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Data for 1990
Figures for 1990, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1990 covers 160 countries on 2 measures. Liberia is highest, at 37.84245; Suriname is lowest, at -10.21565. The middle country reads 0.80512.
Foreign Direct Investment Inflows · Data for 1990
HighestLiberia
37.84245LowestSuriname
-10.21565Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
01Values only
Every country and every column of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1990, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 160 countries · select a heading to sort
| 37.84245 | 225.24 | — | |
| 22.45244 | 48.78 | — | |
| 15.30602 | 18.35 | — | |
| 15.24924 | 130.50 | — | |
| 14.33407 | 5,574.75 | — | |
| 14.31184 | 10.82 | — | |
| 12.78646 | 58.75 | — | |
| 12.70283 | 9.58 | — | |
| 8.24784 | 45.90 | — | |
| 7.64573 | 13.11 | — | |
| 6.52423 | 11.07 | — | |
| 6.29280 | 84.14 | — | |
| 5.93078 | 2,611.00 | — | |
| 5.72644 | 6.60 | — | |
| 5.56532 | 13.14 | — | |
| 5.34361 | 202.78 | — | |
| 5.01625 | 10.44 | — | |
| 4.34639 | 225.10 | — | |
| 4.25728 | 3,275.07 | — | |
| 4.00061 | 49.04 | — | |
| 3.91893 | 8,046.73 | — | |
| 3.75317 | 7.56 | — | |
| 3.70960 | 1,684.76 | — | |
| 3.68871 | 32.44 | — | |
| 3.47507 | 19.00 | — | |
| 3.47034 | 11,063.32 | — | |
| 3.31437 | 174.90 | — | |
| 3.27421 | 7.67 | — | |
| 3.12987 | 62.38 | — | |
| 3.12946 | 155.41 | — | |
| 3.00225 | 2,363.32 | — | |
| 2.91091 | 2,575.00 | — | |
| 2.80484 | 180.00 | — | |
| 2.78638 | 30,461.12 | — | |
| 2.74150 | 16.12 | — | |
| 2.57707 | 95.90 | — | |
| 2.43804 | 7,904.39 | — | |
| 2.26888 | 28.46 | — | |
| 2.22825 | 162.40 | — | |
| 2.19508 | 135.54 | — | |
| 2.06338 | 5,483.89 | — | |
| 2.04502 | 109.40 | — | |
| 2.02318 | 126.62 | — | |
| 2.01385 | 10,797.15 | — | |
| 1.99507 | 5.60 | — | |
| 1.95803 | 734.00 | — | |
| 1.90284 | 661.20 | — | |
| 1.72733 | 45.79 | — | |
| 1.65416 | 778.19 | — | |
| 1.62913 | 1,002.50 | — | |
| 1.49805 | 40.97 | — | |
| 1.48903 | 553.81 | — | |
| 1.39460 | 132.80 | — | |
| 1.37645 | 67.00 | — | |
| 1.31251 | 16,506.19 | — | |
| 1.30544 | 1,563.80 | — | |
| 1.27200 | 7,582.28 | — | |
| 1.26858 | 1.00 | — | |
| 1.26129 | 621.91 | — | |
| 1.25020 | 7.90 | — | |
| 1.23107 | 142.26 | — | |
| 1.21629 | 73.46 | — | |
| 1.20063 | 14.12 | — | |
| 1.19855 | 1,836.00 | — | |
| 1.19595 | 43.50 | — | |
| 1.17987 | 71.06 | — | |
| 1.13668 | 40.81 | — | |
| 1.10450 | 22.72 | — | |
| 1.08893 | 550.00 | — | |
| 1.05979 | 29.57 | — | |
| 1.04111 | 1,005.00 | — | |
| 0.90816 | 37.65 | — | |
| 0.88406 | 500.00 | — | |
| 0.88378 | 3,487.11 | — | |
| 0.88353 | 59.30 | — | |
| 0.84404 | 126.18 | — | |
| 0.83638 | 2,633.24 | — | |
| 0.82047 | 0.30 | — | |
| 0.81910 | 1,132.15 | — | |
| 0.81202 | 48,422.00 | — | |
| 0.79822 | 1,330.00 | — | |
