This entry gives the cumulative US dollar value of all investments in the home country made directly by residents - primarily companies - of other countries as of the end of the time period indicated. Direct investment excludes investment through purchase of shares.

List by rank

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
257	.	Afghanistan	NA		NA
246	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
247	.	Albania	NA		NA
66	.	Algeria	$24,530,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
261	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
253	.	Andorra	NA		NA
35	.	Angola	$101,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
252	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
249	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
259	.	Antigua and Barbuda	NA		NA
260	.	Arctic Ocean	NA		NA
38	.	Argentina	$93,350,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
254	.	Armenia	NA		NA
250	.	Aruba	NA		NA
258	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
262	.	Atlantic Ocean	NA		NA
12	.	Australia	$548,500,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
19	.	Austria	$261,800,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
81	.	Azerbaijan	$9,631,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
255	.	Bahamas, The	NA		NA
76	.	Bahrain	$15,290,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
85	.	Bangladesh	$7,216,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
256	.	Barbados	NA		NA
154	.	Belarus	NA		NA
6	.	Belgium	$983,900,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
141	.	Belize	NA		NA
149	.	Benin	NA		NA
248	.	Bermuda	NA		NA
142	.	Bhutan	NA		NA
84	.	Bolivia	$7,257,000,000		31 Dec 2010
140	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA		NA
148	.	Botswana	NA		NA
150	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
13	.	Brazil	$426,400,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
145	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
151	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
251	.	Brunei	NA		NA
53	.	Bulgaria	$52,950,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
146	.	Burkina Faso	NA		NA
147	.	Burma	NA		NA
153	.	Burundi	NA		NA
143	.	Cambodia	NA		NA
156	.	Cameroon	NA		NA
9	.	Canada	$596,800,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
152	.	Cape Verde	NA		NA
139	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
144	.	Central African Republic	NA		NA
155	.	Chad	NA		NA
25	.	Chile	$155,600,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
7	.	China	$776,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
162	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
161	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
170	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
39	.	Colombia	$92,420,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
157	.	Comoros	NA		NA
166	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA		NA
165	.	Congo, Republic of the	NA		NA
160	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
163	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
75	.	Costa Rica	$15,400,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
167	.	Cote d'Ivoire	NA		NA
60	.	Croatia	$33,440,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
168	.	Cuba	NA		NA
164	.	Curacao	NA		NA
59	.	Cyprus	$33,510,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
28	.	Czech Republic	$135,400,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
26	.	Denmark	$151,300,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
158	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
159	.	Djibouti	NA		NA
169	.	Dominica	NA		NA
69	.	Dominican Republic	$20,710,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
79	.	Ecuador	$12,510,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
45	.	Egypt	$75,700,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
83	.	El Salvador	$8,060,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
174	.	Equatorial Guinea	NA		NA
185	.	Eritrea	NA		NA
71	.	Estonia	$18,390,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
178	.	Ethiopia	NA		NA
187	.	European Union	NA		NA
172	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
184	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
173	.	Fiji	NA		NA
41	.	Finland	$87,590,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
2	.	France	$1,186,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
180	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
176	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
171	.	Gabon	NA		NA
186	.	Gambia, The	NA		NA
175	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
179	.	Georgia	NA		NA
5	.	Germany	$998,100,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
181	.	Ghana	NA		NA
183	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
58	.	Greece	$35,760,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
177	.	Greenland	NA		NA
182	.	Grenada	NA		NA
235	.	Guam	NA		NA
224	.	Guatemala	NA		NA
230	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
228	.	Guinea	NA		NA
233	.	Guinea-Bissau	NA		NA
231	.	Guyana	NA		NA
220	.	Haiti	NA		NA
234	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
225	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
226	.	Honduras	NA		NA
3	.	Hong Kong	$1,141,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
47	.	Hungary	$73,930,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
223	.	Iceland	NA		NA
21	.	India	$225,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
232	.	Indian Ocean	NA		NA
33	.	Indonesia	$105,700,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
72	.	Iran	$18,020,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
222	.	Iraq	NA		NA
20	.	Ireland	$261,500,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
229	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
43	.	Israel	$82,820,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
14	.	Italy	$412,100,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
227	.	Jamaica	NA		NA
221	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
27	.	Japan	$146,700,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
243	.	Jersey	NA		NA
67	.	Jordan	$22,560,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
40	.	Kazakhstan	$91,980,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
88	.	Kenya	$2,691,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
236	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
90	.	Korea, North	$1,475,000,000		31 Dec 2010 est.
