Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Brazil

Foreign direct investment outflows in Brazil in 2025 — 30,175,651,426 US$. Ranked 12 in the world out of 91. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 215,440.4%.

2025 30.18B US$ +14.57% vs 2024
World rank 12of 91
Period maximum 33.35B US$2022
Period minimum -4.55B US$2009

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Brazil, 1970–2025-10B010B20B30B40B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 14,000,000 US$1971: 1,000,000 US$1972: 19,000,000 US$1973: 33,100,000 US$1974: 53,800,000 US$1975: 112,000,000 US$1976: 183,000,000 US$1977: 146,000,000 US$1978: 124,000,000 US$1979: 196,000,000 US$1980: 367,000,000 US$1981: 207,000,000 US$1982: 376,000,000 US$1983: 187,000,000 US$1984: 42,000,000 US$1985: 81,000,000 US$1986: 143,000,000 US$1987: 138,000,000 US$1988: 175,000,000 US$1989: 523,000,000 US$1990: 665,000,000 US$1991: 1,014,000,000 US$1992: 137,000,000 US$1993: 491,000,000 US$1994: 1,037,000,000 US$1995: 1,384,000,000 US$1996: 885,000,000 US$1997: 1,115,564,000 US$1998: 2,854,013,000 US$1999: 1,497,658,000 US$2000: 2,497,066,000 US$2001: -1,489,093,000 US$2002: 2,478,504,000 US$2003: 228,789,000 US$2004: 9,822,484,000 US$2005: 2,910,390,869 US$2006: 28,798,368,645 US$2007: 17,061,251,190 US$2008: 26,115,312,438 US$2009: -4,551,874,100 US$2010: 26,763,010,595 US$2011: 16,067,117,027 US$2012: 2,083,264,651 US$2013: 15,643,503,705 US$2014: 20,606,853,865 US$2015: 3,133,977,130 US$2016: 14,693,481,919 US$2017: 21,340,512,975 US$2018: 2,024,569,614 US$2019: 22,819,604,502 US$2020: -3,467,253,502 US$2021: 16,239,330,120 US$2022: 33,354,592,259 US$2023: 25,146,869,418 US$2024: 26,338,764,608 US$2025: 30,175,651,426 US$
Change over the period: +30.16B (+215,440.37%) Average annual rate: 14.98 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Brazil 30.18B US$
World 1.49T US$
South America computed 48.99B US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 30.18B +3.84B +14.57%
2024 26.34B +1.19B +4.74%
2023 25.15B −8.21B −24.61%
2022 33.35B +17.12B +105.39%
2021 16.24B +19.71B +568.36%
2020 -3.47B −26.29B −115.19%
2019 22.82B +20.8B +1,027.13%
2018 2.02B −19.32B −90.51%
2017 21.34B +6.65B +45.24%
2016 14.69B +11.56B +368.84%
2015 3.13B −17.47B −84.79%
2014 20.61B +4.96B +31.73%
2013 15.64B +13.56B +650.91%
2012 2.08B −13.98B −87.03%
2011 16.07B −10.7B −39.97%
2010 26.76B +31.31B +687.96%
2009 -4.55B −30.67B −117.43%
2008 26.12B +9.05B +53.07%
2007 17.06B −11.74B −40.76%
2006 28.8B +25.89B +889.5%
2005 2.91B −6.91B −70.37%
2004 9.82B +9.59B +4,193.25%
2003 229M −2.25B −90.77%
2002 2.48B +3.97B +266.44%
2001 -1.49B −3.99B −159.63%
2000 2.5B +999M +66.73%
1999 1.5B −1.36B −47.52%
1998 2.85B +1.74B +155.84%
1997 1.12B +231M +26.05%
1996 885M −499M −36.05%
1995 1.38B +347M +33.46%
1994 1.04B +546M +111.2%
1993 491M +354M +258.39%
1992 137M −877M −86.49%
1991 1.01B +349M +52.48%
1990 665M +142M +27.15%
1989 523M +348M +198.86%
1988 175M +37M +26.81%
1987 138M −5M −3.5%
1986 143M +62M +76.54%
1985 81M +39M +92.86%
1984 42M −145M −77.54%
1983 187M −189M −50.27%
1982 376M +169M +81.64%
1981 207M −160M −43.6%
1980 367M +171M +87.24%
1979 196M +72M +58.06%
1978 124M −22M −15.07%
1977 146M −37M −20.22%
1976 183M +71M +63.39%
1975 112M +58.2M +108.18%
1974 53.8M +20.7M +62.54%
1973 33.1M +14.1M +74.21%
1972 19M +18M +1,800%
1971 1M −13M −92.86%
1970 14M

South America, 2025

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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.