Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — Lower-middle-income countries

Foreign direct investment inflows in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 153,307,634,119 US$. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 21,595.9%.

2024 153B US$ +37.86% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 153B US$2024
Period minimum 707M US$1971

Trend over time

1971–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — Lower-middle-income countries, 1971–2024050B100B150B200B19711977198319891995200120072013201920241971: 706,620,000 US$1972: 795,059,998 US$1973: 1,498,375,437 US$1974: 1,183,523,899 US$1975: 1,475,845,435 US$1976: 867,600,806 US$1977: 1,467,407,073 US$1978: 2,109,764,318 US$1979: 2,446,115,948 US$1980: 1,023,634,348 US$1981: 2,776,172,417 US$1982: 1,877,160,148 US$1983: 1,848,860,233 US$1984: 1,700,924,410 US$1985: 2,940,151,951 US$1986: 2,282,269,335 US$1987: 2,916,463,985 US$1988: 3,747,606,340 US$1989: 5,178,340,753 US$1990: 2,930,503,125 US$1991: 4,223,647,782 US$1992: 5,205,066,760 US$1993: 8,620,261,774 US$1994: 11,014,842,238 US$1995: 11,301,631,954 US$1996: 13,044,284,640 US$1997: 18,121,284,788 US$1998: 18,599,354,115 US$1999: 18,193,970,552 US$2000: 17,829,629,904 US$2001: 21,097,537,060 US$2002: 24,952,699,096 US$2003: 26,758,846,486 US$2004: 28,533,764,270 US$2005: 47,409,499,090 US$2006: 73,382,865,958 US$2007: 95,806,326,144 US$2008: 123,314,619,898 US$2009: 98,752,814,808 US$2010: 86,370,407,973 US$2011: 99,936,315,821 US$2012: 94,664,228,188 US$2013: 92,115,837,753 US$2014: 104,716,780,573 US$2015: 124,161,425,860 US$2016: 115,426,161,366 US$2017: 120,716,168,784 US$2018: 118,079,498,236 US$2019: 121,784,341,637 US$2020: 119,423,529,478 US$2021: 120,742,867,082 US$2022: 119,471,955,665 US$2023: 111,208,976,029 US$2024: 153,307,634,119 US$
Change over the period: +153B (+21,595.91%) Average annual rate: 10.68 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lower-middle-income countries 153B US$
World 1.57T US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 153B +42.1B +37.86%
2023 111B −8.26B −6.92%
2022 119B −1.27B −1.05%
2021 121B +1.32B +1.1%
2020 119B −2.36B −1.94%
2019 122B +3.7B +3.14%
2018 118B −2.64B −2.18%
2017 121B +5.29B +4.58%
2016 115B −8.74B −7.04%
2015 124B +19.44B +18.57%
2014 105B +12.6B +13.68%
2013 92.12B −2.55B −2.69%
2012 94.66B −5.27B −5.28%
2011 99.94B +13.57B +15.71%
2010 86.37B −12.38B −12.54%
2009 98.75B −24.56B −19.92%
2008 123B +27.51B +28.71%
2007 95.81B +22.42B +30.56%
2006 73.38B +25.97B +54.79%
2005 47.41B +18.88B +66.15%
2004 28.53B +1.77B +6.63%
2003 26.76B +1.81B +7.24%
2002 24.95B +3.86B +18.27%
2001 21.1B +3.27B +18.33%
2000 17.83B −364M −2%
1999 18.19B −405M −2.18%
1998 18.6B +478M +2.64%
1997 18.12B +5.08B +38.92%
1996 13.04B +1.74B +15.42%
1995 11.3B +287M +2.6%
1994 11.01B +2.39B +27.78%
1993 8.62B +3.42B +65.61%
1992 5.21B +981M +23.24%
1991 4.22B +1.29B +44.13%
1990 2.93B −2.25B −43.41%
1989 5.18B +1.43B +38.18%
1988 3.75B +831M +28.5%
1987 2.92B +634M +27.79%
1986 2.28B −658M −22.38%
1985 2.94B +1.24B +72.86%
1984 1.7B −148M −8%
1983 1.85B −28.3M −1.51%
1982 1.88B −899M −32.38%
1981 2.78B +1.75B +171.21%
1980 1.02B −1.42B −58.15%
1979 2.45B +336M +15.94%
1978 2.11B +642M +43.77%
1977 1.47B +600M +69.13%
1976 868M −608M −41.21%
1975 1.48B +292M +24.7%
1974 1.18B −315M −21.01%
1973 1.5B +703M +88.46%
1972 795M +88.44M +12.52%
1971 707M

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.