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Number of countries with an outward investment promotion scheme which can benefit developing countries, including LDCs (1 = YES, 0 = NO)

Name: Number of countries with an outward investment promotion scheme which can benefit developing countries, including LDCs (1 = YES, 0 = NO) by country, 2025
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Number of countries with an outward investment promotion scheme which can benefit developing countries, including LDCs (1 = YES, 0 = NO) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Egypt, Arab Rep.	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
2	South Africa	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
3	Indonesia	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
4	Italy	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	United Arab Emirates	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
6	Ghana	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
7	Algeria	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
8	Poland	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Singapore	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
10	Denmark	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Australia	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
12	India	1	South Asia	Lower middle income
13	Korea, Rep.	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
14	Viet Nam	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
15	Greece	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	United Kingdom	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Austria	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Mauritius	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
19	Germany	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Azerbaijan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
21	Portugal	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Belgium	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Hungary	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Czechia	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	United States	1	North America	High income
26	Kuwait	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
27	New Zealand	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
28	Belarus	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
29	France	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Netherlands	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Brazil	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
32	Japan	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
33	Qatar	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
34	Oman	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
35	Slovak Republic	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Morocco	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
37	Norway	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	Slovenia	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	Finland	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Kenya	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
41	Sweden	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
42	Russian Federation	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
43	Brunei Darussalam	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
44	Malaysia	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
45	Luxembourg	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Tajikistan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
47	Ireland	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	China	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
49	Thailand	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
50	Spain	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
51	Malta	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
52	Canada	1	North America	High income
53	Saudi Arabia	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
54	Switzerland	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
55	Eswatini	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
56	Cote d'Ivoire	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
57	Seychelles	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
58	Syrian Arab Republic	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
59	Chile	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
60	Chad	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
61	Sri Lanka	0	South Asia	Upper middle income
62	Haiti	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
63	Nepal	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
64	Croatia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Naoero	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
66	Honduras	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
67	Guyana	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
68	Guatemala	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
69	Pakistan	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
70	Grenada	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
71	Panama	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
72	Peru	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
73	Equatorial Guinea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
74	Philippines	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
75	Guinea-Bissau	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
76	Palau	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
77	Gambia, The	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
78	Papua New Guinea	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
79	Guinea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
80	Georgia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
81	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
82	Gabon	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
83	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
84	Paraguay	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
85	West Bank and Gaza	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
86	Fiji	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
87	Romania	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
88	Ethiopia	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
89	Estonia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
90	Rwanda	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
91	Eritrea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
92	Sudan	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
93	Ecuador	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
94	Senegal	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
95	Dominican Republic	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
96	Solomon Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
97	Dominica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
98	Sierra Leone	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
99	Djibouti	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
100	El Salvador	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
101	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
102	Serbia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
103	South Sudan	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
104	Cyprus	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
105	Sao Tome and Principe	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
106	Cuba	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
107	Suriname	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
108	Costa Rica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
109	Cabo Verde	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
110	Comoros	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
111	Colombia	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
112	Congo, Rep.	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
113	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
114	Cameroon	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
115	Togo	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
116	Central African Republic	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
117	Botswana	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
118	Bhutan	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
119	Turkmenistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
120	Timor-Leste	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
121	Barbados	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
122	Tonga	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
123	Trinidad and Tobago	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
124	Bolivia	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
125	Tunisia	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
126	Belize	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
127	Turkiye	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
129	Tuvalu	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
130	Bahamas, The	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
131	Tanzania	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
132	Bahrain	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
133	Uganda	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
134	Bulgaria	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
135	Uruguay	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
136	Bangladesh	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
137	Burkina Faso	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
138	Benin	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
139	Uzbekistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
140	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
141	Burundi	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
142	Venezuela, RB	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
143	Vanuatu	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
144	Antigua and Barbuda	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
145	Samoa	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
146	Armenia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
147	Yemen, Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
148	Argentina	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
149	Angola	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
150	Zambia	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
151	Afghanistan	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
152	Zimbabwe	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
153	Lithuania	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	Lesotho	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
155	Moldova	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
156	St. Lucia	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
157	Madagascar	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
158	Libya	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
159	Maldives	0	South Asia	Upper middle income
160	Liberia	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
161	Mexico	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
162	Lao PDR	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
163	Marshall Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
164	North Macedonia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
165	Mali	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
166	St. Kitts and Nevis	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
167	Kiribati	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
168	Myanmar	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
169	Cambodia	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
170	Mongolia	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
171	Kyrgyz Republic	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
172	Mozambique	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
173	Mauritania	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
174	Kazakhstan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
175	Jordan	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
176	Malawi	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
177	Jamaica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
178	Israel	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
179	Namibia	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
180	Iceland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
181	Niger	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
182	Iraq	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
183	Nigeria	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
184	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
185	Nicaragua	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income

Number of countries with an outward investment promotion scheme which can benefit developing countries, including LDCs (1 = YES, 0 = NO)