Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — World

Foreign direct investment inflows in the world in 2025 — 1,346,739,716,722 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 10,798.1%.

2025 1.35T US$ −14.25% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 3.11T US$2007
Period minimum 12.36B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — World, 1970–202501T2T3T4T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 12,357,585,833 US$1971: 14,020,855,076 US$1972: 14,768,702,553 US$1973: 20,097,490,761 US$1974: 24,129,828,712 US$1975: 25,843,473,883 US$1976: 20,577,011,011 US$1977: 27,094,427,077 US$1978: 33,742,874,311 US$1979: 41,951,228,840 US$1980: 53,413,886,836 US$1981: 69,598,655,388 US$1982: 64,847,077,910 US$1983: 53,073,373,425 US$1984: 59,791,128,736 US$1985: 44,960,850,725 US$1986: 81,768,788,974 US$1987: 139,519,097,546 US$1988: 165,895,489,459 US$1989: 200,156,890,861 US$1990: 239,420,989,327 US$1991: 174,927,447,632 US$1992: 186,302,193,164 US$1993: 233,610,261,181 US$1994: 278,381,568,378 US$1995: 361,937,945,847 US$1996: 408,874,723,109 US$1997: 527,758,810,063 US$1998: 790,664,500,908 US$1999: 1,203,676,231,372 US$2000: 1,569,450,275,345 US$2001: 895,740,752,044 US$2002: 751,724,920,043 US$2003: 736,863,608,787 US$2004: 1,009,268,168,650 US$2005: 1,554,656,995,350 US$2006: 2,191,624,795,637 US$2007: 3,114,606,227,901 US$2008: 2,438,720,135,971 US$2009: 1,516,921,853,618 US$2010: 1,843,471,033,404 US$2011: 2,388,428,015,629 US$2012: 2,070,403,778,460 US$2013: 2,167,121,813,554 US$2014: 1,966,506,826,819 US$2015: 2,793,985,739,220 US$2016: 2,752,546,996,935 US$2017: 2,260,669,394,115 US$2018: 1,107,107,081,763 US$2019: 1,943,755,085,675 US$2020: 1,189,035,910,497 US$2021: 2,520,353,968,590 US$2022: 1,929,236,099,421 US$2023: 972,588,355,218 US$2024: 1,570,606,386,034 US$2025: 1,346,739,716,722 US$
Change over the period: +1.33T (+10,798.08%) Average annual rate: 8.9 %

Comparison, 2025

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

World 1.35T US$
World 1.35T US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 1.35T −224B −14.25%
2024 1.57T +598B +61.49%
2023 973B −957B −49.59%
2022 1.93T −591B −23.45%
2021 2.52T +1.33T +111.97%
2020 1.19T −755B −38.83%
2019 1.94T +837B +75.57%
2018 1.11T −1.15T −51.03%
2017 2.26T −492B −17.87%
2016 2.75T −41.44B −1.48%
2015 2.79T +827B +42.08%
2014 1.97T −201B −9.26%
2013 2.17T +96.72B +4.67%
2012 2.07T −318B −13.32%
2011 2.39T +545B +29.56%
2010 1.84T +327B +21.53%
2009 1.52T −922B −37.8%
2008 2.44T −676B −21.7%
2007 3.11T +923B +42.11%
2006 2.19T +637B +40.97%
2005 1.55T +545B +54.04%
2004 1.01T +272B +36.97%
2003 737B −14.86B −1.98%
2002 752B −144B −16.08%
2001 896B −674B −42.93%
2000 1.57T +366B +30.39%
1999 1.2T +413B +52.24%
1998 791B +263B +49.82%
1997 528B +119B +29.08%
1996 409B +46.94B +12.97%
1995 362B +83.56B +30.02%
1994 278B +44.77B +19.16%
1993 234B +47.31B +25.39%
1992 186B +11.37B +6.5%
1991 175B −64.49B −26.94%
1990 239B +39.26B +19.62%
1989 200B +34.26B +20.65%
1988 166B +26.38B +18.91%
1987 140B +57.75B +70.63%
1986 81.77B +36.81B +81.87%
1985 44.96B −14.83B −24.8%
1984 59.79B +6.72B +12.66%
1983 53.07B −11.77B −18.16%
1982 64.85B −4.75B −6.83%
1981 69.6B +16.18B +30.3%
1980 53.41B +11.46B +27.32%
1979 41.95B +8.21B +24.33%
1978 33.74B +6.65B +24.54%
1977 27.09B +6.52B +31.67%
1976 20.58B −5.27B −20.38%
1975 25.84B +1.71B +7.1%
1974 24.13B +4.03B +20.06%
1973 20.1B +5.33B +36.08%
1972 14.77B +748M +5.33%
1971 14.02B +1.66B +13.46%
1970 12.36B

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.