| 0.77521 | 22.55 | — | |
| 0.75389 | 1,971.18 | — | |
| 0.73587 | 23.30 | — | |
| 0.70911 | 56.93 | — | |
| 0.66534 | 6.00 | — | |
| 0.65609 | 88.70 | — | |
| 0.62107 | 22.16 | — | |
| 0.62022 | 22.39 | — | |
| 0.58473 | 1.60 | — | |
| 0.54574 | 11.21 | — | |
| 0.54420 | 165.00 | — | |
| 0.53871 | 278.33 | — | |
| 0.53588 | 6,344.88 | — | |
| 0.51263 | 9.40 | — | |
| 0.51116 | 158.91 | — | |
| 0.50005 | 5.59 | — | |
| 0.46170 | 43.35 | — | |
| 0.45727 | 17.86 | — | |
| 0.45575 | 644.67 | — | |
| 0.44960 | 41.54 | — | |
| 0.41156 | 57.10 | — | |
| 0.40726 | 48.43 | — | |
| 0.39381 | 653.00 | — | |
| 0.35846 | 40.00 | — | |
| 0.35800 | 1,045.60 | — | |
| 0.33158 | 2.02 | — | |
| 0.32983 | 22.08 | — | |
| 0.32953 | 684.00 | — | |
| 0.31457 | 7.66 | — | |
| 0.29434 | 6.74 | — | |
| 0.26559 | 312.00 | — | |
| 0.24186 | 988.80 | — | |
| 0.22874 | 8.00 | — | |
| 0.22360 | 9.20 | — | |
| 0.22124 | 137.12 | — | |
| 0.21863 | 6.45 | — | |
| 0.17945 | 7.00 | — | |
| 0.17638 | 5.73 | — | |
| 0.16660 | 2,962.36 | — | |
| 0.15714 | 5.94 | — | |
| 0.14115 | 41.10 | — | |
| 0.13272 | 88.00 | — | |
| 0.12348 | 0.20 | — | |
| 0.11201 | 14.80 | — | |
| 0.10933 | 1.26 | — | |
| 0.08997 | 12.20 | — | |
| 0.07694 | 0.39 | — | |
| 0.07210 | 0.25 | — | |
| 0.07191 | 236.69 | — | |
| 0.06630 | 4.88 | — | |
| 0.06478 | 40.00 | — | |
| 0.05890 | 0.26 | — | |
| 0.05669 | 1,806.04 | — | |
| 0.04629 | 0.70 | — | |
| 0.04244 | 6.24 | — | |
| 0.03944 | 1.90 | — | |
| 0.03032 | 5.60 | — | |
| 0.01930 | 4.00 | — | |
| 0.01885 | 0.67 | — | |
| 0.01479 | 0.48 | — | |
| 0.01313 | 0.06 | — | |
| 0.01305 | 0.46 | — | |
| 0.01151 | 3.24 | — | |
| 0.00360 | 1.03 | — | |
| 0.00015 | 0.01 | — | |
| 0.00002 | 0.01 | — | |
| 0.00000 | 0.00 | — | |
| -0.02852 | -6.81 | — | |
| -0.06723 | -78.46 | — | |
| -0.09619 | -14.46 | — | |
| -0.13687 | -5.91 | — | |
| -0.22549 | -115.82 | — | |
| -0.36287 | -17.30 | — | |
| -0.37561 | -361.95 | — | |
| -0.81334 | -112.83 | — | |
| -2.38823 | -334.50 | — | |
| -3.24922 | -130.90 | — | |
| -3.72571 | -182.90 | — | |
| -10.21565 | -76.80 | — |
02In 1990
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.80512. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
FDI inflows (US$ millions, current prices)
HighestUnited States48,422.00
LowestIran-361.95
Middle country: 41.04
03Caveats
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
160 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
04The files
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Download fdi-inflows-1990-nations-inquiry.csvThe publisher’s original
UNCTAD’s own file, on its own site.
US_FdiFlowsStockWhat this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (1990). Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fdi-inflows/1990
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