Top 10 FDI recipient countries per year, 2015–2024, ranked by inflows in billions of US dollars.

# 20152016201720182019 20202021202220232024
1 USA$384 bn USA$391 bn USA$275 bn USA$203 bn USA$251 bn China$163 bn USA$389 bn USA$332 bn USA$311 bn USA$279 bn
2 Hong Kong$163 bn UK$254 bn China$136 bn China$138 bn China$140 bn USA$134 bn China$181 bn China$189 bn China$163 bn Singapore$143 bn
3 China$136 bn China$134 bn Hong Kong$104 bn Hong Kong$104 bn Singapore$110 bn Hong Kong$119 bn Hong Kong$141 bn Singapore$141 bn Singapore$160 bn Hong Kong$126 bn
4 Netherlands$90 bn Hong Kong$108 bn Singapore$62 bn Singapore$78 bn Hong Kong$55 bn Singapore$91 bn Singapore$99 bn Hong Kong$110 bn Hong Kong$113 bn China$116 bn
5 UK$68 bn Singapore$62 bn Brazil$68 bn Australia$68 bn Ireland$149 bn Germany$36 bn Canada$60 bn Brazil$92 bn Brazil~$67 bn Luxembourg$106 bn
6 Singapore$65 bn Brazil$79 bn Australia$46 bn Germany$72 bn France$33 bn Israel$21 bn Brazil$50 bn Australia$63 bn Australia~$30 bn Canada$64 bn
7 India$59 bn India$42 bn France$50 bn Spain$58 bn Germany$36 bn Australia$20 bn Russia$39 bn France$76 bn France$42 bn Brazil$59 bn
8 Brazil$56 bn Netherlands$46 bn Netherlands$58 bn Italy$38 bn UK$61 bn India$64 bn South Africa$40 bn Sweden$45 bn Germany$37 bn UAE$46 bn
9 Canada$45 bn France~$35 bn Mexico$30 bn UK$65 bn India$51 bn Brazil$37 bn Mexico~$31 bn Spain$45 bn India~$28 bn Mexico$37 bn
10 France$44 bn Germany$23 bn India$40 bn France$35 bn Netherlands$53 bn Canada$26 bn Belgium~$27 bn Poland$31 bn Spain$36 bn France$34 bn

Source: UNCTAD World Investment Reports (2016–2025). Figures are rounded and in current USD. Some figures marked ~ are estimates from UNCTAD Investment Trend Monitors. Ireland's 2019 figure ($149 bn) reflects large intra-company loan restructuring by US multinationals; excluding that, Ireland would not rank in the top 10. Hong Kong is listed separately from mainland China per UNCTAD convention.