Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — China

Foreign direct investment inflows in China in 2025 — 79,979,865,650 US$. Ranked 4 in the world out of 97. Since 1979, the indicator has risen by 99,974,732.1%.

2025 79.98B US$ +87.54% vs 2024
World rank 4of 97
Period maximum 344B US$2021
Period minimum 80,000 US$1979

Trend over time

1979–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — China, 1979–20250100B200B300B400B19791984198919941999200420092014201920241979: 80,000 US$1980: 57,000,000 US$1981: 265,000,000 US$1982: 430,000,000 US$1983: 636,000,000 US$1984: 1,258,000,000 US$1985: 1,659,000,000 US$1986: 1,875,000,000 US$1987: 2,314,000,000 US$1988: 3,194,000,000 US$1989: 3,393,000,000 US$1990: 3,487,000,000 US$1991: 4,366,000,000 US$1992: 11,156,000,000 US$1993: 27,515,000,000 US$1994: 33,787,000,000 US$1995: 35,849,200,000 US$1996: 40,180,000,000 US$1997: 45,439,000,000 US$1998: 45,644,000,000 US$1999: 41,014,000,000 US$2000: 42,095,300,000 US$2001: 47,053,000,000 US$2002: 53,073,618,897 US$2003: 57,900,937,467 US$2004: 68,117,272,181 US$2005: 104,108,693,867 US$2006: 124,082,035,619 US$2007: 156,249,335,203 US$2008: 171,534,650,312 US$2009: 131,057,052,870 US$2010: 243,703,434,558 US$2011: 280,072,219,150 US$2012: 241,213,868,161 US$2013: 290,928,431,467 US$2014: 268,097,181,064 US$2015: 242,489,331,627 US$2016: 174,749,584,584 US$2017: 166,083,755,722 US$2018: 235,365,050,036 US$2019: 187,169,822,365 US$2020: 253,095,616,059 US$2021: 344,074,977,062 US$2022: 190,203,789,093 US$2023: 51,338,076,802 US$2024: 42,646,542,015 US$2025: 79,979,865,650 US$
Change over the period: +79.98B (+99,974,732.06%) Average annual rate: 35.03 %

Comparison, 2025

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

China 79.98B US$
World 1.35T US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 298B US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 79.98B +37.33B +87.54%
2024 42.65B −8.69B −16.93%
2023 51.34B −139B −73.01%
2022 190B −154B −44.72%
2021 344B +90.98B +35.95%
2020 253B +65.93B +35.22%
2019 187B −48.2B −20.48%
2018 235B +69.28B +41.71%
2017 166B −8.67B −4.96%
2016 175B −67.74B −27.94%
2015 242B −25.61B −9.55%
2014 268B −22.83B −7.85%
2013 291B +49.71B +20.61%
2012 241B −38.86B −13.87%
2011 280B +36.37B +14.92%
2010 244B +113B +85.95%
2009 131B −40.48B −23.6%
2008 172B +15.29B +9.78%
2007 156B +32.17B +25.92%
2006 124B +19.97B +19.19%
2005 104B +35.99B +52.84%
2004 68.12B +10.22B +17.64%
2003 57.9B +4.83B +9.1%
2002 53.07B +6.02B +12.8%
2001 47.05B +4.96B +11.78%
2000 42.1B +1.08B +2.64%
1999 41.01B −4.63B −10.14%
1998 45.64B +205M +0.45%
1997 45.44B +5.26B +13.09%
1996 40.18B +4.33B +12.08%
1995 35.85B +2.06B +6.1%
1994 33.79B +6.27B +22.79%
1993 27.52B +16.36B +146.64%
1992 11.16B +6.79B +155.52%
1991 4.37B +879M +25.21%
1990 3.49B +94M +2.77%
1989 3.39B +199M +6.23%
1988 3.19B +880M +38.03%
1987 2.31B +439M +23.41%
1986 1.88B +216M +13.02%
1985 1.66B +401M +31.88%
1984 1.26B +622M +97.8%
1983 636M +206M +47.91%
1982 430M +165M +62.26%
1981 265M +208M +364.91%
1980 57M +56.92M +71,150%
1979 80,000

Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.