| Ranks | Sector | Amount of FDI inflows | % age of total inflows |
| 1 | Electrical Equipments(Including computer software & electronics) | 4,885.88 | 16.5 |
| 2 | Transportation Industry | 3,143.09 | 10.34 |
| 3 | Services Sector | 2,971.66 | 9.64 |
| 4 | Telecommunications | 2,890.12 | 9.58 |
| 5 | Fuel (Power & Oil Refinery) | 2,521.49 | 8.41 |
| 6 | Chemicals (Other than Fertilizers) | 1,889.51 | 5.86 |
| 7 | Food Processing Industries | 1,173.18 | 3.67 |
| 8 | Drugs and Pharmaceuticals | 948.54 | 3.18 |
| 9 | Cement and Gypsum Products | 746.79 | 2.54 |
| 10 | Metallurgical Industries | 627.32 | 2.12 |
| 11 | Consultancy Services | 444.48 | 1.59 |
| 12 | Miscellaneous Mechanical & Engineering | 491.45 | 1.51 |
| 13 | Textiles (Include Dyed, Printed) | 430.07 | 1.32 |
| 14 | Trading | 374.23 | 1.16 |
| 15 | Paper and Pulp including paper product | 363.46 | 1.1 |
| 16 | Hotel Goods | 308.51 | 1.04 |
| 17 | Glass | 255.59 | 0.81 |
| 18 | Rubber Goods | 233.3 | 0.77 |
| 19 | Commercial, Office & Household Equipment | 231.67 | 0.66 |
| 20 | Industrial Machinery | 204.84 | 0.65 |
| 21 | Machine Tools | 155.43 | 0.52 |
| 22 | Agricultural Machinery | 135.5 | 0.43 |
| 23 | Timber Products | 107.12 | 0.37 |
| 24 | Medical and Surgical Appiances | 101.68 | 0.35 |
| 25 | Soap, Cosmetics and Toilet Preparations | 88.74 | 0.31 |
| 26 | Caramics | 89.7 | 0.27 |
| 27 | Earth-moving Machinery | 73.91 | 0.26 |
| 28 | Fertilizers | 78.22 | 0.26 |
| 29 | Fermentation Insdustries | 76.52 | 0.25 |
| 30 | Leather, Leather Goods and Pickers | 51.84 | 0.15 |
| 31 | Glue and Gelatin | 36.04 | 0.12 |
| 32 | Vegetable Oils and Vanaspati | 35.14 | 0.11 |
| 33 | Prime movers other than Electrical | 30.61 | 0.08 |
| 34 | Industrial Instruments | 21.7 | 0.06 |
| 35 | Sugar | 17.27 | 0.06 |
| 36 | Scientific Instruments | 14.85 | 0.05 |
| 37 | Photographic Raw Film and Paper | 15.25 | 0.05 |
| 38 | Dye-stuffs | 16.01 | 0.05 |
| 39 | Boilers and Steam Generating Plants | 5.01 | 0.01 |
| 40 | Mathematical, Surveying and Drawing | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Miscellaneous Industries | 4,166.86 | 13.79 |
| Total | 30,452.58 | 100 | |
| 42 | Advance of Inflows (from 1999 to 2004) | 2,178.72 | - |