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Primary foreign investor

Index countries in which state is the primary regional inward foreign direct investor, 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 primary foreign investor. Embed

Primary foreign investor

Index countries in which state is the primary regional inward foreign direct investor, 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
    9* 2010-2019
  • 2 −1 77.8 United States
    7* 2010-2019
  • 3 55.6 Japan
    5* 2010-2019
  • 4 22.2 India
    2* 2010-2019
  • 5 11.1 Australia
    1* 2010-2019
  • 5 11.1 South Korea
    1* 2010-2019
  • 5 11.1 Thailand
    1* 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Bangladesh
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Brunei
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Cambodia
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Indonesia
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Laos
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Malaysia
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Mongolia
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Myanmar
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Nepal
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — New Zealand
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — North Korea
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Pakistan
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Philippines
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Russia
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Singapore
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Sri Lanka
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Taiwan
    — 2010-2019
  • 26 0.0 — Vietnam
    — 2010-2019
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