Foreign Direct Investments (As % of Current Account Deficit)

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Zambia
Malta
Czechia
Thailand
Maldives
Macedonia
Romania
Namibia
Chile
Kosovo
Mexico
Liberia
Uruguay
Costa Rica
Colombia
Source: World Bank, National Central Bank, Helgi Library

Based on a comparison of 168 countries in 2013, Zambia ranked the highest in foreign direct investments as a percentage of current account deficit with 1,096% followed by Malta and Czechia. On the other end of the scale was Libya with -7,120%, Hong Kong with -1,830% and Ireland with -1,385%.

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Afghanistan%
Albania%
Algeria%
Angola%
Argentina%
Armenia%
Australia%
Austria%
Azerbaijan%
Bahamas%
Bahrain%
Bangladesh%
Belarus%
Belgium%
Belize%
Benin%
Bhutan%
Bolivia%
Bosnia and Herzegovina%
Botswana%
Brazil%
Brunei%
Bulgaria%
Burkina Faso%
Burundi%
Cambodia%
Cameroon%
Canada%
Central African Republic%
Chad%
Chile%
China%
Colombia%
Comoros%
Congo%
Costa Rica%
Croatia%
Cyprus%
Czechia%
Dem. People's Republic of Korea%
Dem. Republic of the Congo%
Denmark%
Djibouti%
Dominican Republic%
East Timor%
Ecuador%
Egypt%
El Salvador%
Eritrea%
Estonia%
Ethiopia%
European Union%
Fiji%
Finland%
France%
Gabon%
Gambia%
Georgia%
Germany%
Ghana%
Greece%
Guatemala%
Guinea%
Guinea Bissau%
Guyana%
Haiti%
Honduras%
Hong Kong%
Hungary%
Iceland%
India%
Indonesia%
Iraq%
Iran%
Ireland%
Israel%
Italy%
Ivory Coast%
Jamaica%
Japan%
Jordan%
Kazakhstan%
Kenya%
Kosovo%
Kuwait%
Kyrgyzstan%
Laos%
Latvia%
Lebanon%
Lesotho%
Liberia%
Libya%
Lithuania%
Luxembourg%
Macao%
Macedonia%
Madagascar%
Malawi%
Malaysia%
Maldives%
Mali%
Malta%
Mauritania%
Mauritius%
Mexico%
Moldova%
Mongolia%
Montenegro%
Morocco%
Mozambique%
Myanmar%
Namibia%
Nepal%
Netherlands%
New Zealand%
Nicaragua%
Niger%
Nigeria%
Norway%
Oman%
Pakistan%
Panama%
Papua New Guinea%
Peru%
Philippines%
Poland%
Portugal%
Qatar%
Romania%
Russia%
Rwanda%
Saudi Arabia%
Senegal%
Serbia%
Seychelles%
Sierra Leone%
Singapore%
Slovakia%
Slovenia%
Somalia%
South Africa%
South Korea%
Spain%
Sri Lanka%
Sudan%
Suriname%
Swaziland%
Sweden%
Switzerland%
Syria%
Tajikistan%
Tanzania%
Thailand%
Togo%
Trinidad and Tobago%
Tunisia%
Turkey%
Turkmenistan%
Uganda%
Ukraine%
United Arab Emirates%
United Kingdom%
USA%
Uruguay%
Uzbekistan%
Venezuela%
Vietnam%
Yemen%
Zambia%
Zimbabwe%
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