This is the list of countries by flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) abroad. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.

According to the World Bank, "Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. In the following table, WB figures shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars."

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, "outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows record the value of cross-border direct investment transactions from the reporting economy during a year. Outward flows represent transactions that increase the investment that investors in the reporting economy have in enterprises in the destination country less any transactions that decrease the investment that investors in the reporting economy have in enterprises in the destination country. Net Outward FDI = Investments by resident parents in their affiliates abroad and investments (mostly loans) by resident fellow enterprises in other fellows abroad, where those fellows are ultimately controlled by a resident parent, minus reverse investments: investments (mostly loans) by foreign affiliates in their resident parents and by foreign fellow enterprises in resident fellows, where those fellows are ultimately controlled by a resident parent."

Foreign direct investment, net outflows

Sorting is alphabetical by country code, according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3.

Country/Territory/Region/Group WB OECD Foreign direct investment,net outflows Outward FDI flows mil US$ Year % of GDP Year mil USD Year WORLD 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2021 2021 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2006 2006 2023 2023 2002 2002 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 1990 1990 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2000 2000 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2014 2014 2019 2019 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 1999 1999 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024 2024 2024 2022 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2006 2006 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2022 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 1998 1998 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2021 2021 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2010 2010 2024 2024 2023 2023 2017 2015 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2018 2018 1999 1999 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2021 2021 2003 2003 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2014 2023 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024 2024 2023 2023 2019 2018 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 SIDS (Small Island Developing States) SIDS: Caribbean 2024 2023 SIDS: Pacific 2024 2023 LDCs (Least developed countries) 2024 2023 Low & middle income economies (WB) 2024 2024 Low-income economies (WB) 2024 2023 Middle-income economies (WB) 2024 2024 Lower middle income economies (WB) 2024 2024 Upper middle income economies (WB) 2024 2024 High-income economies (WB) 2024 2024 European Union 2024 2024 2024 OECD 2024 2024 2024Note: The following countries have been removed for having no data or zero-value old data:Bhutan, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, and Syria. References

See also List of countries by received FDI