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Foreign direct investment (FDI) overview, selected years

(Millions of dollars and percentages)

FDI flows
Bahrain
Inward
Outward
Memorandum
Kuwait
Inward
Outward
Saudi Arabia
Inward
Outward
West Asia
Inward
Outward
Asia and Oceania
Inward
Outward
Developing economies
Inward
Outward
World
Inward
Outward

FDI stocks
Bahrain
Inward
Outward
Memorandum
Kuwait
Inward
Outward
Saudi Arabia
Inward
Outward
West Asia
Inward
Outward
Asia and Oceania
Inward
Outward
Developing economies
Inward
Outward
World
Inward
Outward

1995-2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

(Annual average)

as a percentage of gross fixed capital formation

1995-2005
2007
2008

2009

(Annual average)

594
364

2 915
980

1 756
1 669

1 794
1 620

257
- 1 791

39.2
24.0

36.0
34.3

25.7
23.2

4.6
- 32.1

49
- 1

122
8 240

116
10 156

- 51
8 858

145
8 737

0.8
-

0.5
47.2

- 0.2
32.2

1.3
79.9

1 534
1 067

17 140
5 398

22 821
12 730

38 151
1 450

35 514
6 526

4.4
3.1

29.9
16.7

46.0
1.7

43.5
8.0

9 963
3 306

67 160
28 048

78 092
47 302

90 299
37 967

68 317
23 337

7.3
2.4

22.4
13.5

22.5
9.5

20.1
6.9

123 886
54 314

284 426
154 013

338 226
225 550

374 639
204 344

303 230
176 795

9.7
4.3

11.2
7.5

9.8
5.4

7.5
4.4

211 470
79 351

434 366
228 691

564 930
292 147

630 013
296 286

478 349
229 159

11.9
4.6

14.0
7.3

12.5
5.9

9.3
4.5

741 045
717 852

1 459 133
1 410 574

2 099 973
2 267 547

1 770 873
1 928 799

1 114 189
1 100 993

10.3
10.0

16.9
18.4

12.6
13.8

9.1
9.0

1995

2000

2007

2008

2009

2 403
1 044

5 906
1 752

12 947
7 720

14 741
9 340

14 998
7 549

41.1
17.9

70.1
41.8

67.3
42.6

74.2
37.3

94
2 804

608
1 677

932
14 622

874
16 144

986
16 014

0.4
10.6

0.8
13.1

0.6
10.2

0.9
14.4

17 056
2 567

17 577
4 990

73 480
32 338

111 631
33 788

147 145
40 314

12.0
1.8

19.2
8.4

23.9
7.2

40.5
11.1

42 885
9 677

60 419
16 422

369 872
116 609

356 398
146 282

424 646
159 226

8.5
1.9

23.0
7.4

17.9
7.4

25.6
9.7

571 926
210 589

1 072 150
614 051

2 877 821
1 820 112

2 540 106
1 719 462

2 905 987
1 946 038

16.3
6.1

29.5
19.0

22.4
15.4

25.8
17.6

848 381
329 982

1 728 455
862 628

4 452 645
2 420 321

4 213 666
2 393 251

4 893 490
2 691 484

14.6
5.9

30.0
16.8

24.4
14.3

29.1
16.5

3 381 329
3 606 556

7 442 548
7 967 460

17 990 069
19 313 981

15 491 182
16 206 795

17 743 408
18 982 118

11.4
12.2

32.5
35.3

25.4
26.8

30.7
33.2

Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2010; www.unctad.org/wir or www.unctad.org/fdistatistics.

as a percentage of gross domestic product

1995
2007
2008

2009

Cross-border merger and acquisition overview, 19952009

(Millions of dollars)
Sales(net)
2007

1995-2005

Region/economy

(Annual average)

Bahrain
Memorandum
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
West Asia
Asia and Oceania
Developing economies
World

2008

2009

Purchases(net)
2007
2008

1995-2005

(Annual average)

2009

22

190

178

73

1 002

4 497

323

26
14
1 613
19 142
40 624
357 132

3 963
125
22 602
71 657
100 381
1 022 725

496
102
16 287
68 167
104 812
706 543

- 55
42
3 543
38 295
39 077
249 732

- 105
1 215
2 164
18 927
25 868
357 132

1 416
15 780
40 103
94 743
144 830
1 022 725

2 147
1 442
22 099
95 167
105 849
706 543

124
121
26 843
67 534
73 975
249 732

Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2010 ; www.unctad.org/wir or www.unctad.org/fdistatistics.

Country rankings by Inward FDI performance Index and Inward FDI Potential Index, 20072009
Economy
Benin
Canada
Zimbabwe
Malawi
Kyrgyzstan
Bahrain
Paraguay
Portugal
Myanmar
Mali
Turkey

2007

Inward FDI Performance

2008

2009

Economy

72
40
121
98
61
27
119
126
124
131
91

93
73
117
64
55
31
128
106
120
102
95

99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109

2007
France
Switzerland
Ireland
Australia
Taiwan Province of China
Bahrain
Denmark
Japan
Austria
Israel
Spain

Inward FDI Potential Index

2008
2009

19
21
17
20
22
24
23
27
28
25
26

18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28

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Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2010 ; www.unctad.org/wir or www.unctad.org/fdistatistics.

Note: Ranking is that of the latest year available. Covering 141 economies. The potential index is based on 12 economic and policy variables.

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