Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — BRICS

Foreign direct investment inflows in BRICS in 2025 — 239,806,416,470 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 25,065.4%.

2025 240B US$ +15.17% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 560B US$2021
Period minimum 947M US$1972

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — BRICS, 1970–20250200B400B600B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 952,919,866 US$1971: 1,127,930,932 US$1972: 947,398,246 US$1973: 2,391,899,139 US$1974: 2,468,243,636 US$1975: 3,282,046,561 US$1976: 2,261,123,574 US$1977: 2,367,969,969 US$1978: 3,280,729,972 US$1979: 2,438,032,666 US$1980: 2,395,410,000 US$1981: 3,086,200,000 US$1982: 3,925,750,000 US$1983: 2,580,560,000 US$1984: 3,725,670,000 US$1985: 2,804,336,342 US$1986: 2,543,012,926 US$1987: 3,627,742,030 US$1988: 7,073,117,159 US$1989: 5,276,261,569 US$1990: 5,252,197,588 US$1991: 7,327,201,260 US$1992: 16,573,090,457 US$1993: 33,192,312,571 US$1994: 41,069,711,910 US$1995: 50,928,823,043 US$1996: 65,074,296,296 US$1997: 81,646,888,276 US$1998: 80,486,820,170 US$1999: 73,512,168,160 US$2000: 77,303,412,077 US$2001: 84,139,151,823 US$2002: 83,582,586,694 US$2003: 86,954,216,004 US$2004: 122,749,198,248 US$2005: 170,993,611,683 US$2006: 221,785,032,633 US$2007: 311,649,833,997 US$2008: 366,686,655,052 US$2009: 251,322,026,701 US$2010: 428,089,055,236 US$2011: 510,214,773,849 US$2012: 448,420,694,977 US$2013: 507,840,502,574 US$2014: 456,508,570,075 US$2015: 389,991,117,024 US$2016: 345,775,477,691 US$2017: 341,434,892,139 US$2018: 401,688,765,212 US$2019: 388,421,961,663 US$2020: 408,762,007,678 US$2021: 559,656,747,620 US$2022: 334,021,718,017 US$2023: 189,645,743,644 US$2024: 208,218,183,279 US$2025: 239,806,416,470 US$
Change over the period: +239B (+25,065.43%) Average annual rate: 10.57 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: BRICS

BRICS 240B US$
World 1.35T US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 240B +31.59B +15.17%
2024 208B +18.57B +9.79%
2023 190B −144B −43.22%
2022 334B −226B −40.32%
2021 560B +151B +36.92%
2020 409B +20.34B +5.24%
2019 388B −13.27B −3.3%
2018 402B +60.25B +17.65%
2017 341B −4.34B −1.26%
2016 346B −44.22B −11.34%
2015 390B −66.52B −14.57%
2014 457B −51.33B −10.11%
2013 508B +59.42B +13.25%
2012 448B −61.79B −12.11%
2011 510B +82.13B +19.18%
2010 428B +177B +70.33%
2009 251B −115B −31.46%
2008 367B +55.04B +17.66%
2007 312B +89.86B +40.52%
2006 222B +50.79B +29.7%
2005 171B +48.24B +39.3%
2004 123B +35.79B +41.17%
2003 86.95B +3.37B +4.03%
2002 83.58B −557M −0.66%
2001 84.14B +6.84B +8.84%
2000 77.3B +3.79B +5.16%
1999 73.51B −6.97B −8.67%
1998 80.49B −1.16B −1.42%
1997 81.65B +16.57B +25.47%
1996 65.07B +14.15B +27.77%
1995 50.93B +9.86B +24.01%
1994 41.07B +7.88B +23.73%
1993 33.19B +16.62B +100.28%
1992 16.57B +9.25B +126.19%
1991 7.33B +2.08B +39.51%
1990 5.25B −24.06M −0.46%
1989 5.28B −1.8B −25.4%
1988 7.07B +3.45B +94.97%
1987 3.63B +1.08B +42.66%
1986 2.54B −261M −9.32%
1985 2.8B −921M −24.73%
1984 3.73B +1.15B +44.37%
1983 2.58B −1.35B −34.27%
1982 3.93B +840M +27.2%
1981 3.09B +691M +28.84%
1980 2.4B −42.62M −1.75%
1979 2.44B −843M −25.69%
1978 3.28B +913M +38.55%
1977 2.37B +107M +4.73%
1976 2.26B −1.02B −31.11%
1975 3.28B +814M +32.97%
1974 2.47B +76.34M +3.19%
1973 2.39B +1.44B +152.47%
1972 947M −181M −16.01%
1971 1.13B +175M +18.37%
1970 953M

About the indicator

Net inflows of foreign direct investment — investment by non-residents that gives them at least 10% of the voting shares of an enterprise: equity capital, reinvested earnings and intra-company loans. Values can be negative when capital is withdrawn. The figures are distorted by flows in transit through holding-company jurisdictions.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.