Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — European Union

Foreign direct investment outflows in the European Union in 2025 — 210,381,481,213 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 8,986.5%.

2025 210B US$ −53.31% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 1.64T US$2007
Period minimum -232B US$2023

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — European Union, 1970–2025-500B0500B1T1.5T2T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 2,315,307,747 US$1971: 3,813,094,000 US$1972: 4,954,122,848 US$1973: 6,102,695,415 US$1974: 6,982,056,133 US$1975: 7,362,227,067 US$1976: 8,067,733,130 US$1977: 8,665,811,728 US$1978: 10,670,516,844 US$1979: 16,296,499,062 US$1980: 15,512,706,609 US$1981: 15,937,944,144 US$1982: 11,765,455,253 US$1983: 13,068,062,528 US$1984: 16,481,998,610 US$1985: 15,256,390,950 US$1986: 29,199,421,760 US$1987: 38,733,896,081 US$1988: 55,268,330,015 US$1989: 75,589,577,870 US$1990: 111,002,569,694 US$1991: 88,965,176,348 US$1992: 85,215,592,349 US$1993: 70,205,097,003 US$1994: 87,285,572,618 US$1995: 118,001,627,174 US$1996: 151,875,785,370 US$1997: 162,816,149,849 US$1998: 300,566,405,594 US$1999: 554,887,177,538 US$2000: 616,795,135,243 US$2001: 409,781,628,573 US$2002: 211,731,789,901 US$2003: 266,103,472,886 US$2004: 410,286,281,034 US$2005: 898,589,324,020 US$2006: 1,184,823,801,164 US$2007: 1,636,518,233,088 US$2008: 1,185,293,208,632 US$2009: 741,781,697,725 US$2010: 618,494,079,695 US$2011: 942,910,787,347 US$2012: 658,697,772,910 US$2013: 738,542,128,748 US$2014: 636,243,782,920 US$2015: 956,651,804,608 US$2016: 875,293,187,811 US$2017: 644,889,077,509 US$2018: 364,641,641,432 US$2019: 560,106,650,092 US$2020: 154,052,454,857 US$2021: 1,093,171,318,299 US$2022: 565,131,552,659 US$2023: -232,426,538,451 US$2024: 450,617,630,056 US$2025: 210,381,481,213 US$
Change over the period: +208B (+8,986.55%) Average annual rate: 8.54 %

Comparison, 2025

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

European Union 210B US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 210B −240B −53.31%
2024 451B +683B +293.88%
2023 -232B −798B −141.13%
2022 565B −528B −48.3%
2021 1.09T +939B +609.61%
2020 154B −406B −72.5%
2019 560B +195B +53.6%
2018 365B −280B −43.46%
2017 645B −230B −26.32%
2016 875B −81.36B −8.5%
2015 957B +320B +50.36%
2014 636B −102B −13.85%
2013 739B +79.84B +12.12%
2012 659B −284B −30.14%
2011 943B +324B +52.45%
2010 618B −123B −16.62%
2009 742B −444B −37.42%
2008 1.19T −451B −27.57%
2007 1.64T +452B +38.12%
2006 1.18T +286B +31.85%
2005 899B +488B +119.02%
2004 410B +144B +54.18%
2003 266B +54.37B +25.68%
2002 212B −198B −48.33%
2001 410B −207B −33.56%
2000 617B +61.91B +11.16%
1999 555B +254B +84.61%
1998 301B +138B +84.6%
1997 163B +10.94B +7.2%
1996 152B +33.87B +28.71%
1995 118B +30.72B +35.19%
1994 87.29B +17.08B +24.33%
1993 70.21B −15.01B −17.61%
1992 85.22B −3.75B −4.21%
1991 88.97B −22.04B −19.85%
1990 111B +35.41B +46.85%
1989 75.59B +20.32B +36.77%
1988 55.27B +16.53B +42.69%
1987 38.73B +9.53B +32.65%
1986 29.2B +13.94B +91.39%
1985 15.26B −1.23B −7.44%
1984 16.48B +3.41B +26.12%
1983 13.07B +1.3B +11.07%
1982 11.77B −4.17B −26.18%
1981 15.94B +425M +2.74%
1980 15.51B −784M −4.81%
1979 16.3B +5.63B +52.72%
1978 10.67B +2B +23.13%
1977 8.67B +598M +7.41%
1976 8.07B +706M +9.58%
1975 7.36B +380M +5.44%
1974 6.98B +879M +14.41%
1973 6.1B +1.15B +23.18%
1972 4.95B +1.14B +29.92%
1971 3.81B +1.5B +64.69%
1970 2.32B

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.