Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — East Asia & Pacific

Foreign direct investment inflows in East Asia & Pacific in 2025 — 395,141,982,467 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 20,620.9%.

2025 395B US$ −20.61% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 823B US$2021
Period minimum 1.91B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — East Asia & Pacific, 1970–20250250B500B750B1T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 1,906,973,498 US$1971: 2,243,066,837 US$1972: 2,650,359,016 US$1973: 2,014,579,663 US$1974: 3,526,963,191 US$1975: 3,396,343,572 US$1976: 3,451,126,412 US$1977: 3,025,173,435 US$1978: 4,079,689,976 US$1979: 4,786,996,830 US$1980: 5,994,729,554 US$1981: 9,003,513,279 US$1982: 8,478,001,554 US$1983: 9,088,217,943 US$1984: 6,385,573,831 US$1985: 7,361,236,504 US$1986: 13,718,329,643 US$1987: 21,167,805,534 US$1988: 25,777,793,319 US$1989: 23,722,887,551 US$1990: 33,593,356,784 US$1991: 27,432,312,639 US$1992: 38,083,745,482 US$1993: 59,903,206,761 US$1994: 72,331,208,095 US$1995: 89,651,923,003 US$1996: 94,204,888,539 US$1997: 109,178,782,200 US$1998: 98,107,678,525 US$1999: 129,582,201,769 US$2000: 175,116,075,296 US$2001: 127,500,112,139 US$2002: 112,941,315,361 US$2003: 126,694,972,908 US$2004: 198,673,151,509 US$2005: 189,051,752,222 US$2006: 288,249,341,851 US$2007: 396,046,220,117 US$2008: 387,220,597,528 US$2009: 287,728,960,690 US$2010: 497,355,555,496 US$2011: 560,658,339,364 US$2012: 516,624,446,374 US$2013: 591,134,454,687 US$2014: 631,242,875,170 US$2015: 617,259,465,100 US$2016: 528,883,564,693 US$2017: 560,859,224,386 US$2018: 604,537,420,900 US$2019: 532,587,728,770 US$2020: 594,846,076,334 US$2021: 822,987,387,003 US$2022: 712,063,224,764 US$2023: 463,227,193,617 US$2024: 497,691,355,402 US$2025: 395,141,982,467 US$
Change over the period: +393B (+20,620.9%) Average annual rate: 10.18 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 395B US$
World 1.35T US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 395B −103B −20.61%
2024 498B +34.46B +7.44%
2023 463B −249B −34.95%
2022 712B −111B −13.48%
2021 823B +228B +38.35%
2020 595B +62.26B +11.69%
2019 533B −71.95B −11.9%
2018 605B +43.68B +7.79%
2017 561B +31.98B +6.05%
2016 529B −88.38B −14.32%
2015 617B −13.98B −2.22%
2014 631B +40.11B +6.78%
2013 591B +74.51B +14.42%
2012 517B −44.03B −7.85%
2011 561B +63.3B +12.73%
2010 497B +210B +72.86%
2009 288B −99.49B −25.69%
2008 387B −8.83B −2.23%
2007 396B +108B +37.4%
2006 288B +99.2B +52.47%
2005 189B −9.62B −4.84%
2004 199B +71.98B +56.81%
2003 127B +13.75B +12.18%
2002 113B −14.56B −11.42%
2001 128B −47.62B −27.19%
2000 175B +45.53B +35.14%
1999 130B +31.47B +32.08%
1998 98.11B −11.07B −10.14%
1997 109B +14.97B +15.9%
1996 94.2B +4.55B +5.08%
1995 89.65B +17.32B +23.95%
1994 72.33B +12.43B +20.75%
1993 59.9B +21.82B +57.29%
1992 38.08B +10.65B +38.83%
1991 27.43B −6.16B −18.34%
1990 33.59B +9.87B +41.61%
1989 23.72B −2.05B −7.97%
1988 25.78B +4.61B +21.78%
1987 21.17B +7.45B +54.3%
1986 13.72B +6.36B +86.36%
1985 7.36B +976M +15.28%
1984 6.39B −2.7B −29.74%
1983 9.09B +610M +7.2%
1982 8.48B −526M −5.84%
1981 9B +3.01B +50.19%
1980 5.99B +1.21B +25.23%
1979 4.79B +707M +17.34%
1978 4.08B +1.05B +34.86%
1977 3.03B −426M −12.34%
1976 3.45B +54.78M +1.61%
1975 3.4B −131M −3.7%
1974 3.53B +1.51B +75.07%
1973 2.01B −636M −23.99%
1972 2.65B +407M +18.16%
1971 2.24B +336M +17.62%
1970 1.91B

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.