Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — Upper-middle-income countries

Foreign direct investment inflows in upper-middle-income countries in 2025 — 298,075,935,851 US$. Since 1978, the indicator has risen by 7,768.8%.

2025 298B US$ −0.04% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 593B US$2021
Period minimum 3.79B US$1978

Trend over time

1978–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — Upper-middle-income countries, 1978–20250200B400B600B19781983198819931998200320082013201820231978: 3,788,068,294 US$1979: 4,499,411,419 US$1980: 6,108,308,121 US$1981: 8,851,170,057 US$1982: 8,010,152,116 US$1983: 7,426,954,837 US$1984: 7,365,431,715 US$1985: 8,350,625,082 US$1986: 7,252,016,498 US$1987: 8,103,898,708 US$1988: 14,106,967,968 US$1989: 14,470,995,585 US$1990: 17,081,475,351 US$1991: 22,852,097,249 US$1992: 34,236,311,027 US$1993: 49,715,301,637 US$1994: 67,405,285,425 US$1995: 75,585,556,562 US$1996: 94,790,096,206 US$1997: 119,371,512,459 US$1998: 119,106,585,322 US$1999: 129,938,112,481 US$2000: 118,306,806,333 US$2001: 129,764,421,073 US$2002: 116,723,339,475 US$2003: 117,765,976,332 US$2004: 159,691,250,349 US$2005: 223,419,179,398 US$2006: 261,311,968,671 US$2007: 369,586,107,704 US$2008: 401,024,870,277 US$2009: 279,088,883,725 US$2010: 476,988,762,873 US$2011: 553,812,957,732 US$2012: 509,194,718,077 US$2013: 562,717,845,401 US$2014: 499,876,944,548 US$2015: 463,575,891,053 US$2016: 392,489,321,203 US$2017: 383,604,575,816 US$2018: 465,107,245,507 US$2019: 397,985,611,012 US$2020: 394,371,888,696 US$2021: 593,423,445,199 US$2022: 462,522,778,437 US$2023: 289,884,287,894 US$2024: 298,204,473,104 US$2025: 298,075,935,851 US$
Change over the period: +294B (+7,768.81%) Average annual rate: 9.73 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 298B US$
World 1.35T US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 298B −129M −0.04%
2024 298B +8.32B +2.87%
2023 290B −173B −37.33%
2022 463B −131B −22.06%
2021 593B +199B +50.47%
2020 394B −3.61B −0.91%
2019 398B −67.12B −14.43%
2018 465B +81.5B +21.25%
2017 384B −8.88B −2.26%
2016 392B −71.09B −15.33%
2015 464B −36.3B −7.26%
2014 500B −62.84B −11.17%
2013 563B +53.52B +10.51%
2012 509B −44.62B −8.06%
2011 554B +76.82B +16.11%
2010 477B +198B +70.91%
2009 279B −122B −30.41%
2008 401B +31.44B +8.51%
2007 370B +108B +41.43%
2006 261B +37.89B +16.96%
2005 223B +63.73B +39.91%
2004 160B +41.93B +35.6%
2003 118B +1.04B +0.89%
2002 117B −13.04B −10.05%
2001 130B +11.46B +9.68%
2000 118B −11.63B −8.95%
1999 130B +10.83B +9.09%
1998 119B −265M −0.22%
1997 119B +24.58B +25.93%
1996 94.79B +19.2B +25.41%
1995 75.59B +8.18B +12.14%
1994 67.41B +17.69B +35.58%
1993 49.72B +15.48B +45.21%
1992 34.24B +11.38B +49.82%
1991 22.85B +5.77B +33.78%
1990 17.08B +2.61B +18.04%
1989 14.47B +364M +2.58%
1988 14.11B +6B +74.08%
1987 8.1B +852M +11.75%
1986 7.25B −1.1B −13.16%
1985 8.35B +985M +13.38%
1984 7.37B −61.52M −0.83%
1983 7.43B −583M −7.28%
1982 8.01B −841M −9.5%
1981 8.85B +2.74B +44.9%
1980 6.11B +1.61B +35.76%
1979 4.5B +711M +18.78%
1978 3.79B

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.