Economy - Entrepreneurship

Index of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence

Note: Based on a survey of executives from the world's largest companies about future direct investments. Unknown Rank ….

Source: A.T. Kearney Management Consulting (2005): Foreign Direct Investment on the Upswing. 2005

According to a Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index of the management consulting A. T. Kearney, global investors for the third consecutive year preferred China and the US as the most attractive FDI destinations, with China on first and the United States of America on second place in the ranking.

India has greatly increased its attractiveness for foreign investors and has moved up from rank 15 (in the 2002 index) to rank 6 (2003 index) and has now rank 3 in investor attractiveness.

Among European countries, the United Kingdom is most attractive to foreign investors, followed by Germany and France. The former Asian Tigers - Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea and Taiwan - are much less attractive than most economies from (Eastern) Europe, with ranks of 15, 18, 20, 21 and 25, respectively.