Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — East Asia & Pacific

Foreign direct investment outflows in East Asia & Pacific in 2025 — 524,781,102,816 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 110,063.9%.

2025 525B US$ −22.23% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 815B US$2022
Period minimum 476M US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — East Asia & Pacific, 1970–20250250B500B750B1T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 476,363,907 US$1971: 480,498,074 US$1972: 879,627,690 US$1973: 2,207,908,770 US$1974: 2,318,810,556 US$1975: 1,987,705,817 US$1976: 2,346,492,842 US$1977: 2,059,196,783 US$1978: 2,819,175,994 US$1979: 3,510,687,913 US$1980: 3,494,702,190 US$1981: 6,207,234,181 US$1982: 6,258,086,068 US$1983: 5,686,107,599 US$1984: 9,141,540,819 US$1985: 11,328,784,145 US$1986: 21,485,307,234 US$1987: 30,618,297,485 US$1988: 51,544,285,073 US$1989: 61,892,473,696 US$1990: 65,629,252,497 US$1991: 40,179,991,326 US$1992: 39,484,403,470 US$1993: 45,350,058,066 US$1994: 58,839,475,302 US$1995: 74,042,947,855 US$1996: 82,432,838,046 US$1997: 82,276,840,530 US$1998: 58,772,056,372 US$1999: 70,964,373,700 US$2000: 139,339,139,156 US$2001: 107,996,003,668 US$2002: 75,396,680,437 US$2003: 92,498,385,602 US$2004: 129,161,438,442 US$2005: 100,399,634,579 US$2006: 206,834,425,658 US$2007: 274,272,714,471 US$2008: 324,913,549,604 US$2009: 257,366,894,145 US$2010: 361,623,410,205 US$2011: 382,095,924,054 US$2012: 386,010,860,788 US$2013: 442,428,408,755 US$2014: 560,909,061,636 US$2015: 514,462,471,730 US$2016: 570,197,218,968 US$2017: 563,014,339,231 US$2018: 494,305,698,872 US$2019: 585,522,007,113 US$2020: 518,449,064,753 US$2021: 688,553,365,500 US$2022: 814,724,281,046 US$2023: 671,642,768,349 US$2024: 674,794,017,106 US$2025: 524,781,102,816 US$
Change over the period: +524B (+110,063.91%) Average annual rate: 13.58 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 525B US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 525B −150B −22.23%
2024 675B +3.15B +0.47%
2023 672B −143B −17.56%
2022 815B +126B +18.32%
2021 689B +170B +32.81%
2020 518B −67.07B −11.46%
2019 586B +91.22B +18.45%
2018 494B −68.71B −12.2%
2017 563B −7.18B −1.26%
2016 570B +55.73B +10.83%
2015 514B −46.45B −8.28%
2014 561B +118B +26.78%
2013 442B +56.42B +14.62%
2012 386B +3.91B +1.02%
2011 382B +20.47B +5.66%
2010 362B +104B +40.51%
2009 257B −67.55B −20.79%
2008 325B +50.64B +18.46%
2007 274B +67.44B +32.6%
2006 207B +106B +106.01%
2005 100B −28.76B −22.27%
2004 129B +36.66B +39.64%
2003 92.5B +17.1B +22.68%
2002 75.4B −32.6B −30.19%
2001 108B −31.34B −22.49%
2000 139B +68.37B +96.35%
1999 70.96B +12.19B +20.75%
1998 58.77B −23.5B −28.57%
1997 82.28B −156M −0.19%
1996 82.43B +8.39B +11.33%
1995 74.04B +15.2B +25.84%
1994 58.84B +13.49B +29.75%
1993 45.35B +5.87B +14.86%
1992 39.48B −696M −1.73%
1991 40.18B −25.45B −38.78%
1990 65.63B +3.74B +6.04%
1989 61.89B +10.35B +20.08%
1988 51.54B +20.93B +68.34%
1987 30.62B +9.13B +42.51%
1986 21.49B +10.16B +89.65%
1985 11.33B +2.19B +23.93%
1984 9.14B +3.46B +60.77%
1983 5.69B −572M −9.14%
1982 6.26B +50.85M +0.82%
1981 6.21B +2.71B +77.62%
1980 3.49B −15.99M −0.46%
1979 3.51B +692M +24.53%
1978 2.82B +760M +36.91%
1977 2.06B −287M −12.24%
1976 2.35B +359M +18.05%
1975 1.99B −331M −14.28%
1974 2.32B +111M +5.02%
1973 2.21B +1.33B +151%
1972 880M +399M +83.07%
1971 480M +4.13M +0.87%
1970 476M

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.