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FDI outflows

We expect that FDI flies from developed to developing countries:

Table 1: Net FDI outflows
N	iso3c	country	date	FDI outflows
1	NLD	Netherlands	2007	596418054303
2	USA	United States	2007	523890000000
3	GBR	United Kingdom	2007	370395276357
4	JPN	Japan	2019	258457886600
5	BEL	Belgium	2008	223255888880
6	CHN	China	2016	216424460754
7	IRL	Ireland	2015	189626666836
8	DEU	Germany	2018	186653740903
9	CHE	Switzerland	2016	183440836439
10	FRA	France	2000	173596181560
11	HUN	Hungary	2020	150901389443
12	ESP	Spain	2007	146475065535
13	HKG	Hong Kong SAR, China	2014	140892065504
14	ITA	Italy	2007	119993334874
15	VGB	British Virgin Islands	2013	104600149000

Table 2: Net FDI outflows as a % of GDP
N	iso3c	country	date	FDI relative outflows
1	CYM	Cayman Islands	2015	1602.53
2	CYP	Cyprus	2012	301.25
3	MLT	Malta	2006	219.23
4	LUX	Luxembourg	2007	140.10
5	HUN	Hungary	2020	97.35
6	LBR	Liberia	2000	89.23
7	NLD	Netherlands	2006	71.41
8	IRL	Ireland	2015	65.05
9	ABW	Aruba	1990	63.66
10	HKG	Hong Kong SAR, China	2014	48.34
11	BEL	Belgium	1999	47.38
12	ISL	Iceland	2007	47.18
13	TGO	Togo	2011	32.70
14	AZE	Azerbaijan	2005	30.33
15	CHE	Switzerland	2016	26.37

FDI inflows

We expect that FDI flies from developed to developing countries:

Table 3: Net FDI inflows
N	iso3c	country	date	FDI inflows
1	NLD	Netherlands	2007	733826501995
2	USA	United States	2015	511434000000
3	GBR	United Kingdom	2016	324813224213
4	CHN	China	2013	290928431467
5	DEU	Germany	2000	248007397122
6	IRL	Ireland	2015	237060224929
7	BEL	Belgium	2008	190391844689
8	HKG	Hong Kong SAR, China	2015	181047431127
9	CHE	Switzerland	2016	167027624500
10	CAN	Canada	2007	120451484862
11	SGP	Singapore	2019	120439465116
12	VGB	British Virgin Islands	2013	113423720000
13	BRA	Brazil	2011	102427228231
14	HUN	Hungary	2019	92164560624
15	FRA	France	2005	85137061931

Table 4: Net FDI inflows as a % of GDP
N	iso3c	country	date	FDI relative inflows
1	CYM	Cayman Islands	2015	1704.59
2	LIE	Liechtenstein	2015	1282.63
3	MLT	Malta	2007	449.08
4	CYP	Cyprus	2012	280.13
5	GNQ	Equatorial Guinea	1996	161.82
6	LBR	Liberia	2010	103.34
7	NLD	Netherlands	2007	86.59
8	IRL	Ireland	2015	81.32
9	LUX	Luxembourg	2006	75.96
10	HKG	Hong Kong SAR, China	2015	58.52
11	SYC	Seychelles	2012	57.84
12	HUN	Hungary	2019	56.37
13	AZE	Azerbaijan	2003	55.07
14	BRN	Brunei Darussalam	1970	47.76
15	BEL	Belgium	1999	46.36

Last updated on Sep 23, 2021