Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — Uruguay

Foreign direct investment inflows in Uruguay in 2025 — 1,118,176,289 US$. Ranked 57 in the world out of 97. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 52,396.5%.

2025 1.12B US$ +128.4% vs 2024
World rank 57of 97
Period maximum 8.81B US$2022
Period minimum -5.25B US$2023

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — Uruguay, 1970–2025-10B-5B05B10B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 2,130,000 US$1971: -830,000 US$1972: -1,140,000 US$1973: 1,390,000 US$1974: -80,000 US$1975: 22,640,000 US$1976: 3,150,000 US$1977: 66,000,000 US$1978: 128,800,000 US$1979: 215,500,000 US$1980: 289,500,000 US$1981: 48,600,000 US$1982: -13,700,000 US$1983: 5,600,000 US$1984: 3,400,000 US$1985: -7,900,000 US$1986: 37,000,000 US$1987: 50,100,000 US$1988: 46,800,000 US$1989: 37,700,000 US$1990: 41,540,000 US$1991: 32,340,000 US$1992: 11,300,000 US$1993: 101,500,000 US$1994: 154,500,000 US$1995: 156,600,000 US$1996: 136,800,000 US$1997: 113,200,000 US$1998: 164,100,000 US$1999: 235,300,000 US$2000: 262,825,000 US$2001: 310,402,928 US$2002: 179,852,188 US$2003: 402,717,369 US$2004: 352,712,784 US$2005: 826,626,704 US$2006: 1,508,350,269 US$2007: 1,358,736,506 US$2008: 2,141,969,341 US$2009: 1,602,591,813 US$2010: 2,191,067,967 US$2011: 2,690,094,197 US$2012: 6,394,069,822 US$2013: 986,930,051 US$2014: 4,085,227,627 US$2015: 2,673,041,339 US$2016: -515,650,078 US$2017: 2,686,509,353 US$2018: 1,726,550,037 US$2019: 1,466,600,722 US$2020: 973,445,344 US$2021: 5,165,277,108 US$2022: 8,810,431,895 US$2023: -5,248,090,937 US$2024: -3,936,668,278 US$2025: 1,118,176,289 US$
Change over the period: +1.12B (+52,396.54%) Average annual rate: 12.06 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Uruguay 1.12B US$
World 1.35T US$
South America computed 124B US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 1.12B +5.05B +128.4%
2024 -3.94B +1.31B +24.99%
2023 -5.25B −14.06B −159.57%
2022 8.81B +3.65B +70.57%
2021 5.17B +4.19B +430.62%
2020 973M −493M −33.63%
2019 1.47B −260M −15.06%
2018 1.73B −960M −35.73%
2017 2.69B +3.2B +620.99%
2016 -516M −3.19B −119.29%
2015 2.67B −1.41B −34.57%
2014 4.09B +3.1B +313.93%
2013 987M −5.41B −84.56%
2012 6.39B +3.7B +137.69%
2011 2.69B +499M +22.78%
2010 2.19B +588M +36.72%
2009 1.6B −539M −25.18%
2008 2.14B +783M +57.64%
2007 1.36B −150M −9.92%
2006 1.51B +682M +82.47%
2005 827M +474M +134.36%
2004 353M −50M −12.42%
2003 403M +223M +123.92%
2002 180M −131M −42.06%
2001 310M +47.58M +18.1%
2000 263M +27.53M +11.7%
1999 235M +71.2M +43.39%
1998 164M +50.9M +44.96%
1997 113M −23.6M −17.25%
1996 137M −19.8M −12.64%
1995 157M +2.1M +1.36%
1994 155M +53M +52.22%
1993 102M +90.2M +798.23%
1992 11.3M −21.04M −65.06%
1991 32.34M −9.2M −22.15%
1990 41.54M +3.84M +10.19%
1989 37.7M −9.1M −19.44%
1988 46.8M −3.3M −6.59%
1987 50.1M +13.1M +35.41%
1986 37M +44.9M +568.35%
1985 -7.9M −11.3M −332.35%
1984 3.4M −2.2M −39.29%
1983 5.6M +19.3M +140.88%
1982 -13.7M −62.3M −128.19%
1981 48.6M −241M −83.21%
1980 290M +74M +34.34%
1979 216M +86.7M +67.31%
1978 129M +62.8M +95.15%
1977 66M +62.85M +1,995.24%
1976 3.15M −19.49M −86.09%
1975 22.64M +22.72M +28,400%
1974 -80,000 −1.47M −105.76%
1973 1.39M +2.53M +221.93%
1972 -1.14M −310,000 −37.35%
1971 -830,000 −2.96M −138.97%
1970 2.13M

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.