Foreign direct investments as a share of GDP rose 135% to 0.131% in Mongolia in 2017, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign direct investments as a share of GDP in Mongolia reached an all time high of 0.439% in 2011 and an all time low of -0.372% in 2016. When compared to Mongolia's main peers, foreign direct investments as a share of GDP in China amounted to 0.014%, 0.029% in Kazakhstan, -0.014% in Kyrgyzstan and 0.018% in Russia in 2017.
Mongolia has been ranked 9th within the group of 167 countries we follow in terms of foreign direct investments as a share of GDP, 33 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Foreign Direct Investments (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| China | % | 0.030% | 0.026% | 0.022% | 0.016% | 0.013% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 0.018% | 0.005% | 0.019% | 0.019% | 0.032% | ||||||||||||||||
| India | % | 0.015% | 0.017% | 0.021% | 0.019% | 0.015% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 0.002% | 0.004% | 0.001% | 0.008% | 0.004% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | % | 0.042% | 0.033% | 0.036% | 0.125% | 0.028% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | % | 0.083% | 0.046% | 0.171% | 0.091% | -0.014% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mongolia | % | 0.164% | 0.028% | 0.008% | -0.372% | 0.131% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 0.030% | 0.011% | 0.005% | 0.025% | 0.018% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | % | 0.034% | 0.036% | 0.058% | 0.035% | 0.026% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 0.017% | 0.014% | 0.028% | 0.025% | 0.019% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | % | 0.009% | 0.011% | 0.013% | 0.020% | 0.030% |
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