Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Colombia

Foreign direct investment outflows in Colombia in 2025 — 4,824,645,127 US$. Ranked 26 in the world out of 91. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 120,516.1%.

2025 4.82B US$ +6.93% vs 2024
World rank 26of 91
Period maximum 8.42B US$2011
Period minimum -606M US$2012

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Colombia, 1970–2025-2.5B02.5B5B7.5B10B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 4,000,000 US$1971: 3,008,940 US$1972: 1,085,710 US$1973: 1,192,130 US$1974: 6,013,200 US$1975: 4,000,000 US$1976: 11,000,000 US$1977: 22,000,000 US$1978: 41,000,000 US$1979: 24,000,000 US$1980: 106,000,000 US$1981: 37,000,000 US$1982: 29,000,000 US$1983: 104,279,000 US$1984: 23,000,000 US$1985: 7,000,000 US$1986: 32,000,000 US$1987: 26,000,000 US$1988: 44,000,000 US$1989: 29,000,000 US$1990: 16,000,000 US$1991: 24,300,000 US$1992: 50,000,000 US$1993: 240,000,000 US$1994: 148,962,390 US$1995: 256,200,396 US$1996: 327,927,277 US$1997: 809,416,021 US$1998: 795,998,232 US$1999: 115,536,027 US$2000: 325,346,528 US$2001: 16,119,451 US$2002: 856,825,738 US$2003: 937,687,150 US$2004: 192,449,087 US$2005: 4,795,511,444 US$2006: 1,267,756,703 US$2007: 1,278,796,391 US$2008: 3,085,124,368 US$2009: 3,504,657,903 US$2010: 5,482,658,782 US$2011: 8,419,825,465 US$2012: -606,202,093 US$2013: 7,652,080,603 US$2014: 3,898,941,534 US$2015: 4,217,736,436 US$2016: 4,517,351,920 US$2017: 3,689,564,075 US$2018: 5,126,317,721 US$2019: 3,153,496,489 US$2020: 1,733,448,623 US$2021: 3,180,813,774 US$2022: 3,383,504,873 US$2023: 1,268,796,708 US$2024: 4,511,793,184 US$2025: 4,824,645,127 US$
Change over the period: +4.82B (+120,516.13%) Average annual rate: 13.77 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Colombia 4.82B US$
World 1.49T US$
South America computed 48.99B US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 4.82B +313M +6.93%
2024 4.51B +3.24B +255.6%
2023 1.27B −2.11B −62.5%
2022 3.38B +203M +6.37%
2021 3.18B +1.45B +83.5%
2020 1.73B −1.42B −45.03%
2019 3.15B −1.97B −38.48%
2018 5.13B +1.44B +38.94%
2017 3.69B −828M −18.32%
2016 4.52B +300M +7.1%
2015 4.22B +319M +8.18%
2014 3.9B −3.75B −49.05%
2013 7.65B +8.26B +1,362.3%
2012 -606M −9.03B −107.2%
2011 8.42B +2.94B +53.57%
2010 5.48B +1.98B +56.44%
2009 3.5B +420M +13.6%
2008 3.09B +1.81B +141.25%
2007 1.28B +11.04M +0.87%
2006 1.27B −3.53B −73.56%
2005 4.8B +4.6B +2,391.83%
2004 192M −745M −79.48%
2003 938M +80.86M +9.44%
2002 857M +841M +5,215.48%
2001 16.12M −309M −95.05%
2000 325M +210M +181.6%
1999 116M −680M −85.49%
1998 796M −13.42M −1.66%
1997 809M +481M +146.83%
1996 328M +71.73M +28%
1995 256M +107M +71.99%
1994 149M −91.04M −37.93%
1993 240M +190M +380%
1992 50M +25.7M +105.76%
1991 24.3M +8.3M +51.88%
1990 16M −13M −44.83%
1989 29M −15M −34.09%
1988 44M +18M +69.23%
1987 26M −6M −18.75%
1986 32M +25M +357.14%
1985 7M −16M −69.57%
1984 23M −81.28M −77.94%
1983 104M +75.28M +259.58%
1982 29M −8M −21.62%
1981 37M −69M −65.09%
1980 106M +82M +341.67%
1979 24M −17M −41.46%
1978 41M +19M +86.36%
1977 22M +11M +100%
1976 11M +7M +175%
1975 4M −2.01M −33.48%
1974 6.01M +4.82M +404.41%
1973 1.19M +106,420 +9.8%
1972 1.09M −1.92M −63.92%
1971 3.01M −991,060 −24.78%
1970 4M

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.