10 Fastest Growing Nations; India Surpasses US

4. Russia

The FDI inflow levels had been rapidly increasing during the period of 2000-2007 and it ranks fourth in the Emerging markets opportunity index. Russia’s economic freedom score is 51.1 in the 2013 Index of economic freedom list and is expected to grow at a rate of 3.9 percent in 2013. As the global economy went into recession, the inward flows slipped in the year 2009 but again recovered in 2011 with $53 billion.

3. Brazil

The FDI inflows in Brazil increased progressively over recent years and the country is expected to accelerate at 4.0 percent per annum on an average in the period 2013-17. Brazil is the world’s fifth-largest country in terms of land mass and population and therefore economic growth has been a big issue for the country over the years. But it seems that steadily Brazil is gaining the pace as in 2011 they reached $67bn, making Brazil the fourth largest recipient of FDI inflows in the world.

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