Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — Liberia

Foreign direct investment inflows in Liberia in 2024 — 471,538,317 US$. Ranked 119 in the world out of 195. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 725.2%.

2024 472M US$ +51% vs 2023
World rank 119of 195
Period maximum 2.31B US$2012
Period minimum -132M US$1996

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — Liberia, 1970–2024-1B01B2B3B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 57,140,000 US$1971: -33,960,000 US$1972: 20,650,000 US$1973: 74,840,000 US$1974: 57,710,000 US$1975: 180,410,000 US$1976: 83,170,000 US$1977: 170,450,000 US$1978: 144,690,000 US$1979: 41,210,000 US$1980: 71,920,000 US$1981: 287,950,000 US$1982: 749,375 US$1983: 1,057,307 US$1984: 779,522 US$1985: -348,847 US$1986: -355,307 US$1987: 829,049 US$1988: 290,150,000 US$1989: 656,040,000 US$1990: 225,240,000 US$1991: 8,410,000 US$1992: -10,850,000 US$1993: -53,620,000 US$1994: 17,380,000 US$1995: 4,600,000 US$1996: -132,130,000 US$1997: 213,820,000 US$1998: 190,310,000 US$1999: 256,260,000 US$2000: 20,800,000 US$2001: 8,300,000 US$2002: 2,800,000 US$2003: 372,220,000 US$2004: 75,351,732 US$2005: 82,802,111 US$2006: 107,856,672 US$2007: 131,637,662 US$2008: 283,536,077 US$2009: 127,803,425 US$2010: 2,064,680,994 US$2011: 2,086,006,933 US$2012: 2,309,981,241 US$2013: 1,998,675,366 US$2014: 501,870,829 US$2015: 232,679,832 US$2016: 311,699,760 US$2017: 247,842,983 US$2018: 129,129,755 US$2019: 86,681,700 US$2020: -94,014,462 US$2021: -39,290,947 US$2022: 123,765,394 US$2023: 312,281,352 US$2024: 471,538,317 US$
Change over the period: +414M (+725.23%) Average annual rate: 3.99 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Liberia 472M US$
World 1.57T US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 43.49B US$
Western Africa computed 14.03B US$
Low-income countries computed 19.09B US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 472M +159M +51%
2023 312M +189M +152.32%
2022 124M +163M +415%
2021 -39.29M +54.72M +58.21%
2020 -94.01M −181M −208.46%
2019 86.68M −42.45M −32.87%
2018 129M −119M −47.9%
2017 248M −63.86M −20.49%
2016 312M +79.02M +33.96%
2015 233M −269M −53.64%
2014 502M −1.5B −74.89%
2013 2B −311M −13.48%
2012 2.31B +224M +10.74%
2011 2.09B +21.33M +1.03%
2010 2.06B +1.94B +1,515.51%
2009 128M −156M −54.93%
2008 284M +152M +115.39%
2007 132M +23.78M +22.05%
2006 108M +25.05M +30.26%
2005 82.8M +7.45M +9.89%
2004 75.35M −297M −79.76%
2003 372M +369M +13,193.57%
2002 2.8M −5.5M −66.27%
2001 8.3M −12.5M −60.1%
2000 20.8M −235M −91.88%
1999 256M +65.95M +34.65%
1998 190M −23.51M −11%
1997 214M +346M +261.83%
1996 -132M −137M −2,972.39%
1995 4.6M −12.78M −73.53%
1994 17.38M +71M +132.41%
1993 -53.62M −42.77M −394.19%
1992 -10.85M −19.26M −229.01%
1991 8.41M −217M −96.27%
1990 225M −431M −65.67%
1989 656M +366M +126.1%
1988 290M +289M +34,897.91%
1987 829,049 +1.18M +333.33%
1986 -355,307 −6,460 −1.85%
1985 -348,847 −1.13M −144.75%
1984 779,522 −277,785 −26.27%
1983 1.06M +307,933 +41.09%
1982 749,375 −287M −99.74%
1981 288M +216M +300.38%
1980 71.92M +30.71M +74.52%
1979 41.21M −103M −71.52%
1978 145M −25.76M −15.11%
1977 170M +87.28M +104.94%
1976 83.17M −97.24M −53.9%
1975 180M +123M +212.61%
1974 57.71M −17.13M −22.89%
1973 74.84M +54.19M +262.42%
1972 20.65M +54.61M +160.81%
1971 -33.96M −91.1M −159.43%
1970 57.14M

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.