Based on a comparison of 142 countries in 2023, USA ranked the highest in portfolio investments with USD 372,493 mil followed by United Kingdom and Ireland. On the other end of the scale was Japan with USD -174,926 mil, Russia with USD -10,809 mil and Peru with USD -2,049 mil.
Data for more countries are available at Portfolio Investments (USD) indicator page.
| Portfolio Investments (USD) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| China | USD mil | 94,803 | 53,507 | 89,419 | 151,236 | 125,262 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| France | USD mil | 53,235 | 39,117 | 77,711 | 159,759 | 144,062 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | USD mil | 122,920 | 101,125 | 158,866 | 198,186 | 211,657 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | USD mil | 286,044 | 157,310 | 358,170 | 286,655 | 406,772 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | USD mil | 136,375 | 71,516 | 81,241 | 114,091 | 152,290 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | USD mil | 26,584 | -1,302 | 35,753 | 50,175 | 29,915 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | USD mil | 370,466 | 171,829 | 200,779 | 249,129 | 447,007 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | USD mil | 7,543 | 7,310 | 56,693 | 61,611 | -5,555 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | USD mil | 20,992 | 38,019 | 35,410 | 17,972 | 52,453 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | USD mil | 25,073 | 28,515 | 35,011 | 53,552 | 53,246 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Singapore | USD mil | 45,079 | 39,783 | 113,563 | 56,564 | 84,077 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | USD mil | 75,326 | 69,031 | 59,639 | 58,907 | 78,451 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | USD mil | 96,165 | 67,245 | 37,054 | 105,255 | 124,918 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | USD mil | 540,729 | 381,860 | -11,453 | 406,365 | 711,512 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | USD mil | 108,248 | -190,997 | 101,359 | 105,153 | -69,828 |
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