Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — Ireland

Foreign direct investment inflows in Ireland in 2024 — 4,818,899,600 US$. Ranked 48 in the world out of 195. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 14,959.1%.

2024 4.82B US$ +103.44% vs 2023
World rank 48of 195
Period maximum 226B US$2015
Period minimum -140B US$2023

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — Ireland, 1970–2024-200B-100B0100B200B300B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 32,000,000 US$1971: 25,000,000 US$1972: 31,000,000 US$1973: 52,000,000 US$1974: 51,200,000 US$1975: 158,170,000 US$1976: 172,680,000 US$1977: 136,240,000 US$1978: 375,260,000 US$1979: 336,680,000 US$1980: 286,450,000 US$1981: 203,450,000 US$1982: 242,010,000 US$1983: 169,650,000 US$1984: 121,360,000 US$1985: 163,660,000 US$1986: 250,293,355 US$1987: 322,476,620 US$1988: 257,438,683 US$1989: 192,759,336 US$1990: 621,911,000 US$1991: 1,361,668,000 US$1992: 1,458,175,000 US$1993: 1,077,890,000 US$1994: 856,979,000 US$1995: 1,442,925,000 US$1996: 2,617,483,000 US$1997: 2,028,797,820 US$1998: 8,862,216,910 US$1999: 18,210,641,710 US$2000: 25,779,436,150 US$2001: 9,650,920,350 US$2002: 29,323,796,530 US$2003: 22,781,292,820 US$2004: -10,607,612,700 US$2005: 47,001,243,614 US$2006: 22,070,063,905 US$2007: 59,934,755,383 US$2008: 23,287,686,336 US$2009: 53,974,309,647 US$2010: 37,748,455,284 US$2011: 23,699,352,433 US$2012: 58,090,414,123 US$2013: 72,540,330,764 US$2014: 104,903,896,348 US$2015: 226,022,972,770 US$2016: 79,795,011,378 US$2017: 71,124,020,352 US$2018: 80,581,468,517 US$2019: 31,252,184,929 US$2020: 35,288,206,770 US$2021: 77,722,796,051 US$2022: -35,575,910,808 US$2023: -139,972,323,560 US$2024: 4,818,899,600 US$
Change over the period: +4.79B (+14,959.06%) Average annual rate: 9.73 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Ireland 4.82B US$
World 1.57T US$
Northern Europe computed 67.31B US$
High-income countries computed 1.09T US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 4.82B +145B +103.44%
2023 -140B −104B −293.45%
2022 -35.58B −113B −145.77%
2021 77.72B +42.43B +120.25%
2020 35.29B +4.04B +12.91%
2019 31.25B −49.33B −61.22%
2018 80.58B +9.46B +13.3%
2017 71.12B −8.67B −10.87%
2016 79.8B −146B −64.7%
2015 226B +121B +115.46%
2014 105B +32.36B +44.61%
2013 72.54B +14.45B +24.87%
2012 58.09B +34.39B +145.11%
2011 23.7B −14.05B −37.22%
2010 37.75B −16.23B −30.06%
2009 53.97B +30.69B +131.77%
2008 23.29B −36.65B −61.14%
2007 59.93B +37.86B +171.57%
2006 22.07B −24.93B −53.04%
2005 47B +57.61B +543.09%
2004 -10.61B −33.39B −146.56%
2003 22.78B −6.54B −22.31%
2002 29.32B +19.67B +203.84%
2001 9.65B −16.13B −62.56%
2000 25.78B +7.57B +41.56%
1999 18.21B +9.35B +105.49%
1998 8.86B +6.83B +336.82%
1997 2.03B −589M −22.49%
1996 2.62B +1.17B +81.4%
1995 1.44B +586M +68.37%
1994 857M −221M −20.49%
1993 1.08B −380M −26.08%
1992 1.46B +96.51M +7.09%
1991 1.36B +740M +118.95%
1990 622M +429M +222.64%
1989 193M −64.68M −25.12%
1988 257M −65.04M −20.17%
1987 322M +72.18M +28.84%
1986 250M +86.63M +52.93%
1985 164M +42.3M +34.85%
1984 121M −48.29M −28.46%
1983 170M −72.36M −29.9%
1982 242M +38.56M +18.95%
1981 203M −83M −28.98%
1980 286M −50.23M −14.92%
1979 337M −38.58M −10.28%
1978 375M +239M +175.44%
1977 136M −36.44M −21.1%
1976 173M +14.51M +9.17%
1975 158M +107M +208.93%
1974 51.2M −800,000 −1.54%
1973 52M +21M +67.74%
1972 31M +6M +24%
1971 25M −7M −21.88%
1970 32M

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.