FDI in Singapore up in 2018 despite slowdown in global flows

Singapore

FOREIGN direct investments (FDI) continued to flow into Singapore last year, even when global FDI fell for a third straight year to its lowest since the 2008 global financial crisis.

FDI in Singapore jumped from US$76 billion in 2017 to US$78 billion in 2018, lifting Singapore by one placing to 4th in the top 10 world rankings of FDI destinations, according to the World Investment Report 2019 issued by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).