Economy > Foreign direct investment > FDI > FDI flows and stocks > Inward FDI stocks: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Foreign direct investment is defined as investment by a resident entity in one economy with the objective of obtaining a lasting interest in an enterprise resident in another economy. The lasting interest means the existence of a long-term relationship between the direct investor and the enterprise and a significant degree of influence by the direct investor on the management of the direct investment enterprise. The ownership of at least 10% of the voting power, representing the influence by the investor, is the basic criterion used. Hence, control by the foreign investor is not required.

Inward stocks are the direct investments held by non-residents in the reporting economy; outward stocks are the investments of the reporting economy held abroad.

The stock tables also show the distribution of stocks according to broad sectors of the industry, namely manufacturing and services.

Negative flows may generally indicate disinvestments or the impact of substantial reimbursements of inter-company loans.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	United States	$2.15 million Million US dollars	2009
2	United Kingdom	$1.13 million Million US dollars	2009
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	$797,740.57 Million US dollars	2009
3	France	$771,499.00 Million US dollars	2009
4	Germany	$750,196.00 Million US dollars	2009
5	Netherlands	$502,226.00 Million US dollars	2009
6	Spain	$442,787.00 Million US dollars	2009
7	Canada	$376,535.00 Million US dollars	2009
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	$322,913.96 Million US dollars	2009
8	Italy	$294,877.00 Million US dollars	2009
9	Australia	$249,867.00 Million US dollars	2009
10	Mexico	$236,231.00 Million US dollars	2009
11	Sweden	$226,387.00 Million US dollars	2009
12	Switzerland	$218,024.00 Million US dollars	2009
13	Ireland	$156,591.00 Million US dollars	2009
14	Denmark	$135,385.00 Million US dollars	2009
15	Poland	$124,363.00 Million US dollars	2009
16	South Korea	$119,143.00 Million US dollars	2009
17	Japan	$107,634.00 Million US dollars	2009
18	Norway	$99,493.00 Million US dollars	2009
19	Turkey	$88,309.00 Million US dollars	2009
20	Portugal	$87,959.00 Million US dollars	2009
21	Austria	$84,025.00 Million US dollars	2009
22	Hungary	$81,607.00 Million US dollars	2009
23	Czech Republic	$79,838.00 Million US dollars	2009
24	Finland	$67,991.00 Million US dollars	2009
25	Luxembourg	$66,658.00 Million US dollars	2009
26	New Zealand	$63,358.00 Million US dollars	2009
27	Greece	$41,317.00 Million US dollars	2009
28	Slovakia	$38,334.00 Million US dollars	2009
29	Iceland	$7,833.00 Million US dollars	2009

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