Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — Low-income countries

Foreign direct investment inflows in low-income countries in 2024 — 19,086,419,203 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 17,276.6%.

2024 19.09B US$ +10.05% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 19.33B US$2012
Period minimum -149M US$1983

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — Low-income countries, 1970–2024-5B05B10B15B20B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 109,840,000 US$1971: -3,860,000 US$1972: 68,759,985 US$1973: 153,824,999 US$1974: 156,110,493 US$1975: 310,823,582 US$1976: 404,028,473 US$1977: 281,633,772 US$1978: 476,067,122 US$1979: 358,614,401 US$1980: 331,156,145 US$1981: 440,755,439 US$1982: 114,950,189 US$1983: -148,885,237 US$1984: 40,207,757 US$1985: 131,825,049 US$1986: -59,717,268 US$1987: 147,643,317 US$1988: 335,985,953 US$1989: 767,878,445 US$1990: 296,144,215 US$1991: 412,129,586 US$1992: 832,569,956 US$1993: 1,050,306,474 US$1994: 625,763,938 US$1995: 254,067,260 US$1996: 325,388,869 US$1997: 998,744,282 US$1998: 1,317,709,914 US$1999: 1,558,995,726 US$2000: 1,739,835,118 US$2001: 2,675,326,230 US$2002: 3,075,287,433 US$2003: 4,287,458,203 US$2004: 4,914,852,031 US$2005: 3,767,871,508 US$2006: 6,576,420,403 US$2007: 8,759,190,314 US$2008: 11,148,816,987 US$2009: 10,046,774,202 US$2010: 14,426,001,976 US$2011: 16,772,531,762 US$2012: 19,326,438,098 US$2013: 18,215,644,278 US$2014: 13,892,618,671 US$2015: 13,956,874,918 US$2016: 12,639,332,686 US$2017: 12,831,505,185 US$2018: 12,087,399,975 US$2019: 13,370,311,976 US$2020: 11,800,331,467 US$2021: 17,029,734,259 US$2022: 16,727,641,402 US$2023: 17,342,682,177 US$2024: 19,086,419,203 US$
Change over the period: +18.98B (+17,276.57%) Average annual rate: 10.02 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Low-income countries 19.09B US$
World 1.57T US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 19.09B +1.74B +10.05%
2023 17.34B +615M +3.68%
2022 16.73B −302M −1.77%
2021 17.03B +5.23B +44.32%
2020 11.8B −1.57B −11.74%
2019 13.37B +1.28B +10.61%
2018 12.09B −744M −5.8%
2017 12.83B +192M +1.52%
2016 12.64B −1.32B −9.44%
2015 13.96B +64.26M +0.46%
2014 13.89B −4.32B −23.73%
2013 18.22B −1.11B −5.75%
2012 19.33B +2.55B +15.23%
2011 16.77B +2.35B +16.27%
2010 14.43B +4.38B +43.59%
2009 10.05B −1.1B −9.88%
2008 11.15B +2.39B +27.28%
2007 8.76B +2.18B +33.19%
2006 6.58B +2.81B +74.54%
2005 3.77B −1.15B −23.34%
2004 4.91B +627M +14.63%
2003 4.29B +1.21B +39.42%
2002 3.08B +400M +14.95%
2001 2.68B +935M +53.77%
2000 1.74B +181M +11.6%
1999 1.56B +241M +18.31%
1998 1.32B +319M +31.94%
1997 999M +673M +206.94%
1996 325M +71.32M +28.07%
1995 254M −372M −59.4%
1994 626M −425M −40.42%
1993 1.05B +218M +26.15%
1992 833M +420M +102.02%
1991 412M +116M +39.17%
1990 296M −472M −61.43%
1989 768M +432M +128.54%
1988 336M +188M +127.57%
1987 148M +207M +347.24%
1986 -59.72M −192M −145.3%
1985 132M +91.62M +227.86%
1984 40.21M +189M +127.01%
1983 -149M −264M −229.52%
1982 115M −326M −73.92%
1981 441M +110M +33.1%
1980 331M −27.46M −7.66%
1979 359M −117M −24.67%
1978 476M +194M +69.04%
1977 282M −122M −30.29%
1976 404M +93.2M +29.99%
1975 311M +155M +99.1%
1974 156M +2.29M +1.49%
1973 154M +85.07M +123.71%
1972 68.76M +72.62M +1,881.35%
1971 -3.86M −114M −103.51%
1970 110M

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.