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countries is 43 per cent in 2018. However the share of OIC countries in global FDI inflows
remained significantly lower, below 7 per cent 2017.
Figure 57: World Foreign Direct Investment Inflows and Shares of Country Groups
Source: UNCTADSTAT
When looked into detail the performance of the OIC countries in attracting the FDI, the
performance of the Member Countries, except for a few countries, is low. Figure 58 below gives
the FDI inflows to top ten OIC Member States. FDI inflows to these countries amounted to USD
78.9 billion in 2018, representing less than 1% percent of the total global FDI flows. The figure
59 below indicates that Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Togo,
Afghanistan, Suriname, Benin and Palestine are the OIC countries received the lowest FDI flow
in 2018.
Figure 58: Top OIC Countries Receiving the Highest FDI Inflows in 2018
Source: UNCTADSTAT
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