Foreign direct investment inflows in South Africa in 2025 — -2,160,797,070 US$. Ranked 91 in the world out of 97. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 745.8%.
1970–2025 · US$
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -2.16B | −4.49B | −192.73% |
| 2024 | 2.33B | −1.53B | −39.68% |
| 2023 | 3.86B | −5.38B | −58.19% |
| 2022 | 9.24B | −31.42B | −77.28% |
| 2021 | 40.66B | +37.51B | +1,189.3% |
| 2020 | 3.15B | −1.96B | −38.36% |
| 2019 | 5.12B | −453M | −8.14% |
| 2018 | 5.57B | +3.51B | +170.55% |
| 2017 | 2.06B | −157M | −7.07% |
| 2016 | 2.22B | +694M | +45.63% |
| 2015 | 1.52B | −4.27B | −73.74% |
| 2014 | 5.79B | −2.44B | −29.65% |
| 2013 | 8.23B | +3.61B | +77.96% |
| 2012 | 4.63B | +487M | +11.76% |
| 2011 | 4.14B | +446M | +12.08% |
| 2010 | 3.69B | −3.93B | −51.56% |
| 2009 | 7.62B | −2.26B | −22.87% |
| 2008 | 9.89B | +3.3B | +50.07% |
| 2007 | 6.59B | +5.96B | +956.78% |
| 2006 | 623M | −5.9B | −90.44% |
| 2005 | 6.52B | +5.82B | +829.84% |
| 2004 | 701M | −81.71M | −10.43% |
| 2003 | 783M | −697M | −47.08% |
| 2002 | 1.48B | −5.79B | −79.65% |
| 2001 | 7.27B | +6.3B | +650.42% |
| 2000 | 969M | −535M | −35.55% |
| 1999 | 1.5B | +953M | +173.17% |
| 1998 | 550M | −3.26B | −85.56% |
| 1997 | 3.81B | +2.99B | +366.76% |
| 1996 | 816M | −432M | −34.61% |
| 1995 | 1.25B | +874M | +233.44% |
| 1994 | 374M | +363M | +3,216.14% |
| 1993 | 11.29M | +7.93M | +236.23% |
| 1992 | 3.36M | −251M | −98.68% |
| 1991 | 254M | +330M | +435.61% |
| 1990 | -75.72M | +125M | +62.37% |
| 1989 | -201M | −360M | −227% |
| 1988 | 158M | +350M | +182.66% |
| 1987 | -192M | −141M | −279.64% |
| 1986 | -50.49M | +402M | +88.85% |
| 1985 | -453M | −872M | −207.9% |
| 1984 | 420M | +349M | +491.68% |
| 1983 | 70.9M | −259M | −78.5% |
| 1982 | 330M | +265M | +407.23% |
| 1981 | 65M | +75.3M | +731.07% |
| 1980 | -10.3M | +474M | +97.87% |
| 1979 | -485M | −375M | −343.52% |
| 1978 | -109M | +12.65M | +10.38% |
| 1977 | -122M | −140M | −762.5% |
| 1976 | 18.4M | −170M | −90.21% |
| 1975 | 188M | −508M | −73% |
| 1974 | 696M | +669M | +2,442.53% |
| 1973 | 27.38M | −87.1M | −76.08% |
| 1972 | 114M | −146M | −55.98% |
| 1971 | 260M | −74.54M | −22.28% |
| 1970 | 335M | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Lesotho
-5.77M
South Africa
-2.16B
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.
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