| Recipient countries | investors countries by size of their FDI stock 2017 | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |
| Algeria | Italy | USA | France | China | Germany | UK |
| Angola | France | China | USA | Italy | Germany | UK |
| Congo | France | China | USA | Italy | UK | Germany |
| Congo DCR | China | France | Germany | USA | Italy | UK |
| Ivory Coast | France | China | Italy | Germany | UK | USA |
| Egypt | USA | Italy | France | Germany | China | UK |
| Ethiopia | China | Germany | USA | France | UK | Italy |
| Ghana | France | USA | China | UK | Germany | Italy |
| Guinea | China | Italy | France | USA | UK | Germany |
| Kenya | China | France | UK | USA | Germany | Italy |
| Madagascar | China | Italy | Germany | UK | France | USA |
| Mauritius | USA | UK | France | China | Germany | Italy |
| Morocco | France | Italy | Germany | USA | China | UK |
| Mozambique | China | USA | UK | Italy | Germany | France |
| Namibia | China | Germany | Italy | UK | France | USA |
| Niger | France | China | Italy | UK | Germany | USA |
| Nigeria | France | USA | China | Italy | Germany | UK |
| Senegal | France | China | USA | Germany | Italy | UK |
| South Africa | UK | China | USA | Germany | France | Italy |
| Sudan | China | Italy | France | USA | Germany | UK |
| Tanzania | USA | China | France | UK | Germany | Italy |
| Tunisia | Italy | France | USA | Germany | China | UK |
| Uganda | China | UK | France | Germany | Italy | France |
| Zambia | China | UK | U. K | USA | Italy | Germany |
| Zimbabwe | China | France | UK | USA | Italy | Germany |