Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — ASEAN

Foreign direct investment outflows in ASEAN in 2025 — 113,111,474,539 US$. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 28,626.5%.

2025 113B US$ +17.99% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 115B US$2021
Period minimum 304M US$1983

Trend over time

1980–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — ASEAN, 1980–2025050B100B150B19801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 393,753,709 US$1981: 326,613,781 US$1982: 624,417,517 US$1983: 304,436,252 US$1984: 367,380,544 US$1985: 539,142,233 US$1986: 430,896,001 US$1987: 638,994,344 US$1988: 382,625,299 US$1989: 1,248,594,218 US$1990: 2,314,128,412 US$1991: 908,066,009 US$1992: 2,395,040,069 US$1993: 4,178,026,555 US$1994: 8,311,109,873 US$1995: 11,859,199,788 US$1996: 14,888,520,517 US$1997: 15,993,036,668 US$1998: 4,714,137,231 US$1999: 10,744,758,159 US$2000: 8,209,730,701 US$2001: 21,328,650,569 US$2002: 5,184,291,056 US$2003: 6,775,118,218 US$2004: 18,972,322,902 US$2005: 19,963,377,828 US$2006: 32,646,337,545 US$2007: 64,499,204,481 US$2008: 33,877,419,625 US$2009: 49,644,330,212 US$2010: 66,739,811,391 US$2011: 69,550,073,597 US$2012: 64,514,967,819 US$2013: 87,556,869,868 US$2014: 92,659,694,069 US$2015: 76,597,844,997 US$2016: 55,264,888,391 US$2017: 90,709,616,166 US$2018: 57,380,214,561 US$2019: 95,307,762,985 US$2020: 73,598,197,203 US$2021: 114,641,889,261 US$2022: 97,825,528,131 US$2023: 82,065,587,327 US$2024: 95,867,602,000 US$2025: 113,111,474,539 US$
Change over the period: +113B (+28,626.45%) Average annual rate: 13.4 %

Comparison, 2025

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

ASEAN 113B US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — ASEAN, by year ASEAN All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 113B +17.24B +17.99%
2024 95.87B +13.8B +16.82%
2023 82.07B −15.76B −16.11%
2022 97.83B −16.82B −14.67%
2021 115B +41.04B +55.77%
2020 73.6B −21.71B −22.78%
2019 95.31B +37.93B +66.1%
2018 57.38B −33.33B −36.74%
2017 90.71B +35.44B +64.14%
2016 55.26B −21.33B −27.85%
2015 76.6B −16.06B −17.33%
2014 92.66B +5.1B +5.83%
2013 87.56B +23.04B +35.72%
2012 64.51B −5.04B −7.24%
2011 69.55B +2.81B +4.21%
2010 66.74B +17.1B +34.44%
2009 49.64B +15.77B +46.54%
2008 33.88B −30.62B −47.48%
2007 64.5B +31.85B +97.57%
2006 32.65B +12.68B +63.53%
2005 19.96B +991M +5.22%
2004 18.97B +12.2B +180.03%
2003 6.78B +1.59B +30.69%
2002 5.18B −16.14B −75.69%
2001 21.33B +13.12B +159.8%
2000 8.21B −2.54B −23.59%
1999 10.74B +6.03B +127.93%
1998 4.71B −11.28B −70.52%
1997 15.99B +1.1B +7.42%
1996 14.89B +3.03B +25.54%
1995 11.86B +3.55B +42.69%
1994 8.31B +4.13B +98.92%
1993 4.18B +1.78B +74.44%
1992 2.4B +1.49B +163.75%
1991 908M −1.41B −60.76%
1990 2.31B +1.07B +85.34%
1989 1.25B +866M +226.32%
1988 383M −256M −40.12%
1987 639M +208M +48.29%
1986 431M −108M −20.08%
1985 539M +172M +46.75%
1984 367M +62.94M +20.68%
1983 304M −320M −51.24%
1982 624M +298M +91.18%
1981 327M −67.14M −17.05%
1980 394M

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.