< PreviousNumber of ProjectsAmount of Investment68 MAY 2019 SI T E S E L E C T IO N 1. Trinidad & Tobago 2. Jamaica 3. Puerto Rico 4. Dominican Republic 5. Saint Lucia 6. Cuba0306090120150180210CubaSaint LuciaPuerto RicoJamaicaDominicanRepublicTrinidad& Tobago0123456701020304050607080CubaSaint LuciaDominican RepublicPuerto RicoJamaicaTrinidad & TobagoCaribbeanTop 6 countries by total amount of investment and investment projectsCaribbeanTop 6 countries by investment value per capitaInvestment Value (in US$ Millions)Number of Projects best to invest per capita 1. Trinidad & Tobago 2. Dominican Republic 3. Jamaica 4. Puerto Rico 5. Saint Lucia 6. Cuba overall best to investRankings and charts based on data from Conway Projects Database; World Bank Doing Business 2019; WEF Global Competitiveness Report and historical dataset; UNDP Human Development Index (see p. 83 for methodology).Number of ProjectsAmount of Investment70 MAY 2019 SI T E S E L E C T IO N010002000300040005000600070008000NicaraguaGuatemalaPanamaHondurasCosta RicaMexico020406080100120140160050100150200250300NicaraguaGuatemalaHondurasMexicoPanamaCosta RicaCentral AmericaTop 5 countries by total amount of investment and investment projectsCentral AmericaTop 5 countries by investment value per capitaInvestment Value (in US$ Millions)Number of Projects 1. Costa Rica 2. Panama 3. Mexico 4. Honduras 5. Guatemala 6. Nicaragua best to invest per capita 1. Mexico 2. Costa Rica 3. Honduras 4. Panama 5. Guatemala 6. Nicaragua overall best to investRankings and charts based on data from Conway Projects Database; World Bank Doing Business 2019; WEF Global Competitiveness Report and historical dataset; UNDP Human Development Index (see p. 83 for methodology).72 MAY 2019 SI T E S E L E C T IO NNumber of ProjectsAmount of Investment100030005000700090000200040006000800010000KyrgyzstanUzbekistanTurkmenistanArmeniaTajikistanGeorgiaKazakhstanRussia015304560750100200300400500600700UzbekistanKyrgyzstanTurkmenistanArmeniaTajikistanRussiaGeorgiaKazakhstanCentral AsiaTop 8 countries by total amount of investment and investment projectsCentral AsiaTop 8 countries by investment value per capitaInvestment Value (in US$ Millions)Number of Projects 1. Kazakhstan 2. Georgia 3. Russia 4. Tajikistan 5. Armenia 6. Turkmenistan 7. Kyrgyzstan 8. Uzbekistan best to invest per capita 1. Russia 2. Kazakhstan 3. Georgia 4. Tajikistan 5. Armenia 6. Turkmenistan 7. Uzbekistan 8. Kyrgyzstan overall best to investRankings and charts based on data from Conway Projects Database; World Bank Doing Business 2019; WEF Global Competitiveness Report and historical dataset; UNDP Human Development Index (see p. 83 for methodology).74 MAY 2019 SI T E S E L E C T IO N 1. China 856 2. Germany 482 3. United Kingdom 417 4. India 387 5. Poland 163 6. Netherlands 146 7. Mexico 144 8. Australia 121 9. Ireland 84 10. Hungary 80MOST PROJECTS BY COUNTRY global27638495101the United States. Since , United States multinational enterprises have embarked on a large repatriation of accumulated foreign earnings, a move which hit Europe particularly hard. In , Europe’s foreign investment infl ows amounted to $ billion — a whopping % decline and a value last seen in the s. Site Selection predicted in last year’s Global Best to Invest Report that President Trump’s trade war could spell trouble for the global economy. Being right is not always the happiest outcome. Today we predict that a speedy resolution to the trade war with China would have a calming eff ect in every corner of the globe. But we can’t predict when, how or if that will happen.Positive VibrationsStill, even in a year of jitters, there were auguries of optimism. Emerging markets have rebounded a scooch, with FDI infl ows up just over %. Global cross-border mergers and acquisitions were up %. Announced greenfi eld investments were positive, up %. ese numbers suggest that FDI could improve in . Case in point: Business in Dubai is booming, with FDI up an astounding % over , earning them top spots in our ranking. Dubai FDI also scored yet again as a Top IPA in this issue’s annual rankings. Anyone who suggests there’s no correlation between a region’s success and the critical work its investment promotion agency does, please send us some of whatever you’re smoking.So it’s this we celebrate in our annual Global Best to Invest Report: the countries bucking the global trend, attracting vital investment and creating jobs for their people. We celebrate all the countries whose economies can rightly be judged “on fi re!”(continued from p. 66)(continued on p. 84)76 MAY 2019 SI T E S E L E C T IO N020004000600080001000012000Hong KongSouth KoreaJapanTaiwanChinaBrunei DarussalamMalaysiaNew ZealandAustraliaSingaporeEast & Southeast Asia-AustralasiaTop 10 countries by investment value per capita200006000010000014000018000004000080000120000160000200000TaiwanIndonesiaSouthKoreaThailandNewZealandJapanMalaysiaChinaSingaporeAustralia02004006008001000East & Southeast Asia-AustralasiaTop 10 countries by total amount of investment and investment projectsInvestment Value (in US$ Millions)Number of Projects 1. Singapore 2. Australia 3. New Zealand 4. Malaysia 5. Brunei Darussalam 6. China 7. Taiwan 8. Japan 9. South Korea 10. Hong Kong best to invest per capita 1. Australia 2. Singapore 3. China 4. Malaysia 5. Japan 6. New Zealand 7. Thailand 8. South Korea 9. Indonesia 10. Taiwan overall best to investNumber of ProjectsAmount of Investment S I T E S E L E C T I O N MAY 2019 770100200300400MacedoniaRomaniaSerbiaBulgariaSloveniaPolandHungaryCzech RepublicLatviaLithuaniaEastern EuropeTop 10 countries by investment value per capita1000300050007000900011000020004000600080001000012000SloveniaTurkeySerbiaLatviaBulgariaLithuaniaRomaniaHungaryCzechRepublicPoland0306090120150180Eastern EuropeTop 10 countries by total amount of investment and investment projectsInvestment Value (in US$ Millions)Number of Projects 1. Lithuania 2. Latvia 3. Czech Republic 4. Hungary 5. Poland 6. Slovenia 7. Bulgaria 8. Serbia 9. Romania 10. Macedonia best to invest per capita 1. Poland 2. Czech Republic 3. Hungary 4. Romania 5. Lithuania 6. Bulgaria 7. Latvia 8. Serbia 9. Turkey 10. Slovenia overall best to investNumber of ProjectsAmount of InvestmentRankings and charts based on data from Conway Projects Database; World Bank Doing Business 2019; WEF Global Competitiveness Report and historical dataset; UNDP Human Development Index (see p. 83 for methodology).Next >