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Average share of foreign investment

Average share of inward foreign direct investment in 25 Index countries, based on ten-year cumulative flows of foreign capital investment (2010–19)

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

Average share of foreign investment

Average share of inward foreign direct investment in 25 Index countries, based on ten-year cumulative flows of foreign capital investment (2010–19)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — China
    18.79% 2010-2019
  • 2 75.4 United States
    14.17% 2010-2019
  • 3 66.4 Japan
    12.48% 2010-2019
  • 4 +1 28.9 South Korea
    5.43% 2010-2019
  • 5 +2 23.0 Thailand
    4.31% 2010-2019
  • 6 +2 19.6 Singapore
    3.69% 2010-2019
  • 7 −3 18.9 India
    3.55% 2010-2019
  • 8 +1 16.9 Australia
    3.17% 2010-2019
  • 9 −3 14.3 Malaysia
    2.68% 2010-2019
  • 10 9.3 Taiwan
    1.75% 2010-2019
  • 11 5.6 Vietnam
    1.05% 2010-2019
  • 12 3.6 Russia
    0.68% 2010-2019
  • 13 +1 2.7 Philippines
    0.51% 2010-2019
  • 14 −1 1.3 — New Zealand
    0.25% 2010-2019
  • 15 1.0 — Indonesia
    0.19% 2010-2019
  • 16 0.6 Cambodia
    0.11% 2010-2019
  • 17 +1 0.3 — Nepal
    0.05% 2010-2019
  • 18 −1 0.2 — Pakistan
    0.04% 2010-2019
  • 19 +3 0.1 — Bangladesh
    0.02% 2010-2019
  • 20 −1 0.1 — Sri Lanka
    0.02% 2010-2019
  • 21 −1 0.1 — Laos
    0.02% 2010-2019
  • 22 −1 0.1 — Myanmar
    0.01% 2010-2019
  • 23 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
    0.01% 2010-2019
  • 24 −1 0.0 — Brunei
    0.01% 2010-2019
  • 25 −1 0.0 — Mongolia
    0.00% 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — North Korea
    0.00%* 2010-2019
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