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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1992

Figures for 1992, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1992 covers 177 countries on 2 measures. Guyana is highest, at 24.5900; British Virgin Islands is lowest, at -65.2224. The middle country reads 0.6017. Against 1991, 159 values changed (81 up, 78 down), 18 countries joined, 2 left.

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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows · Data for 1992

HighestGuyana

24.5900

LowestBritish Virgin Islands

-65.2224

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1992, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 177 countries · select a heading to sort

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1992: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
GuyanaGUYSouth America24.5900146.61—
AnguillaAIACaribbean18.261915.42—
YemenYEMWestern Asia16.0181718.00—
BahrainBHRWestern Asia15.9902868.62—
VanuatuVUTMelanesia12.416726.45—
GrenadaGRDCaribbean8.953622.58—
DominicaDMACaribbean8.707820.38—
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia8.68615,138.00—
MontserratMSRCaribbean6.85154.62—
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean6.154140.94—
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa5.720484.36—
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia5.438314.17—
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean5.174612.53—
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean4.962013.90—
BelgiumBELWestern Europe4.806711,285.80—
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia4.8033473.95—
JamaicaJAMCaribbean4.5090190.40—
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia4.22842,204.34—
SamoaWSMPolynesia4.12385.00—
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean3.935319.65—
HungaryHUNEastern Europe3.80111,477.00—
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia3.72823,887.47—
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa3.4475118.23—
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa3.4301583.60—
BeninBENWestern Africa3.397177.57—

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Guyana24.5900
  2. Anguilla18.2619
  3. Yemen16.0181
  4. Bahrain15.9902
  5. Vanuatu12.4167

Lowest

  1. British Virgin Islands-65.2224
  2. Suriname-6.6235
  3. Liberia-3.1352
  4. Aruba-1.5160
  5. Central African Republic-0.7227

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.6017. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • FDI inflows (US$ millions, current prices)

    HighestUnited States19,222.00

    LowestGermany-2,089.40

    Middle country: 31.50

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +18 / −2countries joined / left
  • 159values changed, of 159 in both
  • 81 · 78rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Guyana2.2204 → 24.5900+22.3696
  • Anguilla7.8677 → 18.2619+10.3941
  • Yemen6.7618 → 16.0181+9.2563
  • Bahrain11.9191 → 15.9902+4.0711
  • Gabon-0.9078 → 2.0394+2.9472

Fell most

+ Albania+ Armenia+ Belarus+ Eritrea+ Estonia+ Ethiopia+ Croatia+ Kazakhstan+ Cambodia+ Lithuania+ Latvia+ Moldova+ Russia+ Slovenia+ Tajikistan+ Turkmenistan+ Ukraine+ Uzbekistan− Bhutan− Nepal

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • 176 distinct values among 177

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share 0.0000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 177 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What 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.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (1992). Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fdi-inflows/1992

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07Questions

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1992: questions and answers

Which country has the highest foreign direct investment inflows in Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1992?

Guyana, at 24.5900, of the 177 countries in the file.

What year does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1992 describe?

1992.

How many countries does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1992 cover?

177.

Where can I download Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1992?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1992 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2025.

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