2020 Investment Climate Statements

The U.S. Department of State’s Investment Climate Statements provide country-specific information on the business climates of more than 170 countries and economies. They are prepared by economic officers stationed in embassies and posts around the world and analyze a variety of economies that are or could be markets for U.S. businesses of all sizes.

Global Overview

Topics include Openness to Investment, Legal and Regulatory systems, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property Rights, Transparency, Performance Requirements, State-Owned Enterprises, Responsible Business Conduct, and Corruption.

There are select examples of economies expanding openness to investment, improving transparency, and helping new businesses open. This likely reflects an acknowledgment by those economies of the vital role the private sector can play in economic competitiveness and growth.

On the other hand, the reports highlight a variety of challenges and barriers, such as local content requirements, lack of adequate transparency, problems with corruption, and sectors closed to foreign businesses.

Country Reports

Africa (Sub-Saharan)

Angola	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kenya	Niger	South Africa
Benin	Djibouti	Liberia	Nigeria	South Sudan
Botswana	Equatorial Guinea	Madagascar	Republic of the Congo	Sudan
Burkina Faso	Eswatini	Malawi	Rwanda	Tanzania
Burundi	Ethiopia	Mali	São Tomé and Príncipe	Togo
Cabo Verde	Gabon	Mauritania	Senegal	Uganda
Cameroon	Gambia	Mauritius	Seychelles	Zambia
Chad	Ghana	Mozambique	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe
Côte d’Ivoire	Guinea	Namibia	Somalia

East Asia and Pacific

Australia	Hong Kong	Maldives	Philippines	Timor-Leste
Brunei	Indonesia	Marshall Islands	Samoa	Vietnam
Burma	Japan	Micronesia	Singapore
Cambodia	Laos	Mongolia	South Korea
China	Macau	New Zealand	Taiwan
Fiji	Malaysia	Papua New Guinea	Thailand

Europe and Eurasia

Albania	Croatia	Hungary	Moldova	Serbia
Andorra	Czech Republic	Iceland	Montenegro	Slovakia
Armenia	Denmark	Ireland	Netherlands	Slovenia
Austria	Estonia	Italy	North Macedonia	Spain
Azerbaijan	Finland	Kosovo	Norway	Sweden
Belarus	France and Monaco	Latvia	Poland	Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Belgium	Georgia	Lithuania	Portugal	Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Germany	Luxembourg	Romania	Ukraine
Bulgaria	Greece	Malta	Russia	United Kingdom

Near East (Middle East and North Africa)

Algeria	Israel	Libya	Saudi Arabia
Bahrain	Jordan	Morocco	Tunisia
Egypt	Kuwait	Oman	United Arab Emirates
Iraq	Lebanon	Qatar	West Bank and Gaza

South and Central Asia

Bangladesh	Kazakhstan	Nepal	Sri Lanka	Turkmenistan
India	Kyrgyz Republic	Pakistan	Tajikistan	Uzbekistan

Western Hemisphere

Antigua and Barbuda	Canada	El Salvador	Mexico	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Argentina	Chile	Grenada	Nicaragua	Suriname
Bahamas	Colombia	Guatemala	Panama	Trinidad and Tobago
Barbados	Costa Rica	Guyana	Paraguay	Uruguay
Belize	Dominica	Haiti	Peru
Bolivia	Dominican Republic	Honduras	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Brazil	Ecuador	Jamaica	Saint Lucia