Foreign direct investment inflows in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 — 6,953,368,192 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 738.6%.
1970–2025 · US$
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.95B | −36.54B | −84.01% |
| 2024 | 43.49B | +1.04B | +2.45% |
| 2023 | 42.45B | +5.78B | +15.76% |
| 2022 | 36.67B | −34.15B | −48.22% |
| 2021 | 70.83B | +47.57B | +204.6% |
| 2020 | 23.25B | −4.28B | −15.53% |
| 2019 | 27.53B | −649M | −2.3% |
| 2018 | 28.18B | +262M | +0.94% |
| 2017 | 27.92B | −4.39B | −13.6% |
| 2016 | 32.31B | −12.93B | −28.58% |
| 2015 | 45.24B | +947M | +2.14% |
| 2014 | 44.29B | +3.6B | +8.84% |
| 2013 | 40.69B | −4.86B | −10.66% |
| 2012 | 45.55B | +3.51B | +8.35% |
| 2011 | 42.04B | +9.23B | +28.13% |
| 2010 | 32.81B | −3.83B | −10.47% |
| 2009 | 36.64B | −2.16B | −5.56% |
| 2008 | 38.8B | +9.65B | +33.09% |
| 2007 | 29.15B | +12.72B | +77.36% |
| 2006 | 16.44B | −3.18B | −16.19% |
| 2005 | 19.61B | +6.98B | +55.24% |
| 2004 | 12.63B | −1.18B | −8.57% |
| 2003 | 13.82B | +2.94B | +27.08% |
| 2002 | 10.87B | −4.56B | −29.53% |
| 2001 | 15.43B | +8.55B | +124.42% |
| 2000 | 6.88B | −1.77B | −20.48% |
| 1999 | 8.65B | +2.63B | +43.63% |
| 1998 | 6.02B | −1.36B | −18.43% |
| 1997 | 7.38B | +4.11B | +125.68% |
| 1996 | 3.27B | −338M | −9.38% |
| 1995 | 3.61B | +30.59M | +0.86% |
| 1994 | 3.58B | +980M | +37.74% |
| 1993 | 2.6B | +730M | +39.13% |
| 1992 | 1.87B | −219M | −10.48% |
| 1991 | 2.09B | +912M | +77.65% |
| 1990 | 1.17B | −1.8B | −60.47% |
| 1989 | 2.97B | +1.46B | +96.64% |
| 1988 | 1.51B | +192M | +14.61% |
| 1987 | 1.32B | +702M | +114.1% |
| 1986 | 615M | −385M | −38.46% |
| 1985 | 1B | +62.24M | +6.64% |
| 1984 | 938M | +83.35M | +9.75% |
| 1983 | 854M | −606M | −41.48% |
| 1982 | 1.46B | −84.8M | −5.49% |
| 1981 | 1.55B | +1.29B | +504.63% |
| 1980 | 256M | −518M | −66.96% |
| 1979 | 773M | −146M | −15.92% |
| 1978 | 920M | +73.94M | +8.74% |
| 1977 | 846M | −171M | −16.8% |
| 1976 | 1.02B | −269M | −20.94% |
| 1975 | 1.29B | −131M | −9.24% |
| 1974 | 1.42B | +598M | +73% |
| 1973 | 819M | +123M | +17.74% |
| 1972 | 696M | −19.62M | −2.74% |
| 1971 | 715M | −114M | −13.75% |
| 1970 | 829M | — | — |
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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