Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Cyprus

Foreign direct investment outflows in Cyprus in 2025 — 1,568,403,533 US$. Ranked 32 in the world out of 91.

2025 1.57B US$ +102.81% vs 2024
World rank 32of 91
Period maximum 111B US$2019
Period minimum -97.8B US$2020

Trend over time

1976–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Cyprus, 1976–2025-100B0100B200B197619811986199119962001200620112016202120251976: 0 US$1977: 0 US$1978: 0 US$1979: 0 US$1980: 0 US$1981: 0 US$1982: 0 US$1983: 0 US$1984: 0 US$1985: 163,251 US$1986: 0 US$1987: 2,286,443 US$1988: 642,909 US$1989: 808,694 US$1990: 4,584,353 US$1991: 14,641,651 US$1992: 14,681,394 US$1993: 12,263,644 US$1994: 6,095,195 US$1995: 15,693,376 US$1996: 35,169,643 US$1997: 27,915,335 US$1998: 70,735,119 US$1999: 182,578,677 US$2000: 172,091,968 US$2001: 249,139,714 US$2002: 548,053,822 US$2003: 589,680,930 US$2004: 711,719,021 US$2005: 547,620,470 US$2006: 897,786,684 US$2007: 1,262,632,416 US$2008: 17,018,730,845 US$2009: 64,365,803,797 US$2010: 32,987,884,342 US$2011: 49,343,674,594 US$2012: 78,492,535,608 US$2013: 33,852,027,802 US$2014: 63,066,797,102 US$2015: 38,849,419,049 US$2016: -3,011,224,716 US$2017: 53,928,042,628 US$2018: 104,945,117,092 US$2019: 111,301,121,874 US$2020: -97,795,925,124 US$2021: 2,361,939,494 US$2022: -5,428,072,152 US$2023: -33,380,503,700 US$2024: -55,854,132,534 US$2025: 1,568,403,533 US$
Change over the period: +1.57B

Comparison, 2025

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

Cyprus 1.57B US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Cyprus, by year Cyprus All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 1.57B +57.42B +102.81%
2024 -55.85B −22.47B −67.33%
2023 -33.38B −27.95B −514.96%
2022 -5.43B −7.79B −329.81%
2021 2.36B +100B +102.42%
2020 -97.8B −209B −187.87%
2019 111B +6.36B +6.06%
2018 105B +51.02B +94.6%
2017 53.93B +56.94B +1,890.9%
2016 -3.01B −41.86B −107.75%
2015 38.85B −24.22B −38.4%
2014 63.07B +29.21B +86.3%
2013 33.85B −44.64B −56.87%
2012 78.49B +29.15B +59.07%
2011 49.34B +16.36B +49.58%
2010 32.99B −31.38B −48.75%
2009 64.37B +47.35B +278.21%
2008 17.02B +15.76B +1,247.88%
2007 1.26B +365M +40.64%
2006 898M +350M +63.94%
2005 548M −164M −23.06%
2004 712M +122M +20.7%
2003 590M +41.63M +7.6%
2002 548M +299M +119.98%
2001 249M +77.05M +44.77%
2000 172M −10.49M −5.74%
1999 183M +112M +158.12%
1998 70.74M +42.82M +153.39%
1997 27.92M −7.25M −20.63%
1996 35.17M +19.48M +124.11%
1995 15.69M +9.6M +157.47%
1994 6.1M −6.17M −50.3%
1993 12.26M −2.42M −16.47%
1992 14.68M +39,743 +0.27%
1991 14.64M +10.06M +219.38%
1990 4.58M +3.78M +466.88%
1989 808,694 +165,784 +25.79%
1988 642,909 −1.64M −71.88%
1987 2.29M +2.29M
1986 0 −163,251 −100%
1985 163,251 +163,251
1984 0 +0
1983 0 +0
1982 0 +0
1981 0 +0
1980 0 +0
1979 0 +0
1978 0 +0
1977 0 +0
1976 0

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.