Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Europe & Central Asia

Foreign direct investment outflows in Europe & Central Asia in 2025 — 338,640,088,197 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 8,313.6%.

2025 339B US$ +3.38% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.16T US$2007
Period minimum -184B US$2023

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Europe & Central Asia, 1970–2025-1T01T2T3T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 4,024,906,407 US$1971: 5,833,239,050 US$1972: 6,971,578,047 US$1973: 11,134,064,921 US$1974: 11,506,045,650 US$1975: 10,534,453,694 US$1976: 12,598,295,361 US$1977: 12,964,044,638 US$1978: 17,551,323,202 US$1979: 28,879,222,592 US$1980: 26,994,899,492 US$1981: 28,271,662,382 US$1982: 19,230,887,072 US$1983: 22,102,545,431 US$1984: 26,202,120,389 US$1985: 31,728,902,660 US$1986: 49,283,307,633 US$1987: 69,819,478,740 US$1988: 106,568,184,342 US$1989: 117,517,832,711 US$1990: 145,998,266,257 US$1991: 119,756,058,660 US$1992: 118,614,649,185 US$1993: 110,586,731,275 US$1994: 144,352,393,352 US$1995: 189,149,411,822 US$1996: 217,785,472,882 US$1997: 265,413,028,742 US$1998: 485,128,187,484 US$1999: 840,574,546,578 US$2000: 971,315,158,767 US$2001: 511,662,594,466 US$2002: 355,730,431,404 US$2003: 384,844,437,983 US$2004: 592,485,542,490 US$2005: 1,164,023,383,070 US$2006: 1,459,212,005,713 US$2007: 2,155,602,456,107 US$2008: 1,657,063,729,227 US$2009: 808,935,277,610 US$2010: 833,518,568,518 US$2011: 1,163,746,456,391 US$2012: 818,712,684,411 US$2013: 914,286,705,698 US$2014: 635,077,711,699 US$2015: 1,085,475,063,320 US$2016: 1,136,186,504,542 US$2017: 877,576,411,781 US$2018: 282,388,782,775 US$2019: 604,808,691,181 US$2020: 22,311,854,496 US$2021: 1,171,699,306,551 US$2022: 668,982,750,467 US$2023: -183,500,259,092 US$2024: 327,571,909,873 US$2025: 338,640,088,197 US$
Change over the period: +335B (+8,313.61%) Average annual rate: 8.39 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 339B US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 339B +11.07B +3.38%
2024 328B +511B +278.51%
2023 -184B −852B −127.43%
2022 669B −503B −42.9%
2021 1.17T +1.15T +5,151.47%
2020 22.31B −582B −96.31%
2019 605B +322B +114.18%
2018 282B −595B −67.82%
2017 878B −259B −22.76%
2016 1.14T +50.71B +4.67%
2015 1.09T +450B +70.92%
2014 635B −279B −30.54%
2013 914B +95.57B +11.67%
2012 819B −345B −29.65%
2011 1.16T +330B +39.62%
2010 834B +24.58B +3.04%
2009 809B −848B −51.18%
2008 1.66T −499B −23.13%
2007 2.16T +696B +47.72%
2006 1.46T +295B +25.36%
2005 1.16T +572B +96.46%
2004 592B +208B +53.95%
2003 385B +29.11B +8.18%
2002 356B −156B −30.48%
2001 512B −460B −47.32%
2000 971B +131B +15.55%
1999 841B +355B +73.27%
1998 485B +220B +82.78%
1997 265B +47.63B +21.87%
1996 218B +28.64B +15.14%
1995 189B +44.8B +31.03%
1994 144B +33.77B +30.53%
1993 111B −8.03B −6.77%
1992 119B −1.14B −0.95%
1991 120B −26.24B −17.97%
1990 146B +28.48B +24.23%
1989 118B +10.95B +10.27%
1988 107B +36.75B +52.63%
1987 69.82B +20.54B +41.67%
1986 49.28B +17.55B +55.33%
1985 31.73B +5.53B +21.09%
1984 26.2B +4.1B +18.55%
1983 22.1B +2.87B +14.93%
1982 19.23B −9.04B −31.98%
1981 28.27B +1.28B +4.73%
1980 26.99B −1.88B −6.52%
1979 28.88B +11.33B +64.54%
1978 17.55B +4.59B +35.38%
1977 12.96B +366M +2.9%
1976 12.6B +2.06B +19.59%
1975 10.53B −972M −8.44%
1974 11.51B +372M +3.34%
1973 11.13B +4.16B +59.71%
1972 6.97B +1.14B +19.51%
1971 5.83B +1.81B +44.93%
1970 4.02B

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.