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	$4,768,000,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
2	.	United Kingdom	$1,793,000,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
3	.	France	$1,702,000,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
4	.	Germany	$1,464,000,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
5	.	Hong Kong	$1,112,000,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
6	.	Switzerland	$1,063,000,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
7	.	Japan	$1,025,000,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
8	.	Belgium	$999,800,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
9	.	Netherlands	$971,900,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
10	.	Spain	$739,200,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
11	.	Canada	$703,000,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
12	.	Italy	$537,000,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
13	.	Australia	$496,400,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
14	.	Russia	$487,400,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
15	.	China	$465,000,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
16	.	Sweden	$385,400,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
17	.	Singapore	$353,700,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
18	.	Ireland	$338,100,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
19	.	Austria	$313,900,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
20	.	Denmark	$222,200,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
21	.	Taiwan	$220,800,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
22	.	Norway	$197,500,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
23	.	Korea, South	$190,400,000,000		31 Dec 2011
24	.	Brazil	$176,700,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
25	.	Finland	$148,800,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
26	.	Mexico	$129,700,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
27	.	Malaysia	$123,300,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
28	.	India	$121,300,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
29	.	South Africa	$88,590,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
30	.	Israel	$74,530,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
31	.	Chile	$72,840,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
32	.	Portugal	$64,250,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
33	.	United Arab Emirates	$58,100,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
34	.	Kuwait	$57,970,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
35	.	Indonesia	$48,570,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
36	.	Thailand	$45,790,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
37	.	Poland	$44,890,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
38	.	Greece	$41,490,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
39	.	Qatar	$37,340,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
40	.	Argentina	$32,730,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
41	.	Colombia	$32,560,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
42	.	Hungary	$26,390,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
43	.	Venezuela	$21,950,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
44	.	Turkey	$21,350,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
45	.	Saudi Arabia	$20,830,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
46	.	Kazakhstan	$20,290,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
47	.	Tajikistan	$18,500,000,000		31 Dec 2010 est.
48	.	Libya	$17,470,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
49	.	Czech Republic	$16,470,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
50	.	Cyprus	$13,620,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
51	.	Nigeria	$11,230,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
52	.	Bahrain	$10,020,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
53	.	Slovenia	$9,755,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
54	.	Angola	$8,196,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
55	.	Vietnam	$7,700,000,000		31 Dec 2009 est.
56	.	Ukraine	$7,348,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
57	.	Azerbaijan	$6,923,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
58	.	Egypt	$6,824,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
59	.	Philippines	$6,690,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
60	.	Estonia	$6,609,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
61	.	Ecuador	$6,330,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
62	.	Croatia	$6,074,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
63	.	Slovakia	$4,309,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
64	.	Cuba	$4,138,000,000		2006 est.
65	.	Trinidad and Tobago	$3,829,000,000		2007
66	.	Peru	$3,597,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
67	.	Iran	$2,881,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
68	.	Lithuania	$2,612,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
69	.	Algeria	$2,424,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
70	.	Bulgaria	$1,893,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
71	.	Romania	$1,506,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
72	.	Pakistan	$1,482,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
73	.	Morocco	$1,353,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
74	.	Malta	$1,213,000,000		2010 est.
75	.	Latvia	$1,037,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
76	.	Georgia	$741,600,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
77	.	Costa Rica	$729,300,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
78	.	Tunisia	$345,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
79	.	Kenya	$320,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
80	.	Uruguay	$300,000,000		2009 est.
81	.	Macau	$240,000,000		2009 est.
