Abu Dhabi\u2014News Agencies
\n The UAE topped the list of Arab countries most attractive to foreign investment last year, while Saudi Arabia ranked first in the Arab world as the largest host country for foreign direct investment, according to the annual report of the Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (Daman).
\nAccording to a press release issued by the foundation yesterday, the report showed that the UAE attracted $9.6 billion (36.6 billion dirhams) in foreign direct investment last year, accounting for 20% of total inflows to Arab countries.
\nThe report indicated that Arab countries attracted $47 billion in foreign direct investment last year, an increase of 10% compared to 2011.
\nSaudi Arabia Ranks First in Attracting Investment <\/p>\n
Saudi Arabia ranked first in the Arab world as the largest recipient of foreign direct investment, with total inflows of $12.2 billion, accounting for 25.8% of the total, followed by the United Arab Emirates in second place with $9.6 billion and a share of 20.4%, and then Lebanon in third place with $3.68 billion and a share of 7.8%.
\nAlgeria ranked fourth with a value of $2.9 billion and a share of 6.2%, followed by Morocco in fifth place with a value of $2.89 billion and a share of 6.1%, followed by Egypt in sixth place with $2.8 billion and a share of 5.9%.
\nThe report added that Sudan ranked seventh in the Arab world in terms of the volume of foreign direct investment inflows, with a value of $2.5 billion and a share of 5.3%, followed by Tunisia in eighth place with a value of $1.9 billion and a share of 4.1%, followed by Kuwait in ninth place with $1.86 billion and a share of 4%, then the Sultanate of Oman in tenth place with $1.48 billion and a share of 3.1%, followed by Jordan in 11th place with $1.4 billion and a 3% share of the Arab total.
\nThe report noted that Iraq ranked 12th among Arab countries with a value of $1.27 billion and a share of 2.7%, followed by Bahrain in 13th place with $891 million and a share of 1.9%, then Libya in 14th place with $720 million and a share of 1.5%, followed by Qatar in 15th place with $327 million and a share of 0.7%, and finally Palestine, Mauritania, Djibouti, Somalia, and Yemen, in that order.
\nOverall Investment Attractiveness Index
\nAs for the performance on the Investment Attractiveness Index, the Investment Climate Report\u2014which reviewed the performance of 110 countries, including 17 Arab nations, on the 2013 \u201cInvestment Attractiveness Index\u201d\u2014revealed that the Gulf states\u2014namely the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, respectively, leading the Arab performance on the index, as they occupied the top six spots.
\nThe Investment Climate Report\u2014which this year adopted an entirely new methodology for monitoring the investment climate and the attractiveness of Arab countries to foreign direct investment\u2014stated that Jordan ranked seventh in the Arab world and 57th globally, followed by Tunisia in eighth place in the Arab world and 60th globally, then Lebanon in ninth place in the Arab world and 64th globally, followed by Morocco in tenth place in the Arab world and 66th globally.
\nThe report indicated that Egypt ranked 11th in the Arab world and 67th globally, followed by Libya in 12th place in the Arab world and 78th globally, and then Algeria in 13th place in the Arab world and 82nd globally.
\nThe report highlighted a group of countries that performed very poorly in terms of attractiveness to foreign investment (well below the global average), including Syria, Yemen, Mauritania, and Sudan.
\nGlobal Investment
\nGlobally, the report indicated that OECD countries dominated the top spots in the overall investment attractiveness index, led by the United States, followed by Germany in second place globally, and then the United Kingdom in third place globally.
\nIt is worth noting that the 2012\u20132013 report reviews the investment climate in Arab countries using a new methodology, following the Foundation\u2019s first-ever introduction of the \u201cZaman Index of Investment Attractiveness,\u201d which possesses numerous characteristics that qualify it to be among the benchmark composite indices at both the regional and international levels for a number of reasons, including the index\u2019s adherence to scientific and practical standards, its consideration of previous experiences and indices, and its reliance on approximately 114 variables drawn from the most important and up-to-date government and international databases and information sources.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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