This entry gives the cumulative US dollar value of all investments in foreign countries made directly by residents - primarily companies - of the home country, as of the end of the time period indicated. Direct investment excludes investment through purchase of shares.

List in alphabetical order

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
1	.	United States	$4,051,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
2	.	France	$1,787,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
3	.	United Kingdom	$1,702,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
4	.	Germany	$1,486,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
5	.	Netherlands	$989,300,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
6	.	Hong Kong	$988,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
7	.	Switzerland	$937,800,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
8	.	Japan	$880,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
9	.	Belgium	$813,900,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
10	.	Spain	$678,700,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
11	.	Canada	$659,800,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
12	.	Italy	$630,500,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
13	.	Australia	$443,400,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
14	.	China	$373,700,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
15	.	Sweden	$362,300,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
16	.	Russia	$314,600,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
17	.	Austria	$259,800,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
18	.	Norway	$230,900,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
19	.	Ireland	$222,600,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
20	.	Denmark	$203,800,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
21	.	Singapore	$178,700,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
22	.	Taiwan	$162,900,000,000		31 Dec 2010 est.
23	.	Korea, South	$139,000,000,000		31 Dec 2010
24	.	Finland	$137,400,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
25	.	India	$114,200,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
26	.	Brazil	$113,900,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
27	.	Malaysia	$90,150,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
28	.	Mexico	$84,920,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
29	.	South Africa	$73,600,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
30	.	Israel	$68,870,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
31	.	Portugal	$64,250,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
32	.	United Arab Emirates	$57,930,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
33	.	Chile	$57,570,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
34	.	Poland	$43,340,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
35	.	Indonesia	$41,890,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
36	.	Kuwait	$39,060,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
37	.	Greece	$36,640,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
38	.	Argentina	$31,490,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
39	.	Thailand	$29,790,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
40	.	Colombia	$25,370,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
41	.	Hungary	$24,040,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
42	.	Qatar	$23,540,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
43	.	Venezuela	$22,840,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
44	.	Cyprus	$20,950,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
45	.	Turkey	$18,630,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
46	.	Tajikistan	$18,500,000,000		31 Dec 2010 est.
47	.	Saudi Arabia	$18,160,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
48	.	Czech Republic	$16,820,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
49	.	Kazakhstan	$16,260,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
50	.	Libya	$15,460,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
51	.	Nigeria	$10,250,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
52	.	Bahrain	$9,083,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
53	.	Slovenia	$8,503,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
54	.	Vietnam	$7,700,000,000		31 Dec 2009 est.
55	.	Estonia	$7,029,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
56	.	Philippines	$7,002,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
57	.	Ecuador	$6,848,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
58	.	Angola	$6,346,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
59	.	Azerbaijan	$6,340,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
60	.	Egypt	$6,148,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
61	.	Croatia	$5,942,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
62	.	Cuba	$4,138,000,000		2006 est.
63	.	Trinidad and Tobago	$3,829,000,000		2007
64	.	Ukraine	$3,203,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
65	.	Slovakia	$3,080,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
66	.	Iran	$2,425,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
67	.	Peru	$2,375,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
68	.	Lithuania	$2,317,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
69	.	Algeria	$1,944,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
70	.	Romania	$1,687,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
71	.	Malta	$1,213,000,000		2010 est.
72	.	Pakistan	$1,168,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
73	.	Latvia	$1,121,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
74	.	Bulgaria	$1,108,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
75	.	Morocco	$759,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
76	.	El Salvador	$333,000,000		31 Dec 2010 est.
77	.	Kenya	$321,400,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
78	.	Tunisia	$310,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
79	.	Uruguay	$300,000,000		2009 est.
80	.	Macau	$240,000,000		2009 est.
