Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — Middle East & North Africa

Foreign direct investment inflows in Middle East & North Africa in 2025 — 83,250,159,900 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 13,899.2%.

2025 83.25B US$ −56.43% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 191B US$2024
Period minimum -3.02B US$1980

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — Middle East & North Africa, 1970–2025-50B050B100B150B200B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 594,680,000 US$1971: 177,307,596 US$1972: 487,562,843 US$1973: 9,721,607 US$1974: -2,980,206,563 US$1975: 2,164,829,656 US$1976: 364,727,115 US$1977: 1,364,399,497 US$1978: 1,629,328,117 US$1979: 52,978,728 US$1980: -3,016,420,548 US$1981: 7,365,356,360 US$1982: 11,736,845,565 US$1983: 5,692,311,122 US$1984: 6,465,253,901 US$1985: 2,243,764,986 US$1986: 2,493,110,821 US$1987: -7,358,149 US$1988: 2,219,457,468 US$1989: 1,746,998,747 US$1990: 3,136,579,256 US$1991: 2,835,977,788 US$1992: 4,489,998,797 US$1993: 5,530,848,739 US$1994: 5,823,788,405 US$1995: 2,761,033,360 US$1996: 6,319,683,279 US$1997: 11,416,341,819 US$1998: 11,860,817,280 US$1999: 7,886,262,195 US$2000: 12,545,686,693 US$2001: 11,222,699,192 US$2002: 10,858,569,448 US$2003: 20,847,224,330 US$2004: 34,220,160,935 US$2005: 67,919,868,311 US$2006: 101,330,255,267 US$2007: 114,086,984,310 US$2008: 85,289,882,663 US$2009: 50,240,822,982 US$2010: 65,424,338,590 US$2011: 52,910,166,871 US$2012: 57,035,784,489 US$2013: 49,473,223,962 US$2014: 32,760,712,889 US$2015: 37,668,125,938 US$2016: 66,222,592,870 US$2017: 95,418,985,551 US$2018: 139,338,145,840 US$2019: 87,529,681,704 US$2020: 86,092,732,189 US$2021: 174,780,897,553 US$2022: 121,901,585,383 US$2023: 130,299,010,545 US$2024: 191,065,561,767 US$2025: 83,250,159,900 US$
Change over the period: +82.66B (+13,899.15%) Average annual rate: 9.4 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 83.25B US$
World 1.35T US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 83.25B −108B −56.43%
2024 191B +60.77B +46.64%
2023 130B +8.4B +6.89%
2022 122B −52.88B −30.25%
2021 175B +88.69B +103.01%
2020 86.09B −1.44B −1.64%
2019 87.53B −51.81B −37.18%
2018 139B +43.92B +46.03%
2017 95.42B +29.2B +44.09%
2016 66.22B +28.55B +75.81%
2015 37.67B +4.91B +14.98%
2014 32.76B −16.71B −33.78%
2013 49.47B −7.56B −13.26%
2012 57.04B +4.13B +7.8%
2011 52.91B −12.51B −19.13%
2010 65.42B +15.18B +30.22%
2009 50.24B −35.05B −41.09%
2008 85.29B −28.8B −25.24%
2007 114B +12.76B +12.59%
2006 101B +33.41B +49.19%
2005 67.92B +33.7B +98.48%
2004 34.22B +13.37B +64.15%
2003 20.85B +9.99B +91.99%
2002 10.86B −364M −3.24%
2001 11.22B −1.32B −10.55%
2000 12.55B +4.66B +59.08%
1999 7.89B −3.97B −33.51%
1998 11.86B +444M +3.89%
1997 11.42B +5.1B +80.65%
1996 6.32B +3.56B +128.89%
1995 2.76B −3.06B −52.59%
1994 5.82B +293M +5.3%
1993 5.53B +1.04B +23.18%
1992 4.49B +1.65B +58.32%
1991 2.84B −301M −9.58%
1990 3.14B +1.39B +79.54%
1989 1.75B −472M −21.29%
1988 2.22B +2.23B +30,263.26%
1987 -7.36M −2.5B −100.3%
1986 2.49B +249M +11.11%
1985 2.24B −4.22B −65.3%
1984 6.47B +773M +13.58%
1983 5.69B −6.04B −51.5%
1982 11.74B +4.37B +59.35%
1981 7.37B +10.38B +344.18%
1980 -3.02B −3.07B −5,793.64%
1979 52.98M −1.58B −96.75%
1978 1.63B +265M +19.42%
1977 1.36B +1,000M +274.09%
1976 365M −1.8B −83.15%
1975 2.16B +5.15B +172.64%
1974 -2.98B −2.99B −30,755.49%
1973 9.72M −478M −98.01%
1972 488M +310M +174.98%
1971 177M −417M −70.18%
1970 595M

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.