Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — Thailand

Foreign direct investment inflows in Thailand in 2025 — 18,840,812,804 US$. Ranked 20 in the world out of 97. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 43,917.6%.

2025 18.84B US$ +31.73% vs 2024
World rank 20of 97
Period maximum 18.84B US$2025
Period minimum -4.29B US$2020

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — Thailand, 1970–2025-10B010B20B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 42,802,885 US$1971: 38,865,385 US$1972: 68,610,577 US$1973: 77,833,712 US$1974: 188,288,646 US$1975: 85,626,229 US$1976: 79,117,248 US$1977: 106,077,896 US$1978: 55,653,209 US$1979: 55,280,865 US$1980: 189,859,432 US$1981: 290,555,396 US$1982: 190,868,602 US$1983: 349,606,932 US$1984: 401,019,249 US$1985: 163,200,658 US$1986: 262,504,154 US$1987: 351,932,497 US$1988: 1,105,370,110 US$1989: 1,775,449,345 US$1990: 2,443,549,743 US$1991: 2,013,985,971 US$1992: 2,113,021,867 US$1993: 1,804,040,985 US$1994: 1,366,440,825 US$1995: 2,067,936,429 US$1996: 2,335,837,475 US$1997: 3,894,755,071 US$1998: 7,314,804,931 US$1999: 6,102,677,671 US$2000: 3,365,987,583 US$2001: 5,067,170,388 US$2002: 3,341,612,007 US$2003: 5,232,270,340 US$2004: 5,860,255,943 US$2005: 8,215,637,195 US$2006: 8,917,470,351 US$2007: 8,633,903,441 US$2008: 8,561,557,725 US$2009: 6,411,458,545 US$2010: 14,746,672,920 US$2011: 2,473,685,996 US$2012: 12,899,036,063 US$2013: 15,935,960,665 US$2014: 4,975,455,660 US$2015: 8,927,579,182 US$2016: 3,486,184,390 US$2017: 8,285,169,820 US$2018: 13,747,219,811 US$2019: 5,534,140,215 US$2020: -4,293,910,677 US$2021: 15,389,597,696 US$2022: 11,854,822,038 US$2023: 10,327,587,426 US$2024: 14,302,158,846 US$2025: 18,840,812,804 US$
Change over the period: +18.8B (+43,917.62%) Average annual rate: 11.7 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Thailand 18.84B US$
World 1.35T US$
South-Eastern Asia computed 213B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 298B US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 18.84B +4.54B +31.73%
2024 14.3B +3.97B +38.48%
2023 10.33B −1.53B −12.88%
2022 11.85B −3.53B −22.97%
2021 15.39B +19.68B +458.41%
2020 -4.29B −9.83B −177.59%
2019 5.53B −8.21B −59.74%
2018 13.75B +5.46B +65.93%
2017 8.29B +4.8B +137.66%
2016 3.49B −5.44B −60.95%
2015 8.93B +3.95B +79.43%
2014 4.98B −10.96B −68.78%
2013 15.94B +3.04B +23.54%
2012 12.9B +10.43B +421.45%
2011 2.47B −12.27B −83.23%
2010 14.75B +8.34B +130%
2009 6.41B −2.15B −25.11%
2008 8.56B −72.35M −0.84%
2007 8.63B −284M −3.18%
2006 8.92B +702M +8.54%
2005 8.22B +2.36B +40.19%
2004 5.86B +628M +12%
2003 5.23B +1.89B +56.58%
2002 3.34B −1.73B −34.05%
2001 5.07B +1.7B +50.54%
2000 3.37B −2.74B −44.84%
1999 6.1B −1.21B −16.57%
1998 7.31B +3.42B +87.81%
1997 3.89B +1.56B +66.74%
1996 2.34B +268M +12.95%
1995 2.07B +701M +51.34%
1994 1.37B −438M −24.26%
1993 1.8B −309M −14.62%
1992 2.11B +99.04M +4.92%
1991 2.01B −430M −17.58%
1990 2.44B +668M +37.63%
1989 1.78B +670M +60.62%
1988 1.11B +753M +214.09%
1987 352M +89.43M +34.07%
1986 263M +99.3M +60.85%
1985 163M −238M −59.3%
1984 401M +51.41M +14.71%
1983 350M +159M +83.17%
1982 191M −99.69M −34.31%
1981 291M +101M +53.04%
1980 190M +135M +243.45%
1979 55.28M −372,345 −0.67%
1978 55.65M −50.42M −47.54%
1977 106M +26.96M +34.08%
1976 79.12M −6.51M −7.6%
1975 85.63M −103M −54.52%
1974 188M +110M +141.91%
1973 77.83M +9.22M +13.44%
1972 68.61M +29.75M +76.53%
1971 38.87M −3.94M −9.2%
1970 42.8M

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.