Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — G7

Foreign direct investment outflows in the G7 in 2025 — 995,377,904,622 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 9,922%.

2025 995B US$ +38.02% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 1.43T US$2007
Period minimum 9.93B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — G7, 1970–20250500B1T1.5T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 9,931,925,044 US$1971: 10,379,433,289 US$1972: 12,731,368,993 US$1973: 20,567,176,933 US$1974: 16,010,457,631 US$1975: 23,605,646,029 US$1976: 23,058,548,844 US$1977: 22,699,243,991 US$1978: 31,833,500,987 US$1979: 51,526,754,734 US$1980: 44,742,910,394 US$1981: 42,415,946,346 US$1982: 28,385,141,216 US$1983: 32,493,827,396 US$1984: 40,073,537,787 US$1985: 33,970,297,551 US$1986: 71,563,655,829 US$1987: 115,984,296,928 US$1988: 137,267,031,089 US$1989: 169,999,129,053 US$1990: 211,054,946,013 US$1991: 165,412,963,050 US$1992: 162,170,552,168 US$1993: 177,303,425,022 US$1994: 211,008,664,033 US$1995: 266,898,709,284 US$1996: 273,298,929,574 US$1997: 334,482,135,374 US$1998: 535,869,533,588 US$1999: 799,113,083,981 US$2000: 848,354,840,709 US$2001: 469,929,709,074 US$2002: 441,734,197,534 US$2003: 429,231,776,054 US$2004: 672,585,290,983 US$2005: 551,465,672,948 US$2006: 871,936,662,252 US$2007: 1,425,290,092,149 US$2008: 1,204,339,074,712 US$2009: 582,440,751,310 US$2010: 770,164,818,962 US$2011: 908,644,142,394 US$2012: 727,038,128,543 US$2013: 795,141,775,736 US$2014: 664,096,516,631 US$2015: 678,172,681,400 US$2016: 781,975,336,010 US$2017: 1,042,904,895,904 US$2018: 455,121,201,943 US$2019: 721,093,199,132 US$2020: 674,613,018,477 US$2021: 1,180,852,067,771 US$2022: 1,106,789,511,879 US$2023: 886,788,720,028 US$2024: 721,192,847,771 US$2025: 995,377,904,622 US$
Change over the period: +985B (+9,922%) Average annual rate: 8.74 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 995B US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 995B +274B +38.02%
2024 721B −166B −18.67%
2023 887B −220B −19.88%
2022 1.11T −74.06B −6.27%
2021 1.18T +506B +75.04%
2020 675B −46.48B −6.45%
2019 721B +266B +58.44%
2018 455B −588B −56.36%
2017 1.04T +261B +33.37%
2016 782B +104B +15.31%
2015 678B +14.08B +2.12%
2014 664B −131B −16.48%
2013 795B +68.1B +9.37%
2012 727B −182B −19.99%
2011 909B +138B +17.98%
2010 770B +188B +32.23%
2009 582B −622B −51.64%
2008 1.2T −221B −15.5%
2007 1.43T +553B +63.46%
2006 872B +320B +58.11%
2005 551B −121B −18.01%
2004 673B +243B +56.7%
2003 429B −12.5B −2.83%
2002 442B −28.2B −6%
2001 470B −378B −44.61%
2000 848B +49.24B +6.16%
1999 799B +263B +49.12%
1998 536B +201B +60.21%
1997 334B +61.18B +22.39%
1996 273B +6.4B +2.4%
1995 267B +55.89B +26.49%
1994 211B +33.71B +19.01%
1993 177B +15.13B +9.33%
1992 162B −3.24B −1.96%
1991 165B −45.64B −21.63%
1990 211B +41.06B +24.15%
1989 170B +32.73B +23.85%
1988 137B +21.28B +18.35%
1987 116B +44.42B +62.07%
1986 71.56B +37.59B +110.67%
1985 33.97B −6.1B −15.23%
1984 40.07B +7.58B +23.33%
1983 32.49B +4.11B +14.47%
1982 28.39B −14.03B −33.08%
1981 42.42B −2.33B −5.2%
1980 44.74B −6.78B −13.17%
1979 51.53B +19.69B +61.86%
1978 31.83B +9.13B +40.24%
1977 22.7B −359M −1.56%
1976 23.06B −547M −2.32%
1975 23.61B +7.6B +47.44%
1974 16.01B −4.56B −22.16%
1973 20.57B +7.84B +61.55%
1972 12.73B +2.35B +22.66%
1971 10.38B +448M +4.51%
1970 9.93B

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.