Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Euro area

Foreign direct investment outflows in the Euro area in 2025 — 245,401,395,126 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 11,734.1%.

2025 245B US$ −44.43% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 1.48T US$2007
Period minimum -235B US$2023

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Euro area, 1970–2025-500B0500B1T1.5T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 2,073,673,812 US$1971: 3,585,515,257 US$1972: 4,541,551,290 US$1973: 5,711,604,797 US$1974: 6,543,820,235 US$1975: 6,848,983,880 US$1976: 7,395,950,159 US$1977: 7,750,245,426 US$1978: 10,205,818,698 US$1979: 15,498,528,753 US$1980: 14,671,504,590 US$1981: 14,970,789,006 US$1982: 10,467,938,831 US$1983: 11,458,880,396 US$1984: 14,683,829,422 US$1985: 13,143,747,986 US$1986: 24,560,275,350 US$1987: 33,326,926,496 US$1988: 47,054,480,116 US$1989: 63,210,048,371 US$1990: 94,868,011,894 US$1991: 79,854,800,582 US$1992: 82,543,611,493 US$1993: 67,235,878,266 US$1994: 76,243,986,346 US$1995: 103,398,134,352 US$1996: 144,026,547,879 US$1997: 145,801,780,542 US$1998: 267,859,892,971 US$1999: 511,925,614,036 US$2000: 547,535,478,318 US$2001: 381,300,073,590 US$2002: 190,825,023,910 US$2003: 237,421,353,177 US$2004: 385,690,721,422 US$2005: 816,713,992,762 US$2006: 1,122,508,507,717 US$2007: 1,481,911,884,847 US$2008: 1,046,601,304,493 US$2009: 703,615,855,189 US$2010: 606,524,130,737 US$2011: 890,486,523,523 US$2012: 639,473,927,940 US$2013: 702,669,146,082 US$2014: 607,642,012,501 US$2015: 933,216,279,183 US$2016: 772,359,663,871 US$2017: 596,877,164,006 US$2018: 402,771,990,208 US$2019: 421,928,582,758 US$2020: -49,593,166,262 US$2021: 940,754,914,374 US$2022: 458,078,735,368 US$2023: -235,379,401,715 US$2024: 441,629,148,483 US$2025: 245,401,395,126 US$
Change over the period: +243B (+11,734.14%) Average annual rate: 9.07 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Euro area 245B US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 245B −196B −44.43%
2024 442B +677B +287.62%
2023 -235B −693B −151.38%
2022 458B −483B −51.31%
2021 941B +990B +1,996.94%
2020 -49.59B −472B −111.75%
2019 422B +19.16B +4.76%
2018 403B −194B −32.52%
2017 597B −175B −22.72%
2016 772B −161B −17.24%
2015 933B +326B +53.58%
2014 608B −95.03B −13.52%
2013 703B +63.2B +9.88%
2012 639B −251B −28.19%
2011 890B +284B +46.82%
2010 607B −97.09B −13.8%
2009 704B −343B −32.77%
2008 1.05T −435B −29.37%
2007 1.48T +359B +32.02%
2006 1.12T +306B +37.44%
2005 817B +431B +111.75%
2004 386B +148B +62.45%
2003 237B +46.6B +24.42%
2002 191B −190B −49.95%
2001 381B −166B −30.36%
2000 548B +35.61B +6.96%
1999 512B +244B +91.12%
1998 268B +122B +83.72%
1997 146B +1.78B +1.23%
1996 144B +40.63B +39.29%
1995 103B +27.15B +35.61%
1994 76.24B +9.01B +13.4%
1993 67.24B −15.31B −18.55%
1992 82.54B +2.69B +3.37%
1991 79.85B −15.01B −15.83%
1990 94.87B +31.66B +50.08%
1989 63.21B +16.16B +34.33%
1988 47.05B +13.73B +41.19%
1987 33.33B +8.77B +35.69%
1986 24.56B +11.42B +86.86%
1985 13.14B −1.54B −10.49%
1984 14.68B +3.22B +28.14%
1983 11.46B +991M +9.47%
1982 10.47B −4.5B −30.08%
1981 14.97B +299M +2.04%
1980 14.67B −827M −5.34%
1979 15.5B +5.29B +51.86%
1978 10.21B +2.46B +31.68%
1977 7.75B +354M +4.79%
1976 7.4B +547M +7.99%
1975 6.85B +305M +4.66%
1974 6.54B +832M +14.57%
1973 5.71B +1.17B +25.76%
1972 4.54B +956M +26.66%
1971 3.59B +1.51B +72.91%
1970 2.07B

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.