Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — High-income countries

Foreign direct investment inflows in high-income countries in 2024 — 1,087,449,276,278 US$. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 652.5%.

2024 1.09T US$ +98.54% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 2.63T US$2007
Period minimum 145B US$1992

Trend over time

1992–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — High-income countries, 1992–202401T2T3T1992199620002004200820122016202020241992: 144,520,245,421 US$1993: 172,935,391,296 US$1994: 197,159,676,776 US$1995: 272,241,690,071 US$1996: 296,667,953,394 US$1997: 380,817,268,535 US$1998: 646,394,851,557 US$1999: 1,048,127,152,614 US$2000: 1,421,943,003,989 US$2001: 734,390,467,680 US$2002: 604,767,594,039 US$2003: 586,025,327,766 US$2004: 812,741,302,000 US$2005: 1,275,985,445,354 US$2006: 1,842,731,540,605 US$2007: 2,628,327,603,739 US$2008: 1,895,716,828,810 US$2009: 1,127,365,380,883 US$2010: 1,261,610,860,582 US$2011: 1,714,008,210,314 US$2012: 1,439,025,394,097 US$2013: 1,488,329,486,122 US$2014: 1,344,057,483,026 US$2015: 2,186,944,547,389 US$2016: 2,220,713,181,680 US$2017: 1,740,415,144,330 US$2018: 504,096,938,045 US$2019: 1,401,810,821,049 US$2020: 655,883,160,857 US$2021: 1,782,528,922,050 US$2022: 1,316,804,723,917 US$2023: 547,720,409,118 US$2024: 1,087,449,276,278 US$
Change over the period: +943B (+652.45%) Average annual rate: 6.51 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries

High-income countries 1.09T US$
World 1.57T US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — High-income countries, by year High-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 1.09T +540B +98.54%
2023 548B −769B −58.41%
2022 1.32T −466B −26.13%
2021 1.78T +1.13T +171.78%
2020 656B −746B −53.21%
2019 1.4T +898B +178.08%
2018 504B −1.24T −71.04%
2017 1.74T −480B −21.63%
2016 2.22T +33.77B +1.54%
2015 2.19T +843B +62.71%
2014 1.34T −144B −9.69%
2013 1.49T +49.3B +3.43%
2012 1.44T −275B −16.04%
2011 1.71T +452B +35.86%
2010 1.26T +134B +11.91%
2009 1.13T −768B −40.53%
2008 1.9T −733B −27.87%
2007 2.63T +786B +42.63%
2006 1.84T +567B +44.42%
2005 1.28T +463B +57%
2004 813B +227B +38.69%
2003 586B −18.74B −3.1%
2002 605B −130B −17.65%
2001 734B −688B −48.35%
2000 1.42T +374B +35.67%
1999 1.05T +402B +62.15%
1998 646B +266B +69.74%
1997 381B +84.15B +28.36%
1996 297B +24.43B +8.97%
1995 272B +75.08B +38.08%
1994 197B +24.22B +14.01%
1993 173B +28.42B +19.66%
1992 145B

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.