INWARD FDI POTENTIAL INDEX - Results for 2004-2006

The Potential Index is shown for three-year periods to offset annual fluctuations in the data. The indices cover 141 economies for as much of the period as the data permit; however, some economies in transition could not be ranked in the early years for lack of data or because they did not exist as separate countries. The indices exclude tax havens, which for tax rather than productive reasons tend to have massive FDI inflows in relation to their economic size.

Raw data and scores for the variables included in the UNCTAD Inward FDI Potential index, 2003-2005, are available in excel format in the Key Data section.

The Potential Index for 2001-2003 and indices for previous periods are available in PDF format here: 1988-1990 | 1989-1991 | 1990-1992 | 1991-1993 | 1992-1994 | 1993-1995 | 1994-1996 | 1995-1997 | 1996-1998 | 1997-1999 | 1998-2000 | 1999-2001 | 2000-2002 | 2001-2003 | 2002-2004 | 2003-2005 | 2004-2006 |

Rank Economy Score (0-1) 1 United States 0.618 2 Singapore 0.465 3 United Kingdom 0.447 4 Canada 0.434 5 Luxembourg 0.430 6 Germany 0.429 7 Qatar 0.422 8 Sweden 0.418 9 Norway 0.415 10 Hong Kong, China 0.412 11 United Arab Emirates 0.409 12 Iceland 0.409 13 Netherlands 0.401 14 Finland 0.395 15 Belgium 0.388 16 Ireland 0.385 17 Taiwan Province of China 0.384 18 France 0.383 19 Korea, Republic of 0.380 20 Russian Federation 0.379 21 Switzerland 0.374 22 Australia 0.367 23 Denmark 0.367 24 Japan 0.354 25 Spain 0.337 26 Austria 0.335 27 Israel 0.334 28 Saudi Arabia 0.320 29 Kuwait 0.319 30 Bahrain 0.318 31 Italy 0.308 32 China 0.304 33 Slovenia 0.303 34 Estonia 0.299 35 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0.298 36 New Zealand 0.298 37 Greece 0.289 38 Lithuania 0.280 39 Czech Republic 0.277 40 Malaysia 0.272 41 Hungary 0.269 42 Latvia 0.265 43 Poland 0.264 44 Ukraine 0.260 45 Trinidad and Tobago 0.259 46 Kazakhstan 0.255 47 Cyprus 0.254 48 Belarus 0.248 49 Portugal 0.247 50 Bahamas 0.247 51 Oman 0.246 52 Chile 0.245 53 Slovakia 0.244 54 Brunei Darussalam 0.243 55 Malta 0.238 56 Croatia 0.236 57 Mexico 0.231 58 Dominican Republic 0.225 59 Bulgaria 0.218 60 Argentina 0.213 61 Iran, Islamic Rep. 0.211 62 Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep. of 0.211 63 Thailand 0.206 64 Azerbaijan 0.205 65 Jordan 0.201 66 Tunisia 0.199 67 Panama 0.197 68 Algeria 0.194 69 Romania 0.194 70 Brazil 0.191 71 Mongolia 0.190

Rank Economy Score (0-1) 72 Turkey 0.190 73 Armenia 0.189 74 South Africa 0.184 75 Costa Rica 0.181 76 Angola 0.179 77 Philippines 0.176 78 Botswana 0.175 79 Moldova, Republic of 0.175 80 Viet Nam 0.174 81 Suriname 0.173 82 Lebanon 0.171 83 Egypt 0.168 84 India 0.163 85 Albania 0.161 86 Myanmar 0.158 87 Peru 0.157 88 Nigeria 0.156 89 Uruguay 0.156 90 Bolivia 0.152 91 Morocco 0.152 92 Jamaica 0.150 93 Tajikistan 0.149 94 Colombia 0.148 95 Namibia 0.147 96 Syrian Arab Republic 0.147 97 Congo, Rep. 0.145 98 Uzbekistan 0.145 99 Gabon 0.143 100 Indonesia 0.139 101 Ecuador 0.137 102 Georgia 0.135 103 Guatemala 0.135 104 Mozambique 0.135 105 El Salvador 0.134 106 Yemen 0.134 107 TFY Rep. of  Macedonia 0.131 108 Paraguay 0.129 109 Guyana 0.126 110 Kyrgyzstan 0.125 111 Honduras 0.124 112 Cameroon 0.124 113 Ghana 0.122 114 Sierra Leone 0.121 115 Gambia 0.115 116 Nicaragua 0.115 117 Uganda 0.111 118 Papua New Guinea 0.106 119 Bangladesh 0.105 120 United Republic of Tanzania 0.103 121 Sudan 0.102 122 Senegal 0.101 123 Mali 0.100 124 Sri Lanka 0.099 125 Pakistan 0.097 126 Kenya 0.094 127 Burkina Faso 0.086 128 Cote d´Ivoire 0.085 129 Zambia 0.083 130 Togo 0.081 131 Madagascar 0.081 132 Guinea 0.079 133 Niger 0.078 134 Ethiopia 0.077 135 Rwanda 0.076 136 Nepal 0.076 137 Malawi 0.071 138 Benin 0.070 139 Congo, Dem. Rep. 0.066 140 Haiti 0.056 141 Zimbabwe 0.032

Source: UNCTAD