Chart of the Day: 4% of overseas investment in China flowed from Singapore

Majority of Singapore's overseas investment ends up in developing countries like China.

This chart from SEO Amsterdam Economics shows the significance of Singapore's foreign direct investment (FDI) into developing countries, like China, Indonesia, and India.

About 4% of FDI in China came from Singapore, whilst only 2% of total investment in Hong Kong came from the lion city.

Singapore's FDI into India comprised 10% of the total, whilst it is 8% of Mauritius, 4% of the Russian Federation, and 7% of the Republic of Korea.

However, for some of these countries, these investments correspond to large shares in total investments. This holds especially true for Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, where Singaporean outward FDI accounts for 33%, 25%, 21%, and 14% of the respective total.

SEO Amsterdam Economics' report revealed that Singapore's outward FDI stocks reached US$530b in 2017. The country held 69% of outward FDI stocks in developing countries and only 31% in developed countries.