2. Trinidad and Tobago-7.0149
  3. Yemen-1.6555
  4. Republic of the Congo-1.5986
  5. Gabon-1.2864

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.8769. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −1countries joined / left
  • 198values changed, of 198 in both
  • 94 · 104rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Cayman Islands743.7007 → 500.8059−242.8948
  • Malta223.4668 → 147.6020−75.8648
  • Aruba18.5566 → -12.0994−30.6560
  • Belgium15.8131 → 2.3415−13.4716
  • Guinea13.3809 → 0.0034−13.3775
+ Libya+ Sudan+ South Sudan− Syria

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.

  • 195 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) (2012). Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fdi-inflows/2012

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07Questions

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest foreign direct investment inflows in Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2012?

British Virgin Islands, at 5,472.6696, of the 201 countries in the file.

What year does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2012 cover?

201.

Where can I download Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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