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	$2,824,000,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
2	.	United Kingdom	$1,262,000,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
3	.	Hong Kong	$1,200,000,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
4	.	Belgium	$1,184,000,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
5	.	France	$1,110,000,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
6	.	Germany	$932,800,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
7	.	China	$909,800,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
8	.	Spain	$663,100,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
9	.	Switzerland	$634,300,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
10	.	Canada	$624,500,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
11	.	Netherlands	$608,900,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
12	.	Australia	$598,700,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
13	.	Russia	$596,200,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
14	.	Brazil	$595,900,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
15	.	Singapore	$522,100,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
16	.	Italy	$369,500,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
17	.	Sweden	$356,500,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
18	.	Mexico	$320,800,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
19	.	Austria	$290,200,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
20	.	Ireland	$260,500,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
21	.	India	$256,600,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
22	.	Saudi Arabia	$221,200,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
23	.	Poland	$194,900,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
24	.	Norway	$192,500,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
25	.	Chile	$179,900,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
26	.	South Africa	$162,900,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
27	.	Thailand	$158,700,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
28	.	Japan	$144,800,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
29	.	Korea, South	$137,500,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
30	.	Czech Republic	$129,200,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
31	.	Portugal	$128,200,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
32	.	Indonesia	$125,800,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
33	.	Malaysia	$123,000,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
34	.	Denmark	$120,700,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
35	.	Turkey	$117,600,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
36	.	Angola	$115,500,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
37	.	Colombia	$111,500,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
38	.	Kazakhstan	$105,500,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
39	.	Trinidad and Tobago	$102,000,000,000		31 Dec 2008 est.
40	.	Argentina	$100,400,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
41	.	Tajikistan	$100,300,000,000		31 Dec 2009 est.
42	.	United Arab Emirates	$91,560,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
43	.	Nigeria	$85,730,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
44	.	Finland	$84,320,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
45	.	Hungary	$76,620,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
46	.	New Zealand	$75,770,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
47	.	Vietnam	$75,450,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
48	.	Romania	$74,490,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
49	.	Egypt	$73,810,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
50	.	Israel	$73,070,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
51	.	Peru	$59,490,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
52	.	Taiwan	$58,400,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
53	.	Ukraine	$54,360,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
54	.	Slovakia	$53,090,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
55	.	Bulgaria	$52,290,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
56	.	Morocco	$49,930,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
57	.	Venezuela	$49,600,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
58	.	Qatar	$43,830,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
59	.	Croatia	$35,560,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
60	.	Tunisia	$33,660,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
61	.	Cyprus	$29,380,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
62	.	Philippines	$28,580,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
63	.	Greece	$27,260,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
64	.	Serbia	$27,000,000,000		31 Dec 2009 est.
65	.	Iran	$24,760,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
66	.	Algeria	$24,680,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
67	.	Jordan	$24,630,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
68	.	Dominican Republic	$24,180,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
69	.	Pakistan	$22,380,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
70	.	Kosovo	$21,200,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
71	.	Costa Rica	$18,590,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
72	.	Slovenia	$17,910,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
73	.	Malta	$17,250,000,000		31 Dec 2010
74	.	Libya	$17,150,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
75	.	Bahrain	$16,870,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
76	.	Estonia	$16,760,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
77	.	Lithuania	$15,750,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
78	.	Latvia	$13,360,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
79	.	Ecuador	$13,110,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
80	.	Macau	$12,100,000,000		2008 est.
81	.	Azerbaijan	$11,700,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
82	.	Georgia	$9,305,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
83	.	Uruguay	$9,304,000,000		2010
84	.	El Salvador	$8,747,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
85	.	Bangladesh	$7,849,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
86	.	Bolivia	$7,370,000,000		31 Dec 2011
87	.	Mongolia	$4,715,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
88	.	Macedonia	$4,036,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
89	.	Kuwait	$3,194,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
90	.	Moldova	$3,100,000,000		30 Sep 2011 est.
91	.	Kenya	$3,018,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
92	.	Mali	$2,556,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
93	.	Liberia	$2,353,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
94	.	Kyrgyzstan	$1,669,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
95	.	Haiti	$753,300,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
96	.	Rwanda	$591,900,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
97	.	Vanuatu	$527,100,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
98	.	Sierra Leone	$477,100,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
99	.	Djibouti	$331,600,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
100	.	Lesotho	$242,000,000		31 Dec 2012 est.
