Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Argentina

Foreign direct investment outflows in Argentina in 2025 — 2,834,227,053 US$. Ranked 29 in the world out of 91. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 155,883.9%.

2025 2.83B US$ +2.81% vs 2024
World rank 29of 91
Period maximum 3.65B US$1997
Period minimum -627M US$2002

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Argentina, 1970–2025-2B02B4B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 1,817,000 US$1972: 1,673,000 US$1974: 2,396,000 US$1975: 4,487,000 US$1976: 1,542,000 US$1977: -1,000,000 US$1978: -23,000,000 US$1979: -59,000,000 US$1980: -110,000,000 US$1981: -107,000,000 US$1982: -30,000,000 US$1983: 2,000,000 US$1984: 43,559,000 US$1985: 42,349,048 US$1986: 11,199,790 US$1987: 48,130,953 US$1988: -22,677,109 US$1989: 64,400,565 US$1990: 34,902,990 US$1991: 49,385,690 US$1992: 1,165,914,300 US$1993: 705,070,000 US$1994: 1,012,844,000 US$1995: 1,497,149,000 US$1996: 1,600,749,000 US$1997: 3,652,818,000 US$1998: 2,325,477,000 US$1999: 1,730,283,000 US$2000: 901,028,199 US$2001: 160,876,687 US$2002: -627,140,000 US$2003: 773,780,000 US$2004: 675,990,000 US$2005: 1,311,060,000 US$2006: 2,438,720,721 US$2007: 1,504,232,961 US$2008: 1,390,934,589 US$2009: 711,546,404 US$2010: 964,760,680 US$2011: 1,488,000,000 US$2012: 1,054,849,578 US$2013: 889,972,859 US$2014: 1,920,541,433 US$2015: 875,233,227 US$2016: 1,786,530,935 US$2017: 1,155,630,218 US$2018: 1,725,981,573 US$2019: 1,522,728,152 US$2020: 1,177,176,909 US$2021: 1,543,861,738 US$2022: 2,089,836,583 US$2023: 3,023,263,070 US$2024: 2,756,722,688 US$2025: 2,834,227,053 US$
Change over the period: +2.83B (+155,883.89%) Average annual rate: 14.3 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Argentina 2.83B US$
World 1.49T US$
South America computed 48.99B US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Argentina, by year Argentina All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 2.83B +77.5M +2.81%
2024 2.76B −267M −8.82%
2023 3.02B +933M +44.67%
2022 2.09B +546M +35.36%
2021 1.54B +367M +31.15%
2020 1.18B −346M −22.69%
2019 1.52B −203M −11.78%
2018 1.73B +570M +49.35%
2017 1.16B −631M −35.31%
2016 1.79B +911M +104.12%
2015 875M −1.05B −54.43%
2014 1.92B +1.03B +115.8%
2013 890M −165M −15.63%
2012 1.05B −433M −29.11%
2011 1.49B +523M +54.24%
2010 965M +253M +35.59%
2009 712M −679M −48.84%
2008 1.39B −113M −7.53%
2007 1.5B −934M −38.32%
2006 2.44B +1.13B +86.01%
2005 1.31B +635M +93.95%
2004 676M −97.79M −12.64%
2003 774M +1.4B +223.38%
2002 -627M −788M −489.83%
2001 161M −740M −82.15%
2000 901M −829M −47.93%
1999 1.73B −595M −25.59%
1998 2.33B −1.33B −36.34%
1997 3.65B +2.05B +128.19%
1996 1.6B +104M +6.92%
1995 1.5B +484M +47.82%
1994 1.01B +308M +43.65%
1993 705M −461M −39.53%
1992 1.17B +1.12B +2,260.83%
1991 49.39M +14.48M +41.49%
1990 34.9M −29.5M −45.8%
1989 64.4M +87.08M +383.99%
1988 -22.68M −70.81M −147.12%
1987 48.13M +36.93M +329.75%
1986 11.2M −31.15M −73.55%
1985 42.35M −1.21M −2.78%
1984 43.56M +41.56M +2,077.95%
1983 2M +32M +106.67%
1982 -30M +77M +71.96%
1981 -107M +3M +2.73%
1980 -110M −51M −86.44%
1979 -59M −36M −156.52%
1978 -23M −22M −2,200%
1977 -1M −2.54M −164.85%
1976 1.54M −2.95M −65.63%
1975 4.49M +2.09M +87.27%
1974 2.4M
1972 1.67M
1970 1.82M

South America, 2025

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

About the indicator

Net outflows of foreign direct investment — investment by residents of a country in enterprises abroad in which they hold at least 10% of the voting shares. High outward FDI is typical of countries with large multinational companies and an accumulated current account surplus.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.