Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — Western Africa

Foreign direct investment inflows in Western Africa in 2024 — 14,025,736,658 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 3,540.6%.

2024 14.03B US$ −11.44% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 20.13B US$2011
Period minimum -434M US$1980

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — Western Africa, 1970–2024-10B010B20B30B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 385,260,000 US$1971: 321,580,000 US$1972: 388,259,999 US$1973: 549,210,000 US$1974: 351,369,118 US$1975: 733,805,151 US$1976: 517,398,806 US$1977: 714,885,231 US$1978: 610,053,493 US$1979: 630,576,037 US$1980: -434,385,312 US$1981: 946,594,700 US$1982: 590,518,657 US$1983: 381,573,264 US$1984: 261,705,296 US$1985: 490,528,260 US$1986: 120,449,866 US$1987: 766,997,349 US$1988: 741,651,632 US$1989: 2,671,613,412 US$1990: 1,068,958,072 US$1991: 833,296,220 US$1992: 1,058,445,977 US$1993: 1,552,994,881 US$1994: 2,435,196,628 US$1995: 847,300,910 US$1996: 874,170,131 US$1997: 1,537,487,944 US$1998: 1,576,039,622 US$1999: 2,150,096,436 US$2000: 1,949,906,152 US$2001: 2,066,310,694 US$2002: 2,448,852,005 US$2003: 3,193,829,995 US$2004: 3,360,427,102 US$2005: 7,227,147,326 US$2006: 7,160,651,441 US$2007: 9,784,189,310 US$2008: 13,865,594,905 US$2009: 13,535,343,338 US$2010: 13,183,369,956 US$2011: 20,131,847,171 US$2012: 18,142,161,333 US$2013: 15,302,254,475 US$2014: 12,222,157,937 US$2015: 9,831,322,037 US$2016: 11,682,727,024 US$2017: 10,441,881,323 US$2018: 8,093,654,054 US$2019: 10,037,354,573 US$2020: 9,072,620,050 US$2021: 12,996,319,325 US$2022: 11,027,129,690 US$2023: 15,838,101,894 US$2024: 14,025,736,658 US$
Change over the period: +13.64B (+3,540.59%) Average annual rate: 6.88 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa

Western Africa 14.03B US$
World 1.57T US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 14.03B −1.81B −11.44%
2023 15.84B +4.81B +43.63%
2022 11.03B −1.97B −15.15%
2021 13B +3.92B +43.25%
2020 9.07B −965M −9.61%
2019 10.04B +1.94B +24.02%
2018 8.09B −2.35B −22.49%
2017 10.44B −1.24B −10.62%
2016 11.68B +1.85B +18.83%
2015 9.83B −2.39B −19.56%
2014 12.22B −3.08B −20.13%
2013 15.3B −2.84B −15.65%
2012 18.14B −1.99B −9.88%
2011 20.13B +6.95B +52.71%
2010 13.18B −352M −2.6%
2009 13.54B −330M −2.38%
2008 13.87B +4.08B +41.71%
2007 9.78B +2.62B +36.64%
2006 7.16B −66.5M −0.92%
2005 7.23B +3.87B +115.07%
2004 3.36B +167M +5.22%
2003 3.19B +745M +30.42%
2002 2.45B +383M +18.51%
2001 2.07B +116M +5.97%
2000 1.95B −200M −9.31%
1999 2.15B +574M +36.42%
1998 1.58B +38.55M +2.51%
1997 1.54B +663M +75.88%
1996 874M +26.87M +3.17%
1995 847M −1.59B −65.21%
1994 2.44B +882M +56.81%
1993 1.55B +495M +46.72%
1992 1.06B +225M +27.02%
1991 833M −236M −22.05%
1990 1.07B −1.6B −59.99%
1989 2.67B +1.93B +260.22%
1988 742M −25.35M −3.3%
1987 767M +647M +536.78%
1986 120M −370M −75.44%
1985 491M +229M +87.44%
1984 262M −120M −31.41%
1983 382M −209M −35.38%
1982 591M −356M −37.62%
1981 947M +1.38B +317.92%
1980 -434M −1.06B −168.89%
1979 631M +20.52M +3.36%
1978 610M −105M −14.66%
1977 715M +197M +38.17%
1976 517M −216M −29.49%
1975 734M +382M +108.84%
1974 351M −198M −36.02%
1973 549M +161M +41.45%
1972 388M +66.68M +20.74%
1971 322M −63.68M −16.53%
1970 385M

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.