Foreign direct investment, net inflows
% of GDP
Long-term capital invested in the country by non-residents, net of disinvestment.
Median : 1.9 % · 54 countries · latest available value : 2025
- 1 Guinea 27.4 % 2025 +21.8 pp
- 2 Mozambique 25.8 % 2025 +10.4 pp
- 3 The Gambia 10.6 % 2025 +0.9 pp
- 4 São Tomé and Príncipe 10.5 % 2025 +5.9 pp
- 5 Seychelles 10.0 % 2025 −0.2 pp
- 6 Namibia 9.6 % 2025 −4.6 pp
- 7 Liberia 9.5 % 2025 −0.3 pp
- 8 Somalia 6.4 % 2025 +0.0 pp
- 9 Rwanda 5.9 % 2025 +2.1 pp
- 10 Mauritania 5.4 % 2025 −7.8 pp
- 11 Uganda 5.4 % 2025 −0.4 pp
- 12 Cabo Verde 5.0 % 2025 +1.0 pp
- 13 Mauritius 5.0 % 2025 +0.4 pp
- 14 Madagascar 4.5 % 2025 +1.1 pp
- 15 Zambia 4.5 % 2025 −4.8 pp
- 16 Egypt 4.2 % 2025 −7.7 pp
- 17 Republic of the Congo 3.7 % 2025 −0.2 pp
- 18 Malawi 3.6 % 2025 +0.6 pp
- 19 Djibouti 3.2 % 2025 +1.6 pp
- 20 Ethiopia 3.0 % 2025 +0.3 pp
- 21 Mali 2.8 % 2025 −0.6 pp
- 22 Sierra Leone 2.4 % 2025 +0.6 pp
- 23 Equatorial Guinea 2.3 % 2025 +0.9 pp
- 24 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.1 % 2025 −1.8 pp
- 25 Côte d’Ivoire 2.0 % 2025 −1.6 pp
- 26 Tunisia 2.0 % 2025 +0.5 pp
- 27 Benin 2.0 % 2025 +0.1 pp
- 28 Tanzania 1.9 % 2025 −0.3 pp
- 29 Zimbabwe 1.9 % 2025 +0.8 pp
- 30 Togo 1.9 % 2025 −0.0 pp
- 31 Morocco 1.8 % 2025 +0.7 pp
- 32 Angola 1.8 % 2025 +2.9 pp
- 33 Gabon 1.8 % 2025 +0.3 pp
- 34 Libya 1.7 % 2025 +0.3 pp
- 35 Ghana 1.7 % 2025 −0.4 pp
- 36 Central African Republic 1.4 % 2025 −0.0 pp
- 37 Nigeria 1.4 % 2025 +0.7 pp
- 38 Guinea-Bissau 1.3 % 2025 +0.1 pp
- 39 Lesotho 1.3 % 2025 +0.7 pp
- 40 Niger 1.2 % 2025 −0.6 pp
- 41 Burkina Faso 1.1 % 2025 +2.0 pp
- 42 Burundi 1.0 % 2025 −0.1 pp
- 43 Eswatini 1.0 % 2025 −1.8 pp
- 44 Cameroon 1.0 % 2025 −0.7 pp
- 45 Kenya 0.8 % 2025 +0.2 pp
- 46 Algeria 0.5 % 2025 +0.1 pp
- 47 Comoros 0.5 % 2025 +0.1 pp
- 48 Eritrea 0.3 % 2011* −0.1 pp
- 49 Senegal 0.1 % 2025 −10.2 pp
- 50 Chad 0.0 % 2025 +0.0 pp
- 51 South Sudan 0.0 % 2015* −0.0 pp
- 52 Sudan 0.0 % 2025 −0.0 pp
- 53 South Africa -0.5 % 2025 −1.1 pp
- 54 Botswana -3.3 % 2025 −6.3 pp
Each country is ranked on the latest value published by the source; the year is shown next to the value. * data older than the most recent year available.