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Which Economy Attracts the Most Portfolio Investments?

Portfolio Investments (As % of GDP) (%), 2013 or latest

Economy | April 6, 2021

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Based on a comparison of 142 countries in 2013, East Timor ranked the highest in portfolio investments as a share of GDP with 185% followed by Malta and Macao. On the other end of the scale was Luxembourg with -159%, Cyprus with -65.0% and Mauritius with -15.5%.

Data for more countries are available at Portfolio Investments (As % of GDP) indicator page.

Portfolio Investments (As % of GDP)	Unit	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Botswana	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			2.98%	-4.85%	3.21%	3.14%	1.39%
East Timor	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		186%	309%	182%	169%	228%
Germany	%															-6.29%	-1.19%	3.50%	4.53%	-1.14%
Hong Kong	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			0.654%	16.6%	18.7%	24.9%	0.561%
Iceland	%															40.8%	-34.0%	-10.0%	3.33%	-0.278%
Ireland	%															3.83%	22.6%	-14.6%	-53.7%	-15.7%
Kuwait	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			30.4%	19.1%	7.73%	17.8%	4.98%
Lithuania	%															0.576%	0.701%	-3.40%	-5.96%	-3.55%
Macao	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			6.82%	6.65%	7.80%	3.00%	5.12%
Malta	%															-6.67%	0.137%	32.3%	46.6%	44.1%
Namibia	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			16.9%	12.0%	10.0%	5.64%	0.213%
Netherlands	%															14.4%	-7.90%	4.09%	-5.62%	-3.05%
Norway	%															5.19%	24.7%	-0.750%	3.75%	7.24%
Qatar	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	11.3%
Singapore	%															26.2%	-5.98%	14.0%	12.3%	2.47%