81	.	Costa Rica	$103,300,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
82	.	Bangladesh	$94,200,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
83	.	Moldova	$62,440,000		1 Jan 2010
84	.	Dominican Republic	$59,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
85	.	Bolivia	$21,000,000		31 Dec 2010
86	.	Zimbabwe	NA		NA
87	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
88	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
89	.	Oman	NA		NA
90	.	Pacific Ocean	NA		NA
91	.	Palau	NA		NA
92	.	Paraguay	NA		NA
93	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
94	.	Papua New Guinea	NA		NA
95	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
96	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
97	.	Niger	NA		NA
98	.	Nicaragua	NA		NA
99	.	Panama	NA		NA
100	.	Niue	NA		NA
101	.	New Zealand	NA		NA
102	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
103	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
104	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
105	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
106	.	Somalia	NA		NA
107	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
108	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
109	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
110	.	Seychelles	NA		NA
111	.	Sao Tome and Principe	NA		NA
112	.	Samoa	NA		NA
113	.	Solomon Islands	NA		NA
114	.	Serbia	NA		NA
115	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
116	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
117	.	San Marino	NA		NA
118	.	Senegal	NA		NA
119	.	Sierra Leone	NA		NA
120	.	Rwanda	NA		NA
121	.	Southern Ocean	NA		NA
122	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
123	.	Sudan	NA		NA
124	.	Swaziland	NA		NA
125	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
126	.	Sri Lanka	NA		NA
127	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
128	.	Tonga	NA		NA
129	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
130	.	Tanzania	NA		NA
131	.	Syria	NA		NA
132	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
133	.	Timor-Leste	NA		NA
134	.	Togo	NA		NA
135	.	Suriname	NA		NA
136	.	Benin	NA		NA
137	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
138	.	Burma	NA		NA
139	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
140	.	Belarus	NA		NA
141	.	Chad	NA		NA
142	.	Belize	NA		NA
143	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
144	.	Burkina Faso	NA		NA
145	.	Central African Republic	NA		NA
146	.	Cameroon	NA		NA
147	.	Cape Verde	NA		NA
148	.	Burundi	NA		NA
149	.	Botswana	NA		NA
150	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
151	.	Cambodia	NA		NA
152	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA		NA
153	.	Bhutan	NA		NA
154	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA		NA
155	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
156	.	Curacao	NA		NA
157	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
158	.	Dominica	NA		NA
159	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
160	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
161	.	Congo, Republic of the	NA		NA
162	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
163	.	Comoros	NA		NA
164	.	Cote d'Ivoire	NA		NA
165	.	Djibouti	NA		NA
166	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
167	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
168	.	Eritrea	NA		NA
169	.	Gabon	NA		NA
170	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
171	.	Georgia	NA		NA
172	.	Fiji	NA		NA
173	.	Gambia, The	NA		NA
174	.	Greenland	NA		NA
175	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
176	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
177	.	Ghana	NA		NA
178	.	European Union	NA		NA
179	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
180	.	Ethiopia	NA		NA
181	.	Equatorial Guinea	NA		NA
182	.	Grenada	NA		NA
183	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
184	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
185	.	Yemen	NA		NA
186	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
187	.	West Bank	NA		NA
188	.	Zambia	NA		NA
189	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
190	.	World	NA		NA
191	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
192	.	Turkmenistan	NA		NA
193	.	Uganda	NA		NA
194	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
195	.	Vanuatu	NA		NA
196	.	Uzbekistan	NA		NA
197	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
198	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
199	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
200	.	Nepal	NA		NA
201	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
202	.	Monaco	NA		NA
203	.	Mozambique	NA		NA
204	.	Mauritania	NA		NA
205	.	Maldives	NA		NA
206	.	Mauritius	NA		NA
207	.	Mongolia	NA		NA
208	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	NA		NA
209	.	Nauru	NA		NA
210	.	Madagascar	NA		NA
211	.	Montenegro	NA		NA
212	.	Mali	NA		NA
213	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
214	.	Namibia	NA		NA
215	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
216	.	Iceland	NA		NA
217	.	Indian Ocean	NA		NA
218	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
219	.	Guatemala	NA		NA
220	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
221	.	Guinea	NA		NA
222	.	Guinea-Bissau	NA		NA
223	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
224	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
225	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
226	.	Jamaica	NA		NA
227	.	Iraq	NA		NA
228	.	Honduras	NA		NA
229	.	Guyana	NA		NA
230	.	Haiti	NA		NA
231	.	Guam	NA		NA
232	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
233	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
234	.	Luxembourg	NA		NA
235	.	Korea, North	NA		NA
236	.	Kyrgyzstan	NA		NA
237	.	Macedonia	NA		NA
238	.	Lebanon	NA		NA
239	.	Liberia	NA		NA
240	.	Laos	NA		NA
241	.	Lesotho	NA		NA
242	.	Jordan	NA		NA
243	.	Kosovo	NA		NA
244	.	Malawi	NA		NA
245	.	Jersey	NA		NA
246	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
247	.	Arctic Ocean	NA		NA
248	.	Bermuda	NA		NA
249	.	Brunei	NA		NA
250	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
251	.	Albania	NA		NA
252	.	Barbados	NA		NA
253	.	Atlantic Ocean	NA		NA
254	.	Afghanistan	NA		NA
255	.	Bahamas, The	NA		NA
256	.	Armenia	NA		NA
257	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
258	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
259	.	Aruba	NA		NA
260	.	Andorra	NA		NA
261	.	Antigua and Barbuda	NA		NA
262	.	American Samoa	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad 2012 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2012. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.