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Global investment outflows

Three-year cumulative flows of outward foreign capital investment (2017-2019)

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for global investment outflows. Embed

Global investment outflows

Three-year cumulative flows of outward foreign capital investment (2017-2019)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — United States
    $ 429 Bn 2017-2019
  • 2 51.9 China
    $ 222 Bn 2017-2019
  • 3 37.6 Japan
    $ 161 Bn 2017-2019
  • 4 +1 20.3 South Korea
    $ 87.1 Bn 2017-2019
  • 5 +1 14.9 Singapore
    $ 63.9 Bn 2017-2019
  • 6 +1 13.7 Taiwan
    $ 58.7 Bn 2017-2019
  • 7 −3 12.8 Russia
    $ 54.7 Bn 2017-2019
  • 8 +17 7.4 Australia
    $ 31.9 Bn 2017-2019
  • 9 −1 6.5 Thailand
    $ 28.0 Bn 2017-2019
  • 10 −1 6.4 India
    $ 27.4 Bn 2017-2019
  • 11 −1 2.8 Malaysia
    $ 12.0 Bn 2017-2019
  • 12 −1 2.4 — Philippines
    $ 10.4 Bn 2017-2019
  • 13 0.9 — New Zealand
    $ 3.71 Bn 2017-2019
  • 14 −2 0.6 Vietnam
    $ 2.66 Bn 2017-2019
  • 15 +9 0.4 — Indonesia
    $ 1.73 Bn 2017-2019
  • 16 0.3 Bangladesh
    $ 1.47 Bn 2017-2019
  • 17 +1 0.2 Pakistan
    $ 850 M 2017-2019
  • 18 −3 0.1 Sri Lanka
    $ 454 M 2017-2019
  • 19 +2 0.1 Nepal
    $ 343 M 2017-2019
  • 20 0.0 Mongolia
    $ 161 M 2017-2019
  • 21 −4 0.0 Brunei
    $ 52 M 2017-2019
  • 22 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
    $ 34 M 2017-2019
  • 23 −2 0.0 Myanmar
    $ 16 M 2017-2019
  • 24 −10 0.0 Cambodia
    $ 8 M 2017-2019
  • 26 −7 0.0 Laos
    $ 0 2017-2019
  • 26 −5 0.0 North Korea
    $ 0 2017-2019
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