This entry gives the cumulative US dollar value of all investments in the home country made directly by residents - primarily companies - of other countries 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	$2,874,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
2	.	France	$1,186,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
3	.	Hong Kong	$1,141,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
4	.	United Kingdom	$1,136,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
5	.	Germany	$998,100,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
6	.	Belgium	$983,900,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
7	.	China	$776,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
8	.	Spain	$634,200,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
9	.	Canada	$596,800,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
10	.	Netherlands	$590,300,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
11	.	Switzerland	$580,200,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
12	.	Australia	$548,500,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
13	.	Brazil	$426,400,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
14	.	Italy	$412,100,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
15	.	Sweden	$359,900,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
16	.	Russia	$343,400,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
17	.	Mexico	$321,500,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
18	.	Singapore	$318,200,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
19	.	Austria	$261,800,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
20	.	Ireland	$261,500,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
21	.	India	$225,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
22	.	Saudi Arabia	$214,700,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
23	.	Poland	$205,100,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
24	.	Norway	$156,500,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
25	.	Chile	$155,600,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
26	.	Denmark	$151,300,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
27	.	Japan	$146,700,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
28	.	Czech Republic	$135,400,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
29	.	Korea, South	$130,300,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
30	.	South Africa	$124,600,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
31	.	Thailand	$119,500,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
32	.	Portugal	$109,800,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
33	.	Indonesia	$105,700,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
34	.	Trinidad and Tobago	$102,000,000,000		31 Dec 2008 est.
35	.	Angola	$101,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
36	.	Tajikistan	$100,300,000,000		31 Dec 2009 est.
37	.	Turkey	$98,980,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
38	.	Argentina	$93,350,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
39	.	Colombia	$92,420,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
40	.	Kazakhstan	$91,980,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
41	.	Finland	$87,590,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
42	.	Malaysia	$82,990,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
43	.	Israel	$82,820,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
44	.	United Arab Emirates	$81,330,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
45	.	Egypt	$75,700,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
46	.	Nigeria	$75,690,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
47	.	Hungary	$73,930,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
48	.	Romania	$72,260,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
49	.	New Zealand	$71,030,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
50	.	Vietnam	$67,650,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
51	.	Taiwan	$65,260,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
52	.	Ukraine	$59,300,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
53	.	Bulgaria	$52,950,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
54	.	Slovakia	$52,790,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
55	.	Peru	$51,050,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
56	.	Morocco	$45,030,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
57	.	Venezuela	$38,520,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
58	.	Greece	$35,760,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
59	.	Cyprus	$33,510,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
60	.	Croatia	$33,440,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
61	.	Tunisia	$32,510,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
62	.	Qatar	$32,290,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
63	.	Pakistan	$31,260,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
64	.	Philippines	$27,370,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
65	.	Serbia	$25,420,000,000		31 Dec 2009 est.
66	.	Algeria	$24,530,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
67	.	Jordan	$22,560,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
68	.	Kosovo	$21,200,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
69	.	Dominican Republic	$20,710,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
70	.	Libya	$19,590,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
71	.	Estonia	$18,390,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
72	.	Iran	$18,020,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
73	.	Malta	$16,630,000,000		31 Dec 2010
74	.	Slovenia	$15,920,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
75	.	Costa Rica	$15,400,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
76	.	Bahrain	$15,290,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
77	.	Lithuania	$15,010,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
78	.	Latvia	$13,070,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
79	.	Ecuador	$12,510,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
80	.	Macau	$12,100,000,000		2008 est.
81	.	Azerbaijan	$9,631,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
82	.	Uruguay	$9,100,000,000		30 Sep 2010
83	.	El Salvador	$8,060,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
84	.	Bolivia	$7,257,000,000		31 Dec 2010
85	.	Bangladesh	$7,216,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
86	.	Macedonia	$3,739,000,000		31 Oct 2010 est.
87	.	Kuwait	$3,028,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
88	.	Kenya	$2,691,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
89	.	Moldova	$2,649,000,000		1 Jan 2010 est.
90	.	Korea, North	$1,475,000,000		31 Dec 2010 est.
