
The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt were ranked the first three, respectively, in the Arab world in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for 2021, with investments topping $45 billion.
FDI inflows to Arab countries, which rose by 42% in 2021, amounted to about $53 billion, 6.3% of which represented the total inflows to developing countries and 3.3% of the total global inflows that stood at about $1.58 trillion.