Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — France

Foreign direct investment outflows in France in 2025 — 80,269,632,663 US$. Ranked 7 in the world out of 91. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 21,895.7%.

2025 80.27B US$ +92.38% vs 2024
World rank 7of 91
Period maximum 174B US$2000
Period minimum 347M US$1971

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — France, 1970–2025050B100B150B200B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 364,932,984 US$1971: 346,885,538 US$1972: 555,241,189 US$1973: 935,444,138 US$1974: 780,118,604 US$1975: 1,337,947,930 US$1976: 1,638,191,314 US$1977: 1,002,567,383 US$1978: 1,901,209,456 US$1979: 1,987,046,644 US$1980: 3,095,155,744 US$1981: 4,548,631,238 US$1982: 2,848,678,047 US$1983: 1,713,242,526 US$1984: 2,119,148,371 US$1985: 2,242,770,423 US$1986: 5,403,205,719 US$1987: 9,210,372,298 US$1988: 14,496,116,462 US$1989: 19,497,614,449 US$1990: 34,823,457,562 US$1991: 23,931,740,379 US$1992: 31,269,010,209 US$1993: 20,604,513,339 US$1994: 24,438,148,540 US$1995: 15,820,960,241 US$1996: 30,361,103,333 US$1997: 35,487,512,015 US$1998: 45,701,184,432 US$1999: 125,426,398,162 US$2000: 173,596,181,560 US$2001: 87,372,944,568 US$2002: 53,002,428,192 US$2003: 52,593,710,046 US$2004: 61,122,146,295 US$2005: 118,797,427,084 US$2006: 130,439,630,989 US$2007: 132,226,998,844 US$2008: 135,999,232,496 US$2009: 88,718,448,112 US$2010: 72,560,532,987 US$2011: 64,483,372,778 US$2012: 52,014,775,092 US$2013: 32,376,650,061 US$2014: 61,614,029,549 US$2015: 79,264,328,032 US$2016: 72,821,470,239 US$2017: 48,707,390,869 US$2018: 139,910,743,074 US$2019: 84,684,025,264 US$2020: 28,736,725,758 US$2021: 118,214,779,041 US$2022: 102,991,896,172 US$2023: 70,002,708,420 US$2024: 41,725,305,896 US$2025: 80,269,632,663 US$
Change over the period: +79.9B (+21,895.72%) Average annual rate: 10.3 %

Comparison, 2025

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

France 80.27B US$
World 1.49T US$
Western Europe computed 188B US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — France, by year France All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 80.27B +38.54B +92.38%
2024 41.73B −28.28B −40.39%
2023 70B −32.99B −32.03%
2022 103B −15.22B −12.88%
2021 118B +89.48B +311.37%
2020 28.74B −55.95B −66.07%
2019 84.68B −55.23B −39.47%
2018 140B +91.2B +187.25%
2017 48.71B −24.11B −33.11%
2016 72.82B −6.44B −8.13%
2015 79.26B +17.65B +28.65%
2014 61.61B +29.24B +90.3%
2013 32.38B −19.64B −37.75%
2012 52.01B −12.47B −19.34%
2011 64.48B −8.08B −11.13%
2010 72.56B −16.16B −18.21%
2009 88.72B −47.28B −34.77%
2008 136B +3.77B +2.85%
2007 132B +1.79B +1.37%
2006 130B +11.64B +9.8%
2005 119B +57.68B +94.36%
2004 61.12B +8.53B +16.22%
2003 52.59B −409M −0.77%
2002 53B −34.37B −39.34%
2001 87.37B −86.22B −49.67%
2000 174B +48.17B +38.4%
1999 125B +79.73B +174.45%
1998 45.7B +10.21B +28.78%
1997 35.49B +5.13B +16.88%
1996 30.36B +14.54B +91.9%
1995 15.82B −8.62B −35.26%
1994 24.44B +3.83B +18.61%
1993 20.6B −10.66B −34.11%
1992 31.27B +7.34B +30.66%
1991 23.93B −10.89B −31.28%
1990 34.82B +15.33B +78.6%
1989 19.5B +5B +34.5%
1988 14.5B +5.29B +57.39%
1987 9.21B +3.81B +70.46%
1986 5.4B +3.16B +140.92%
1985 2.24B +124M +5.83%
1984 2.12B +406M +23.69%
1983 1.71B −1.14B −39.86%
1982 2.85B −1.7B −37.37%
1981 4.55B +1.45B +46.96%
1980 3.1B +1.11B +55.77%
1979 1.99B +85.84M +4.51%
1978 1.9B +899M +89.63%
1977 1B −636M −38.8%
1976 1.64B +300M +22.44%
1975 1.34B +558M +71.51%
1974 780M −155M −16.6%
1973 935M +380M +68.48%
1972 555M +208M +60.06%
1971 347M −18.05M −4.95%
1970 365M

Western Europe, 2025

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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.