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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2013

Figures for 2013, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2013 covers 201 countries on 2 measures. British Virgin Islands is highest, at 9,249.7786; South Sudan is lowest, at -6.2321. The middle country reads 2.9520. Against 2012, 201 values changed (89 up, 112 down), the same countries are covered.

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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows · Data for 2013

HighestBritish Virgin Islands

9,249.7786

LowestSouth Sudan

-6.2321

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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean9,249.7786104,804.76—
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean792.319834,907.99—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe111.215912,007.76—
CyprusCYPWestern Asia93.766222,466.04—
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa49.13681,061.27—
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa35.90596,175.13—
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe35.732923,299.02—
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia26.947874,294.22—
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia20.41052,071.95—
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean20.1446154.06—
AnguillaAIACaribbean19.624656.06—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe19.466547,362.20—
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia18.425256,671.62—
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia17.559932.57—
GrenadaGRDCaribbean16.9726143.01—
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean16.6358145.49—
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia16.37012,059.70—
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa15.58461,125.68—
BahamasBHSCaribbean15.18281,590.44—
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa14.0005286.00—
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa12.4580170.25—
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe12.3609109,264.51—
TongaTONPolynesia11.630351.36—
BahrainBHRWestern Asia11.02103,727.66—
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia10.9504360.82Asset/liability basis.

02In 2013

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 Islands9,249.7786
  2. Cayman Islands792.3198
  3. Malta111.2159
  4. Cyprus93.7662
  5. Liberia49.1368

Lowest

  1. South Sudan-6.2321
  2. Angola-4.6306
  3. Trinidad and Tobago-3.9564
  4. Guinea-1.3485
  5. Iraq-0.9953

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.9520. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • FDI inflows (US$ millions, current prices)

    HighestUnited States201,393.00

    LowestAngola-7,120.02

    Middle country: 901.79

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 201values changed, of 201 in both
  • 89 · 112rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Cyprus264.9690 → 93.7662−171.2028
  • Malta147.6020 → 111.2159−36.3862
  • Mongolia34.7560 → 16.3701−18.3859
  • Anguilla34.8324 → 19.6246−15.2078
  • Seychelles24.0709 → 12.4580−11.6129

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) (2013). Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fdi-inflows/2013

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07Questions

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2013: questions and answers

Which country has the highest foreign direct investment inflows in Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2013?

British Virgin Islands, at 9,249.7786, of the 201 countries in the file.

What year does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2013 describe?

2013.

How many countries does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2013 cover?

201.

Where can I download Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2013?

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, 2013 the newest?

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

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