Foreign direct investment inflows in the European Union in 2025 — 74,047,920,788 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 2,453.8%.
1970–2025 · US$
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: European Union
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74.05B | −245B | −76.82% |
| 2024 | 319B | +563B | +230.93% |
| 2023 | -244B | −472B | −206.9% |
| 2022 | 228B | −456B | −66.66% |
| 2021 | 684B | +506B | +283.21% |
| 2020 | 179B | −404B | −69.32% |
| 2019 | 582B | +448B | +334.51% |
| 2018 | 134B | −457B | −77.35% |
| 2017 | 591B | −138B | −18.88% |
| 2016 | 729B | −121B | −14.21% |
| 2015 | 850B | +381B | +81.42% |
| 2014 | 468B | −145B | −23.64% |
| 2013 | 613B | +31.09B | +5.34% |
| 2012 | 582B | −321B | −35.55% |
| 2011 | 904B | +424B | +88.21% |
| 2010 | 480B | −105B | −18% |
| 2009 | 586B | −240B | −29.07% |
| 2008 | 825B | −654B | −44.21% |
| 2007 | 1.48T | +565B | +61.81% |
| 2006 | 914B | +182B | +24.82% |
| 2005 | 733B | +418B | +133.14% |
| 2004 | 314B | +20.44B | +6.96% |
| 2003 | 294B | −1.53B | −0.52% |
| 2002 | 295B | −71.06B | −19.4% |
| 2001 | 366B | −268B | −42.23% |
| 2000 | 634B | +181B | +40.07% |
| 1999 | 453B | +238B | +110.38% |
| 1998 | 215B | +105B | +95.05% |
| 1997 | 110B | +9.38B | +9.29% |
| 1996 | 101B | −9.55B | −8.64% |
| 1995 | 111B | +38.62B | +53.71% |
| 1994 | 71.89B | +2.4B | +3.45% |
| 1993 | 69.5B | +5.8B | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 63.7B | −1.06B | −1.63% |
| 1991 | 64.76B | +252M | +0.39% |
| 1990 | 64.51B | +16.04B | +33.1% |
| 1989 | 48.46B | +12.32B | +34.09% |
| 1988 | 36.14B | +12.29B | +51.54% |
| 1987 | 23.85B | +9.37B | +64.68% |
| 1986 | 14.48B | +4B | +38.2% |
| 1985 | 10.48B | +862M | +8.96% |
| 1984 | 9.62B | −21.72M | −0.23% |
| 1983 | 9.64B | +862M | +9.82% |
| 1982 | 8.78B | −1.03B | −10.54% |
| 1981 | 9.81B | −1.04B | −9.57% |
| 1980 | 10.85B | +175M | +1.64% |
| 1979 | 10.67B | +1.12B | +11.69% |
| 1978 | 9.56B | +2.15B | +28.95% |
| 1977 | 7.41B | +2.52B | +51.39% |
| 1976 | 4.9B | −1.7B | −25.76% |
| 1975 | 6.59B | −1.42B | −17.7% |
| 1974 | 8.01B | +1.16B | +16.98% |
| 1973 | 6.85B | +1.6B | +30.54% |
| 1972 | 5.25B | +1.15B | +27.92% |
| 1971 | 4.1B | +1.2B | +41.47% |
| 1970 | 2.9B | — | — |
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 Values can be negative when capital is withdrawn.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.
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