101	.	Paraguay	$3,393,000		31 Dec 2010
102	.	Suriname	NA		NA
103	.	Syria	NA		NA
104	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
105	.	Southern Ocean	NA		NA
106	.	Sudan	NA		NA
107	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
108	.	Swaziland	NA		NA
109	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
110	.	Somalia	NA		NA
111	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
112	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
113	.	Solomon Islands	NA		NA
114	.	Sri Lanka	NA		NA
115	.	Turkmenistan	NA		NA
116	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
117	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
118	.	Tanzania	NA		NA
119	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
120	.	Timor-Leste	NA		NA
121	.	Tonga	NA		NA
122	.	Togo	NA		NA
123	.	Uganda	NA		NA
124	.	World	NA		NA
125	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
126	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
127	.	West Bank	NA		NA
128	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
129	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
130	.	Yemen	NA		NA
131	.	Uzbekistan	NA		NA
132	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
133	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
134	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
135	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
136	.	Panama	NA		NA
137	.	Palau	NA		NA
138	.	Oman	NA		NA
139	.	Papua New Guinea	NA		NA
140	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
141	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
142	.	Pacific Ocean	NA		NA
143	.	Niue	NA		NA
144	.	Maldives	NA		NA
145	.	Mauritania	NA		NA
146	.	Mauritius	NA		NA
147	.	Lebanon	NA		NA
148	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
149	.	Luxembourg	NA		NA
150	.	Madagascar	NA		NA
151	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
152	.	Malawi	NA		NA
153	.	Niger	NA		NA
154	.	Monaco	NA		NA
155	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
156	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
157	.	Montenegro	NA		NA
158	.	Nicaragua	NA		NA
159	.	Nauru	NA		NA
160	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	NA		NA
161	.	Mozambique	NA		NA
162	.	Namibia	NA		NA
163	.	Nepal	NA		NA
164	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
165	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
166	.	Cuba	NA		NA
167	.	Curacao	NA		NA
168	.	Dominica	NA		NA
169	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
170	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
171	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
172	.	Cote d'Ivoire	NA		NA
173	.	Equatorial Guinea	NA		NA
174	.	Congo, Republic of the	NA		NA
175	.	Samoa	NA		NA
176	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
177	.	Senegal	NA		NA
178	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
179	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
180	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
181	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
182	.	Seychelles	NA		NA
183	.	Sao Tome and Principe	NA		NA
184	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
185	.	San Marino	NA		NA
186	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
187	.	Iraq	NA		NA
188	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
189	.	Korea, North	NA		NA
190	.	Laos	NA		NA
191	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
192	.	Jamaica	NA		NA
193	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
194	.	Jersey	NA		NA
195	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
196	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
197	.	Burma	NA		NA
198	.	Cambodia	NA		NA
199	.	Chad	NA		NA
200	.	Cape Verde	NA		NA
201	.	Burkina Faso	NA		NA
202	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
203	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA		NA
204	.	Central African Republic	NA		NA
205	.	Comoros	NA		NA
206	.	Cameroon	NA		NA
207	.	Burundi	NA		NA
208	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
209	.	Ghana	NA		NA
210	.	Gambia, The	NA		NA
211	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
212	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
213	.	Gabon	NA		NA
214	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
215	.	Fiji	NA		NA
216	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
217	.	Eritrea	NA		NA
218	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
219	.	European Union	NA		NA
220	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
221	.	Ethiopia	NA		NA
222	.	Grenada	NA		NA
223	.	Honduras	NA		NA
224	.	Guinea	NA		NA
225	.	Guam	NA		NA
226	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
227	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
228	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
229	.	Iceland	NA		NA
230	.	Guatemala	NA		NA
231	.	Indian Ocean	NA		NA
232	.	Guyana	NA		NA
233	.	Guinea-Bissau	NA		NA
234	.	Greenland	NA		NA
235	.	Arctic Ocean	NA		NA
236	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
237	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
238	.	Afghanistan	NA		NA
239	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
240	.	Atlantic Ocean	NA		NA
241	.	Zimbabwe	NA		NA
242	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
243	.	Antigua and Barbuda	NA		NA
244	.	Albania	NA		NA
245	.	Andorra	NA		NA
246	.	Aruba	NA		NA
247	.	Zambia	NA		NA
248	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
249	.	Armenia	NA		NA
250	.	Botswana	NA		NA
251	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA		NA
252	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
253	.	Bhutan	NA		NA
254	.	Bermuda	NA		NA
255	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
256	.	Belize	NA		NA
257	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
258	.	Belarus	NA		NA
259	.	Barbados	NA		NA
260	.	Brunei	NA		NA
261	.	Bahamas, The	NA		NA
262	.	Benin	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Stock of direct foreign investment - at home 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 - at home 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Stock of direct foreign investment - at home 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.