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Investment attractiveness

Ten-year cumulative flows of inward foreign capital investment (2010-19)

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

Investment attractiveness

Ten-year cumulative flows of inward foreign capital investment (2010-19)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 0.5 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — China
    $ 883 Bn 2010-2019
  • 2 85.2 United States
    $ 752 Bn 2010-2019
  • 3 45.9 India
    $ 406 Bn 2010-2019
  • 4 24.2 Vietnam
    $ 214 Bn 2010-2019
  • 5 23.6 Australia
    $ 209 Bn 2010-2019
  • 6 22.4 Indonesia
    $ 198 Bn 2010-2019
  • 7 21.6 Russia
    $ 191 Bn 2010-2019
  • 8 14.6 Malaysia
    $ 129 Bn 2010-2019
  • 9 14.4 — Singapore
    $ 128 Bn 2010-2019
  • 10 +3 9.7 Philippines
    $ 86.4 Bn 2010-2019
  • 11 +1 8.8 — Japan
    $ 78.3 Bn 2010-2019
  • 12 −2 8.8 South Korea
    $ 78.0 Bn 2010-2019
  • 13 −2 7.5 Thailand
    $ 66.2 Bn 2010-2019
  • 14 6.5 Pakistan
    $ 58.1 Bn 2010-2019
  • 15 6.0 — Myanmar
    $ 53.4 Bn 2010-2019
  • 16 4.2 — Taiwan
    $ 37.4 Bn 2010-2019
  • 17 +1 3.3 Bangladesh
    $ 29.5 Bn 2010-2019
  • 18 −1 2.6 Cambodia
    $ 23.5 Bn 2010-2019
  • 19 1.9 — Sri Lanka
    $ 16.8 Bn 2010-2019
  • 20 +1 1.7 — New Zealand
    $ 15.7 Bn 2010-2019
  • 21 −1 1.5 — Laos
    $ 13.6 Bn 2010-2019
  • 22 1.4 — Mongolia
    $ 13.1 Bn 2010-2019
  • 23 1.0 — Papua New Guinea
    $ 9.18 Bn 2010-2019
  • 24 −1 0.7 — Brunei
    $ 6.90 Bn 2010-2019
  • 25 −1 0.3 — Nepal
    $ 3.12 Bn 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — North Korea
    $ 369 M 2010-2019
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