Sort:

Best Countries for Investment & Capital Access 2026

Compare 229 countries by capital-flow freedom, market depth, business credit, investor protection, foreign-investment openness, currency transferability, venture capital and alternative financing.

#	Country	Score
1	Switzerland	85.6
2	Norway	84.8
3	Singapore	83.7
4	Denmark	82.2
5	Sweden	81.9
6	Luxembourg	80.8
7	Japan	80.8
8	Finland	80.7
9	Liechtenstein	80.5
10	Gibraltar	80
11	Monaco	80
12	Netherlands	79.9
13	Germany	79.7
14	Ireland	78.8
15	Hong Kong	78.4
16	Chinese Taipei	78.3
17	Czech Republic	78.1
18	Korea Republic	78
19	Greenland	77.9
20	Faroe Islands	77.4
21	New Zealand	77.4
22	Iceland	77.2
23	United Arab Emirates	76.9
24	Turks and Caicos Islands	76.7
25	France	76.5
26	United Kingdom	76.4
27	Canada	76.4
28	Portugal	75.6
29	Aruba	75.5
30	Australia	75.5
31	United States	75.4
32	Estonia	75.4
33	Austria	75.1
34	Bermuda	74.8
35	Belgium	74.7
36	British Virgin Islands	74.6
37	Israel	74.4
38	Macau	74.2
39	Lithuania	74.1
40	Italy	73.9
41	Spain	73.5
42	Latvia	73
43	Qatar	72.9
44	Uruguay	72.7
45	Poland	72.4
46	Andorra	72.2
47	Slovenia	72.1
48	Saint-Martin	71.8
49	Sint Maarten	71.7
50	Guam	71.6
51	Tahiti	71.4
52	Chile	71.2
53	Puerto Rico	71
54	U.S. Virgin Islands	70.9
55	Malta	70.7
56	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	70.7
57	Malaysia	70.5
58	New Caledonia	70
59	Cayman Islands	69.6
60	Bulgaria	69.6
61	Mauritius	69.5
62	Slovakia	69.4
63	Martinique	69.3
64	Réunion	69.2
65	Guadeloupe	68.9
66	French Guiana	68.9
67	Costa Rica	68.7
68	San Marino	68.7
69	Curacao	68.5
70	Cyprus	68.3
71	Bahrain	68.1
72	Georgia	67.9
73	Kuwait	67.8
74	Croatia	67.7
75	Saudi Arabia	67.6
76	Montserrat	67.4
77	Romania	67.3
78	Oman	67.2
79	Hungary	67
80	Trinidad and Tobago	67
81	Northern Mariana Islands	66.9
82	Brunei	66.6
83	Panama	65.9
84	North Macedonia	65.7
85	Thailand	65.6
86	American Samoa	65.3
87	Greece	65.2
88	Cook Islands	65.1
89	Peru	65.1
90	Mayotte	65.1
91	Brazil	64.7
92	Serbia	64.7
93	Armenia	64.6
94	Botswana	64.5
95	Albania	64.4
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina	64.2
97	Jamaica	63.9
98	Bahamas	63.8
99	Anguilla	63.3
100	Barbados	63.2
101	Dominican Republic	62.9
102	South Africa	62.6
103	Montenegro	62.4
104	Kazakhstan	62.3
105	Wallis and Futuna	61.8
106	Jordan	61.5
107	Paraguay	61.3
108	Cape Verde	61.1
109	Seychelles	61.1
110	Morocco	61
111	Niue	60.7
112	China	60.7
113	Colombia	60.5
114	Indonesia	60.5
115	Azerbaijan	60.3
116	Kosovo	60.1
117	Grenada	59.9
118	Saint Kitts and Nevis	59.8
119	Turkey	59.6
120	Belize	59.6
121	Philippines	59.6
122	Mexico	59.6
123	Antigua and Barbuda	59.5
124	Guatemala	59.4
125	Namibia	58.7
126	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	58.7
127	Saint Lucia	58.5
128	Samoa	58.3
129	Moldova	57.8
130	Vietnam	57.5
131	India	57.5
132	Argentina	56.8
133	Ecuador	56.6
134	Uzbekistan	56.4
135	Gabon	56.3
136	El Salvador	56.1
137	Mongolia	56
138	Fiji	55.8
139	Kenya	55.2
140	Russia	55.2
141	Dominica	54.9
142	Bhutan	54.7
143	Tunisia	54.4
144	Rwanda	54.3
145	Cambodia	54.2
146	Ivory Coast	54.1
147	Senegal	54.1
148	Tanzania	53.9
149	Guyana	53.9
150	Lesotho	53.5
151	Honduras	53.4
152	Nepal	53.3
153	Ghana	53.3
154	Maldives	53.3
155	Algeria	53.2
156	Benin	52.8
157	Tonga	52.7
158	Nicaragua	52.5
159	Swaziland	52.4
160	Micronesia	52.3
161	Ukraine	51.8
162	Vanuatu	51.8
163	Sri Lanka	51.7
164	Nigeria	51.3
165	Suriname	51.1
166	Egypt	51
167	Kyrgyzstan	50.9
168	Zambia	50.8
169	Togo	50.5
170	Gambia	50.4
171	Bolivia	49.4
172	Cameroon	49.1
173	Solomon Islands	48.9
174	Tajikistan	48.9
175	Belarus	48.8
176	Palau	48.6
177	Nauru	48.6
178	Uganda	48.4
179	Papua New Guinea	48.4
180	Mauritania	48
181	Comoros	47.9
182	Djibouti	47.7
183	Congo	47
184	Bangladesh	46.7
185	Angola	46.5
186	Marshall Islands	46.3
187	Iraq	46.2
188	Tuvalu	46.1
189	Mali	46
190	São Tomé and Príncipe	45.7
191	Madagascar	45.7
192	Burkina Faso	45.3
193	Pakistan	44.5
194	Laos	43.8
195	Mozambique	43.6
196	Turkmenistan	43.5
197	Guinea	43.5
198	Zanzibar	43.3
199	Liberia	42.9
200	Libya	42.6
201	Kiribati	42.5
202	Malawi	41.5
203	Ethiopia	40.9
204	Niger	40.9
205	Central African Republic	39.4
206	Timor-Leste	39.3
207	Iran	39.2
208	Sierra Leone	38.4
209	Lebanon	37.7
210	Congo DR	37.1
211	Haiti	36.5
212	Guinea-Bissau	35.7
213	Palestine	35.2
214	Myanmar	35
215	Equatorial Guinea	33.9
216	Chad	33.7
217	Venezuela	33
218	Zimbabwe	31.5
219	Burundi	31.2
220	Afghanistan	29.2
221	Syria	27.4
222	Cuba	27.1
223	Western Sahara	26.9
224	Yemen	21
225	Eritrea	20.7
226	Sudan	19
227	Somalia	18.3
228	South Sudan	18
229	Korea DPR	12.1