29	.	Korea, South	$130,300,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
68	.	Kosovo	$21,200,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
87	.	Kuwait	$3,028,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
240	.	Kyrgyzstan	NA		NA
239	.	Laos	NA		NA
78	.	Latvia	$13,070,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
245	.	Lebanon	NA		NA
238	.	Lesotho	NA		NA
244	.	Liberia	NA		NA
70	.	Libya	$19,590,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
242	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
77	.	Lithuania	$15,010,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
237	.	Luxembourg	NA		NA
80	.	Macau	$12,100,000,000		2008 est.
86	.	Macedonia	$3,739,000,000		31 Oct 2010 est.
213	.	Madagascar	NA		NA
241	.	Malawi	NA		NA
42	.	Malaysia	$82,990,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
205	.	Maldives	NA		NA
215	.	Mali	NA		NA
73	.	Malta	$16,630,000,000		31 Dec 2010
219	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
209	.	Mauritania	NA		NA
208	.	Mauritius	NA		NA
207	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
17	.	Mexico	$321,500,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
203	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	NA		NA
89	.	Moldova	$2,649,000,000		1 Jan 2010 est.
210	.	Monaco	NA		NA
206	.	Mongolia	NA		NA
211	.	Montenegro	NA		NA
217	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
56	.	Morocco	$45,030,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
218	.	Mozambique	NA		NA
212	.	Namibia	NA		NA
204	.	Nauru	NA		NA
214	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
216	.	Nepal	NA		NA
10	.	Netherlands	$590,300,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
94	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
49	.	New Zealand	$71,030,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
103	.	Nicaragua	NA		NA
101	.	Niger	NA		NA
46	.	Nigeria	$75,690,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
105	.	Niue	NA		NA
104	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
93	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
24	.	Norway	$156,500,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
99	.	Oman	NA		NA
98	.	Pacific Ocean	NA		NA
63	.	Pakistan	$31,260,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
97	.	Palau	NA		NA
100	.	Panama	NA		NA
96	.	Papua New Guinea	NA		NA
106	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
91	.	Paraguay	$3,393,000		31 Dec 2010
55	.	Peru	$51,050,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
64	.	Philippines	$27,370,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
95	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
23	.	Poland	$205,100,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
32	.	Portugal	$109,800,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
102	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
62	.	Qatar	$32,290,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
48	.	Romania	$72,260,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
16	.	Russia	$343,400,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
107	.	Rwanda	NA		NA
122	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
115	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
121	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
117	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
113	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
120	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
109	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
112	.	Samoa	NA		NA
114	.	San Marino	NA		NA
108	.	Sao Tome and Principe	NA		NA
22	.	Saudi Arabia	$214,700,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
116	.	Senegal	NA		NA
65	.	Serbia	$25,420,000,000		31 Dec 2009 est.
111	.	Seychelles	NA		NA
123	.	Sierra Leone	NA		NA
18	.	Singapore	$318,200,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
118	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
54	.	Slovakia	$52,790,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
74	.	Slovenia	$15,920,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
110	.	Solomon Islands	NA		NA
119	.	Somalia	NA		NA
30	.	South Africa	$124,600,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
134	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
124	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
136	.	Southern Ocean	NA		NA
8	.	Spain	$634,200,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
132	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
128	.	Sri Lanka	NA		NA
130	.	Sudan	NA		NA
138	.	Suriname	NA		NA
135	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
125	.	Swaziland	NA		NA
15	.	Sweden	$359,900,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
11	.	Switzerland	$580,200,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
133	.	Syria	NA		NA
51	.	Taiwan	$65,260,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
36	.	Tajikistan	$100,300,000,000		31 Dec 2009 est.
126	.	Tanzania	NA		NA
31	.	Thailand	$119,500,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
129	.	Timor-Leste	NA		NA
131	.	Togo	NA		NA
127	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
137	.	Tonga	NA		NA
34	.	Trinidad and Tobago	$102,000,000,000		31 Dec 2008 est.
61	.	Tunisia	$32,510,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
37	.	Turkey	$98,980,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
197	.	Turkmenistan	NA		NA
190	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
192	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
202	.	Uganda	NA		NA
52	.	Ukraine	$59,300,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
44	.	United Arab Emirates	$81,330,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
4	.	United Kingdom	$1,136,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
1	.	United States	$2,874,000,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
198	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
82	.	Uruguay	$9,100,000,000		30 Sep 2010
188	.	Uzbekistan	NA		NA
201	.	Vanuatu	NA		NA
57	.	Venezuela	$38,520,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
50	.	Vietnam	$67,650,000,000		31 Dec 2011 est.
193	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
199	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
196	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
191	.	West Bank	NA		NA
189	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
195	.	World	NA		NA
200	.	Yemen	NA		NA
194	.	Zambia	NA		NA
92	.	Zimbabwe	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Stock of direct foreign investment - at home 2012 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2012. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Stock of direct foreign investment - at home 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Stock of direct foreign investment - at home 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.