Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — Western Europe

Foreign direct investment inflows in Western Europe in 2025 — 21,566,512,801 US$. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 630.4%.

2025 21.57B US$ −68.06% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 1.09T US$2007
Period minimum -447B US$2018

Trend over time

1971–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — Western Europe, 1971–2025-500B0500B1T1.5T19711977198319891995200120072013201920251971: 2,952,622,390 US$1972: 3,839,891,134 US$1973: 5,226,537,038 US$1974: 6,440,801,186 US$1975: 4,520,434,063 US$1976: 3,842,911,080 US$1977: 4,823,180,629 US$1978: 6,735,262,756 US$1979: 7,353,526,896 US$1980: 7,158,657,767 US$1981: 5,566,820,438 US$1982: 4,961,159,495 US$1983: 6,229,985,870 US$1984: 5,987,327,899 US$1985: 7,119,220,300 US$1986: 10,612,613,237 US$1987: 14,859,627,959 US$1988: 17,825,830,154 US$1989: 34,136,090,206 US$1990: 40,660,164,223 US$1991: 38,065,160,445 US$1992: 39,836,425,120 US$1993: 41,084,627,014 US$1994: 44,330,252,475 US$1995: 64,638,994,533 US$1996: 68,416,537,553 US$1997: 69,385,115,751 US$1998: 130,338,449,414 US$1999: 310,377,522,331 US$2000: 492,681,394,072 US$2001: 272,136,349,758 US$2002: 165,926,523,389 US$2003: 210,280,669,560 US$2004: 216,930,395,811 US$2005: 476,661,913,454 US$2006: 741,807,977,364 US$2007: 1,086,415,819,450 US$2008: 517,498,196,232 US$2009: 474,829,537,758 US$2010: 370,302,933,602 US$2011: 740,869,961,880 US$2012: 449,020,988,396 US$2013: 393,627,933,342 US$2014: 203,467,216,947 US$2015: 701,753,483,911 US$2016: 649,239,434,840 US$2017: 488,815,031,394 US$2018: -447,076,097,684 US$2019: 164,027,199,371 US$2020: -308,802,992,211 US$2021: 66,928,925,234 US$2022: -97,034,338,847 US$2023: -360,528,066,546 US$2024: 67,521,079,250 US$2025: 21,566,512,801 US$
Change over the period: +18.61B (+630.42%) Average annual rate: 3.75 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Western Europe 21.57B US$
World 1.35T US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 21.57B −45.95B −68.06%
2024 67.52B +428B +118.73%
2023 -361B −263B −271.55%
2022 -97.03B −164B −244.98%
2021 66.93B +376B +121.67%
2020 -309B −473B −288.26%
2019 164B +611B +136.69%
2018 -447B −936B −191.46%
2017 489B −160B −24.71%
2016 649B −52.51B −7.48%
2015 702B +498B +244.9%
2014 203B −190B −48.31%
2013 394B −55.39B −12.34%
2012 449B −292B −39.39%
2011 741B +371B +100.07%
2010 370B −105B −22.01%
2009 475B −42.67B −8.25%
2008 517B −569B −52.37%
2007 1.09T +345B +46.46%
2006 742B +265B +55.63%
2005 477B +260B +119.73%
2004 217B +6.65B +3.16%
2003 210B +44.35B +26.73%
2002 166B −106B −39.03%
2001 272B −221B −44.76%
2000 493B +182B +58.74%
1999 310B +180B +138.13%
1998 130B +60.95B +87.85%
1997 69.39B +969M +1.42%
1996 68.42B +3.78B +5.84%
1995 64.64B +20.31B +45.81%
1994 44.33B +3.25B +7.9%
1993 41.08B +1.25B +3.13%
1992 39.84B +1.77B +4.65%
1991 38.07B −2.6B −6.38%
1990 40.66B +6.52B +19.11%
1989 34.14B +16.31B +91.5%
1988 17.83B +2.97B +19.96%
1987 14.86B +4.25B +40.02%
1986 10.61B +3.49B +49.07%
1985 7.12B +1.13B +18.9%
1984 5.99B −243M −3.9%
1983 6.23B +1.27B +25.58%
1982 4.96B −606M −10.88%
1981 5.57B −1.59B −22.24%
1980 7.16B −195M −2.65%
1979 7.35B +618M +9.18%
1978 6.74B +1.91B +39.64%
1977 4.82B +980M +25.51%
1976 3.84B −678M −14.99%
1975 4.52B −1.92B −29.82%
1974 6.44B +1.21B +23.23%
1973 5.23B +1.39B +36.11%
1972 3.84B +887M +30.05%
1971 2.95B

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.