How the Investment and Capital Access Score Is Calculated

The overall score is a weighted average across eight indicators. Nomadino calculates: investment and capital access score = capital-flow freedom × 0.18 + capital market depth × 0.15 + business credit access × 0.14 + investor protection × 0.14 + foreign-investment openness × 0.12 + currency convertibility and transferability × 0.10 + venture capital and startup financing × 0.09 + alternative financing × 0.08.

Capital-flow freedom: 18%
Capital market depth: 15%
Business credit access: 14%
Investor protection: 14%
Foreign-investment openness: 12%
Currency convertibility and transferability: 10%
Venture capital and startup financing: 9%
Alternative financing: 8%

Nomadino uses normalized indicator scores on a 0 to 100 scale, where higher means better conditions for capital movement, investment, financing and investor protection. Capital-flow freedom receives the highest weight because international payments, profit repatriation, foreign-exchange access and capital controls can directly limit how usable an investment location is. Capital market depth, business credit and investor protection follow closely because capital must not only move freely, but also be available, legally protected and practically financeable.

Foreign-investment openness and currency transferability capture international usability. Venture capital and alternative financing are weighted lower, but remain included because they matter especially for startups, smaller firms and digital financing channels. If an indicator is removed with the checkbox, Nomadino divides by the sum of the remaining weights, preserving the relative importance of the active indicators.