82	.	Mongolia	$95,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
83	.	Bangladesh	$93,900,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
84	.	Mali	$77,440,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
85	.	Moldova	$75,250,000		30 Sep 2011
86	.	Dominican Republic	$59,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
87	.	Vanuatu	$23,340,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
88	.	Bolivia	$21,000,000		31 Dec 2010
89	.	Rwanda	$13,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
90	.	El Salvador	$12,400,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
91	.	Kyrgyzstan	$1,500,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
92	.	Sri Lanka	NA		NA
93	.	Suriname	NA		NA
94	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
95	.	Sudan	NA		NA
96	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
97	.	Southern Ocean	NA		NA
98	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
99	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
100	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
101	.	Swaziland	NA		NA
102	.	Solomon Islands	NA		NA
103	.	Syria	NA		NA
104	.	Somalia	NA		NA
105	.	Turkmenistan	NA		NA
106	.	Tonga	NA		NA
107	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
108	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
109	.	Tanzania	NA		NA
110	.	Uganda	NA		NA
111	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
112	.	Timor-Leste	NA		NA
113	.	Togo	NA		NA
114	.	World	NA		NA
115	.	West Bank	NA		NA
116	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
117	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
118	.	Yemen	NA		NA
119	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
120	.	Uzbekistan	NA		NA
121	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
122	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
123	.	Palau	NA		NA
124	.	Paraguay	NA		NA
125	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
126	.	Papua New Guinea	NA		NA
127	.	Panama	NA		NA
128	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
129	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
130	.	Pacific Ocean	NA		NA
131	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
132	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
133	.	Oman	NA		NA
134	.	Niue	NA		NA
135	.	Liberia	NA		NA
136	.	Mauritius	NA		NA
137	.	Maldives	NA		NA
138	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
139	.	Lebanon	NA		NA
140	.	Madagascar	NA		NA
141	.	Lesotho	NA		NA
142	.	Malawi	NA		NA
143	.	Luxembourg	NA		NA
144	.	Mauritania	NA		NA
145	.	Macedonia	NA		NA
146	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
147	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
148	.	Mozambique	NA		NA
149	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
150	.	Nauru	NA		NA
151	.	Montenegro	NA		NA
152	.	Nicaragua	NA		NA
153	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
154	.	Nepal	NA		NA
155	.	New Zealand	NA		NA
156	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	NA		NA
157	.	Monaco	NA		NA
158	.	Namibia	NA		NA
159	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
160	.	Niger	NA		NA
161	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
162	.	Equatorial Guinea	NA		NA
163	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
164	.	Congo, Republic of the	NA		NA
165	.	Djibouti	NA		NA
166	.	Cote d'Ivoire	NA		NA
167	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
168	.	Dominica	NA		NA
169	.	Curacao	NA		NA
170	.	Sao Tome and Principe	NA		NA
171	.	Senegal	NA		NA
172	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
173	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
174	.	San Marino	NA		NA
175	.	Samoa	NA		NA
176	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
177	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
178	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
179	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
180	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
181	.	Serbia	NA		NA
182	.	Sierra Leone	NA		NA
183	.	Seychelles	NA		NA
184	.	Korea, North	NA		NA
185	.	Jordan	NA		NA
186	.	Iraq	NA		NA
187	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
188	.	Kosovo	NA		NA
189	.	Jamaica	NA		NA
190	.	Laos	NA		NA
191	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
192	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
193	.	Jersey	NA		NA
194	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
195	.	Burkina Faso	NA		NA
196	.	Cambodia	NA		NA
197	.	Cape Verde	NA		NA
198	.	Comoros	NA		NA
199	.	Burma	NA		NA
200	.	Central African Republic	NA		NA
201	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
202	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
203	.	Cameroon	NA		NA
204	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
205	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA		NA
206	.	Chad	NA		NA
207	.	Burundi	NA		NA
208	.	Ethiopia	NA		NA
209	.	Fiji	NA		NA
210	.	Eritrea	NA		NA
211	.	European Union	NA		NA
212	.	Gabon	NA		NA
213	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
214	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
215	.	Gambia, The	NA		NA
216	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
217	.	Ghana	NA		NA
218	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
219	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
220	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
221	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
222	.	Grenada	NA		NA
223	.	Guinea-Bissau	NA		NA
224	.	Honduras	NA		NA
225	.	Haiti	NA		NA
226	.	Guinea	NA		NA
227	.	Greenland	NA		NA
228	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
229	.	Guyana	NA		NA
230	.	Guam	NA		NA
231	.	Iceland	NA		NA
232	.	Indian Ocean	NA		NA
233	.	Guatemala	NA		NA
234	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
235	.	Arctic Ocean	NA		NA
236	.	Albania	NA		NA
237	.	Armenia	NA		NA
238	.	Antigua and Barbuda	NA		NA
239	.	Atlantic Ocean	NA		NA
240	.	Afghanistan	NA		NA
241	.	Andorra	NA		NA
242	.	Zambia	NA		NA
243	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
244	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
245	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
246	.	Zimbabwe	NA		NA
247	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
248	.	Aruba	NA		NA
249	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
250	.	Bermuda	NA		NA
251	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
252	.	Benin	NA		NA
253	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
254	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA		NA
255	.	Belize	NA		NA
256	.	Bhutan	NA		NA
257	.	Belarus	NA		NA
258	.	Barbados	NA		NA
259	.	Botswana	NA		NA
260	.	Brunei	NA		NA
261	.	Bahamas, The	NA		NA
262	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad 2013 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2013. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.