Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — Laos

Foreign direct investment inflows in Laos in 2024 — 988,457,807 US$. Ranked 101 in the world out of 195. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 988,357.8%.

2024 988M US$ −44.51% vs 2023
World rank 101of 195
Period maximum 1.78B US$2023
Period minimum -1.62M US$1985

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — Laos, 1970–2024-500M0500M1B1.5B2B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 100,000 US$1972: -130,000 US$1973: 890,000 US$1974: 430,000 US$1975: 240,000 US$1977: 640,000 US$1984: 0 US$1985: -1,620,000 US$1986: 0 US$1987: 0 US$1988: 2,000,000 US$1989: 4,000,000 US$1990: 6,000,000 US$1991: 6,900,000 US$1992: 7,800,000 US$1993: 29,900,000 US$1994: 59,200,000 US$1995: 95,100,000 US$1996: 159,800,000 US$1997: 91,000,000 US$1998: 45,900,000 US$1999: 78,900,000 US$2000: 33,890,000 US$2001: 23,904,284 US$2002: 4,451,297 US$2003: 19,484,001 US$2004: 16,917,263 US$2005: 27,720,000 US$2006: 187,310,641 US$2007: 323,520,000 US$2008: 227,770,000 US$2009: 318,598,209 US$2010: 278,805,903 US$2011: 300,743,507 US$2012: 617,755,395 US$2013: 681,397,257 US$2014: 867,646,122 US$2015: 1,077,759,915 US$2016: 935,296,173 US$2017: 1,686,287,305 US$2018: 1,358,019,506 US$2019: 755,524,124 US$2020: 967,706,086 US$2021: 1,071,913,716 US$2022: 726,273,736 US$2023: 1,781,176,779 US$2024: 988,457,807 US$
Change over the period: +988M (+988,357.81%) Average annual rate: 18.57 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Laos 988M US$
World 1.57T US$
South-Eastern Asia computed 226B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 153B US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 988M −793M −44.51%
2023 1.78B +1.05B +145.25%
2022 726M −346M −32.25%
2021 1.07B +104M +10.77%
2020 968M +212M +28.08%
2019 756M −602M −44.37%
2018 1.36B −328M −19.47%
2017 1.69B +751M +80.29%
2016 935M −142M −13.22%
2015 1.08B +210M +24.22%
2014 868M +186M +27.33%
2013 681M +63.64M +10.3%
2012 618M +317M +105.41%
2011 301M +21.94M +7.87%
2010 279M −39.79M −12.49%
2009 319M +90.83M +39.88%
2008 228M −95.75M −29.6%
2007 324M +136M +72.72%
2006 187M +160M +575.72%
2005 27.72M +10.8M +63.86%
2004 16.92M −2.57M −13.17%
2003 19.48M +15.03M +337.72%
2002 4.45M −19.45M −81.38%
2001 23.9M −9.99M −29.47%
2000 33.89M −45.01M −57.05%
1999 78.9M +33M +71.9%
1998 45.9M −45.1M −49.56%
1997 91M −68.8M −43.05%
1996 160M +64.7M +68.03%
1995 95.1M +35.9M +60.64%
1994 59.2M +29.3M +97.99%
1993 29.9M +22.1M +283.33%
1992 7.8M +900,000 +13.04%
1991 6.9M +900,000 +15%
1990 6M +2M +50%
1989 4M +2M +100%
1988 2M +2M
1987 0 +0
1986 0 +1.62M +100%
1985 -1.62M −1.62M
1984 0
1977 640,000
1975 240,000 −190,000 −44.19%
1974 430,000 −460,000 −51.69%
1973 890,000 +1.02M +784.62%
1972 -130,000
1970 100,000

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.