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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1993

Figures for 1993, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1993 covers 182 countries on 2 measures. British Virgin Islands is highest, at 250.47273; Liberia is lowest, at -21.58935. The middle country reads 0.88530. Against 1992, 175 values changed (102 up, 73 down), 6 countries joined, 1 left.

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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows · Data for 1993

HighestBritish Virgin Islands

250.47273

LowestLiberia

-21.58935

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, 1993, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 182 countries · select a heading to sort

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1993: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean250.47273675.980—
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean31.54502459.760—
YemenYEMWestern Asia18.90948903.000—
VanuatuVUTMelanesia11.8392725.968—
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa11.1639622.302—
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean10.8814731.400—
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa9.60438314.400—
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa9.52368286.054—
GuyanaGUYSouth America9.3466169.537—
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia8.582115,741.000—
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia8.2668123.371—
GrenadaGRDCaribbean8.0374420.248—
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia7.732704,686.314—
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean7.71252372.600—
MontserratMSRCaribbean7.236664.859—
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia7.02759926.304—
AnguillaAIACaribbean7.021276.467—
HungaryHUNEastern Europe6.068442,442.954—
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia5.757696,929.626—
DominicaDMACaribbean5.3762113.200—
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean5.2166713.759—
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia5.172601,271.400—
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean5.1326334.163—
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand4.839502,211.823—
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa4.8171971.896—

02In 1993

At either end

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

Highest

  1. British Virgin Islands250.47273
  2. Cayman Islands31.54502
  3. Yemen18.90948
  4. Vanuatu11.83927
  5. Equatorial Guinea11.16396

Lowest

  1. Liberia-21.58935
  2. Botswana-7.03961
  3. Suriname-5.95151
  4. Bahrain-4.62458
  5. Gabon-1.88993

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.88530. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • FDI inflows (US$ millions, current prices)

    HighestUnited States50,663.000

    LowestBotswana-287.400

    Middle country: 54.653

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +6 / −1countries joined / left
  • 175values changed, of 176 in both
  • 102 · 73rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Bahrain15.99018 → -4.62458−20.61476
  • Liberia-3.13523 → -21.58935−18.45412
  • Guyana24.59000 → 9.34661−15.24339
  • Anguilla18.26187 → 7.02127−11.24060
  • Botswana-0.03686 → -7.03961−7.00275
+ Azerbaijan+ Czechia+ Georgia+ Kyrgyzstan+ São Tomé and Príncipe+ Slovakia− Palau

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

  • 180 distinct values among 182

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share 0.91054. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 182 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) (1993). Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fdi-inflows/1993

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07Questions

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1993: questions and answers

Which country has the highest foreign direct investment inflows in Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1993?

British Virgin Islands, at 250.47273, of the 182 countries in the file.

What year does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1993 describe?

1993.

How many countries does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1993 cover?

182.

Where can I download Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 1993?

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, 1993 the newest?

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

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