Based on a comparison of 142 countries in 2013, East Timor ranked the highest in portfolio investments as a share of GDP with 185% followed by Malta and Macao. On the other end of the scale was Luxembourg with -159%, Cyprus with -65.0% and Mauritius with -15.5%.
Data for more countries are available at Portfolio Investments (As % of GDP) indicator page.
| Portfolio Investments (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Botswana | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.98% | -4.85% | 3.21% | 3.14% | 1.39% | ||||
| East Timor | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 186% | 309% | 182% | 169% | 228% | |||
| Germany | % | -6.29% | -1.19% | 3.50% | 4.53% | -1.14% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.654% | 16.6% | 18.7% | 24.9% | 0.561% | ||||
| Iceland | % | 40.8% | -34.0% | -10.0% | 3.33% | -0.278% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | % | 3.83% | 22.6% | -14.6% | -53.7% | -15.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.4% | 19.1% | 7.73% | 17.8% | 4.98% | ||||
| Lithuania | % | 0.576% | 0.701% | -3.40% | -5.96% | -3.55% | ||||||||||||||||
| Macao | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.82% | 6.65% | 7.80% | 3.00% | 5.12% | ||||
| Malta | % | -6.67% | 0.137% | 32.3% | 46.6% | 44.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.9% | 12.0% | 10.0% | 5.64% | 0.213% | ||||
| Netherlands | % | 14.4% | -7.90% | 4.09% | -5.62% | -3.05% | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | % | 5.19% | 24.7% | -0.750% | 3.75% | 7.24% | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.3% | ||
| Singapore | % | 26.2% | -5.98% | 14.0% | 12.3% | 2.47% |
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