Countries by Foreign Direct Investment Inflows 2024
About This Dataset
Countries by Foreign Direct Investment Inflows 2024
Countries ranked by total foreign direct investment inflows in 2024, measured in billions of USD according to UNCTAD World Investment Report data. The United States remains the world's top destination for FDI, though emerging markets in Asia have attracted record inflows in recent years.
Analysis
The top three in FDI Inflows (Billion USD) in 2024 are United States (311), China (163) and Singapore (141). The 8 entries cover a range of 274, from 311 down to 37. Most of that gap is between first and second alone (148 of 274); the other 7 are separated by just 126. Only 2 of the 8 reach even half the leader's figure (155.5 or more).
Source:
UNCTAD
Key Findings
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United States leads in FDI Inflows (Billion USD) with 311 in 2024.
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Average FDI Inflows (Billion USD) in 2024: 108 · median: 64.
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Gap in 2024: United States is 8.4× larger than France.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- UNCTAD
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2024 · 8 observations
- Measure
- FDI Inflows (Billion USD)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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