91	.	Paraguay	$3,393,000		31 Dec 2010
92	.	Zimbabwe	NA		NA
93	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
94	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
95	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
96	.	Papua New Guinea	NA		NA
97	.	Palau	NA		NA
98	.	Pacific Ocean	NA		NA
99	.	Oman	NA		NA
100	.	Panama	NA		NA
101	.	Niger	NA		NA
102	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
103	.	Nicaragua	NA		NA
104	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
105	.	Niue	NA		NA
106	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
107	.	Rwanda	NA		NA
108	.	Sao Tome and Principe	NA		NA
109	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
110	.	Solomon Islands	NA		NA
111	.	Seychelles	NA		NA
112	.	Samoa	NA		NA
113	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
114	.	San Marino	NA		NA
115	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
116	.	Senegal	NA		NA
117	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
118	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
119	.	Somalia	NA		NA
120	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
121	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
122	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
123	.	Sierra Leone	NA		NA
124	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
125	.	Swaziland	NA		NA
126	.	Tanzania	NA		NA
127	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
128	.	Sri Lanka	NA		NA
129	.	Timor-Leste	NA		NA
130	.	Sudan	NA		NA
131	.	Togo	NA		NA
132	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
133	.	Syria	NA		NA
134	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
135	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
136	.	Southern Ocean	NA		NA
137	.	Tonga	NA		NA
138	.	Suriname	NA		NA
139	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
140	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA		NA
141	.	Belize	NA		NA
142	.	Bhutan	NA		NA
143	.	Cambodia	NA		NA
144	.	Central African Republic	NA		NA
145	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
146	.	Burkina Faso	NA		NA
147	.	Burma	NA		NA
148	.	Botswana	NA		NA
149	.	Benin	NA		NA
150	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
151	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
152	.	Cape Verde	NA		NA
153	.	Burundi	NA		NA
154	.	Belarus	NA		NA
155	.	Chad	NA		NA
156	.	Cameroon	NA		NA
157	.	Comoros	NA		NA
158	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
159	.	Djibouti	NA		NA
160	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
161	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
162	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
163	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
164	.	Curacao	NA		NA
165	.	Congo, Republic of the	NA		NA
166	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA		NA
167	.	Cote d'Ivoire	NA		NA
168	.	Cuba	NA		NA
169	.	Dominica	NA		NA
170	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
171	.	Gabon	NA		NA
172	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
173	.	Fiji	NA		NA
174	.	Equatorial Guinea	NA		NA
175	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
176	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
177	.	Greenland	NA		NA
178	.	Ethiopia	NA		NA
179	.	Georgia	NA		NA
180	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
181	.	Ghana	NA		NA
182	.	Grenada	NA		NA
183	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
184	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
185	.	Eritrea	NA		NA
186	.	Gambia, The	NA		NA
187	.	European Union	NA		NA
188	.	Uzbekistan	NA		NA
189	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
190	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
191	.	West Bank	NA		NA
192	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
193	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
194	.	Zambia	NA		NA
195	.	World	NA		NA
196	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
197	.	Turkmenistan	NA		NA
198	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
199	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
200	.	Yemen	NA		NA
201	.	Vanuatu	NA		NA
202	.	Uganda	NA		NA
203	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	NA		NA
204	.	Nauru	NA		NA
205	.	Maldives	NA		NA
206	.	Mongolia	NA		NA
207	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
208	.	Mauritius	NA		NA
209	.	Mauritania	NA		NA
210	.	Monaco	NA		NA
211	.	Montenegro	NA		NA
212	.	Namibia	NA		NA
213	.	Madagascar	NA		NA
214	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
215	.	Mali	NA		NA
216	.	Nepal	NA		NA
217	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
218	.	Mozambique	NA		NA
219	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
220	.	Haiti	NA		NA
221	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
222	.	Iraq	NA		NA
223	.	Iceland	NA		NA
224	.	Guatemala	NA		NA
225	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
226	.	Honduras	NA		NA
227	.	Jamaica	NA		NA
228	.	Guinea	NA		NA
229	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
230	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
231	.	Guyana	NA		NA
232	.	Indian Ocean	NA		NA
233	.	Guinea-Bissau	NA		NA
234	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
235	.	Guam	NA		NA
236	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
237	.	Luxembourg	NA		NA
238	.	Lesotho	NA		NA
239	.	Laos	NA		NA
240	.	Kyrgyzstan	NA		NA
241	.	Malawi	NA		NA
242	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
243	.	Jersey	NA		NA
244	.	Liberia	NA		NA
245	.	Lebanon	NA		NA
246	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
247	.	Albania	NA		NA
248	.	Bermuda	NA		NA
249	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
250	.	Aruba	NA		NA
251	.	Brunei	NA		NA
252	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
253	.	Andorra	NA		NA
254	.	Armenia	NA		NA
255	.	Bahamas, The	NA		NA
256	.	Barbados	NA		NA
257	.	Afghanistan	NA		NA
258	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
259	.	Antigua and Barbuda	NA		NA
260	.	Arctic Ocean	NA		NA
261	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
262	.	Atlantic Ocean	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Stock of direct foreign investment - at home 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 - at home 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Stock of direct foreign investment - at home 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.