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Malaysia vs Thailand: Foreign direct investment, net outflows

Malaysia
13.04 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Thailand
9.33 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Malaysia rank
24th
Thailand rank
27th

Foreign direct investment, net outflows over time

  • Malaysia
  • Thailand
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How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 13.04 billion BoP, current US$ against 9.33 billion BoP, current US$ in Thailand, a difference of 3.70 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.4 times Thailand's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Thailand ahead.

Globally, Malaysia ranks 24th and Thailand ranks 27th of 191 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (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
238 places, 10,019 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an 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. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.