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Indonesia top Muslim-majority country for foreign direct investments in 2018 – U.N. agency


Indonesia was the top Muslim-majority country to receive foreign direct investments in 2018, according to a report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Southeast Asia’s biggest economy attracted $22 billion in FDI last year, up 6.8 percent from 2017, according to the UNCTAD report.

Neighbouring Malaysia suffered a drop, from $9.4 billion in 2017 to $8.1 billion last year.

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