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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2003

Figures for 2003, as UNCTAD published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2003 covers 193 countries on 2 measures. British Virgin Islands is highest, at 1,188.0697; Suriname is lowest, at -4.8847. The middle country reads 2.2442. Against 2002, 190 values changed (102 up, 88 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows · Data for 2003

HighestBritish Virgin Islands

1,188.0697

LowestSuriname

-4.8847

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, 2003, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 193 countries · select a heading to sort

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2003: every country, as published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean1,188.06979,660.12—
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean78.13222,602.57—
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa70.3545372.22—
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia45.39103,298.07—
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia45.14593,285.00—
AnguillaAIACaribbean42.350371.74—
ChadTCDMiddle Africa22.9607712.66—
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean19.6264189.30—
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia18.69191,855.15—
GrenadaGRDCaribbean18.6708110.35—
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa18.6114689.78—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe17.7136959.79—
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa17.58413,576.97—
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia16.747416,353.25—
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean16.497079.74—
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean15.3835129.22—
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe14.46414,291.11—
LebanonLBNWestern Asia14.44342,860.02—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe13.834522,781.29—
DominicaDMACaribbean11.778943.97—
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia11.048617,830.80—
BelgiumBELWestern Europe10.524433,476.14—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe9.87722,088.53—
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean9.713349.45—
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe9.3958928.00—

02In 2003

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 Islands1,188.0697
  2. Cayman Islands78.1322
  3. Liberia70.3545
  4. Brunei45.3910
  5. Azerbaijan45.1459

Lowest

  1. Suriname-4.8847
  2. New Zealand-3.3232
  3. Eswatini-2.9072
  4. Eritrea-1.6527
  5. Marshall Islands-0.8777

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.2442. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • FDI inflows (US$ millions, current prices)

    HighestChina53,504.70

    LowestNew Zealand-2,788.46

    Middle country: 323.13

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −1countries joined / left
  • 190values changed, of 190 in both
  • 102 · 88rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Indonesia+ North Macedonia+ Timor-Leste− French Polynesia

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

  • 192 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) (2003). Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fdi-inflows/2003

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07Questions

Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest foreign direct investment inflows in Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2003?

British Virgin Islands, at 1,188.0697, of the 193 countries in the file.

What year does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2003 cover?

193.

Where can I download Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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