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Japan vs Malta: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

Japan
45.81 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Malta
42.59 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Japan rank
11th
Malta rank
14th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows over time

  • Japan
  • Malta
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 45.81 billion BoP, current US$ against 42.59 billion BoP, current US$ in Malta, a difference of 3.22 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 11th and Malta ranks 14th of 201 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), note: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and D
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
248 places, 12,232 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.