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Malaysia vs Thailand: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

Malaysia
15.59 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Thailand
18.84 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Malaysia rank
28th
Thailand rank
25th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows over time

  • Malaysia
  • Thailand
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How they compare

Thailand currently reports 18.84 billion BoP, current US$ against 15.59 billion BoP, current US$ in Malaysia, a difference of 3.25 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Thailand's figure about 1.2 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Malaysia ahead.

Globally, Malaysia ranks 28th and Thailand ranks 25th 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.