An annual survey of business leaders ranks the top 25 markets that are likely to attract the most foreign investment in the next three years. It also highlights that investor sentiments reveal a variety of paradoxes in the environment for FDI, many of which can be explained by the rise of the age of multi-localism.

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Facing a Growing
Paradox
The 2019 A.T. Kearney
Foreign Direct Investment
Confidence Index®

2. Paradoxes
permeate this year’s
FDI Confidence
Index results.
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Investment Confidence Index®

3. The United
States tops
the Index
for the seventh
year in a row.
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Investment Confidence Index®

4. For the first time,
the top five countries
in the Index are all
developed markets:
the US, Germany,
Canada, the UK,
and France.
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Investment Confidence Index®

5. Developed markets
take 22 of the 25 spots—
an all-time high—
but investors point
to rising political and
economic risks in
these markets.
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Investment Confidence Index®

6. Investors are
focused on
opportunities
in Europe, which
accounts for
more Index
spots than any
other region.
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Investment Confidence Index®

7. Eight Asia Pacific
markets appear
on this year’s
Index—half of
which rank in
the top 10.
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Investment Confidence Index®

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Investment Confidence Index®
Despite their absence
on the Index, a wide
array of emerging
markets appeal
to investors in
different regions
and sectors.

9. Investors are
bullish on the
global economy,
but their optimism
is starting to
wane.
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Investment Confidence Index®

10. FDI helps companies
develop local
identities in a variety
of markets—an
adaptation strategy
in the age of
multi-localism.
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The 2019 A.T. Kearney Foreign Direct
Investment Confidence Index®

11. Cities are
becoming more
important in
driving FDI
decisions.
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Investment Confidence Index®

12. Large, high-performing,
and well-connected
cities help countries
attract foreign
investors.
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Investment Confidence Index®

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Investment Confidence Index®
The 2019 A.T. Kearney Foreign Direct
Investment Confidence Index®