Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Germany

Foreign direct investment outflows in Germany in 2025 — 108,126,400,182 US$. Ranked 4 in the world out of 91. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 8,908.5%.

2025 108B US$ +24.23% vs 2024
World rank 4of 91
Period maximum 215B US$2021
Period minimum 1.2B US$1971

Trend over time

1971–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Germany, 1971–20250100B200B300B19711977198319891995200120072013201920251971: 1,200,271,623 US$1972: 1,804,553,188 US$1973: 1,963,545,009 US$1974: 2,122,222,932 US$1975: 2,181,233,079 US$1976: 2,608,989,668 US$1977: 2,407,062,874 US$1978: 3,939,957,464 US$1979: 5,015,523,493 US$1980: 4,161,094,246 US$1981: 3,766,612,868 US$1982: 2,727,458,861 US$1983: 2,943,422,389 US$1984: 4,726,659,004 US$1985: 5,495,816,670 US$1986: 9,397,629,497 US$1987: 8,261,079,277 US$1988: 11,960,016,180 US$1989: 13,336,094,508 US$1990: 24,036,895,480 US$1991: 22,937,187,410 US$1992: 18,599,513,340 US$1993: 17,196,168,920 US$1994: 18,859,384,150 US$1995: 39,048,613,870 US$1996: 50,804,707,700 US$1997: 41,798,144,240 US$1998: 88,824,870,570 US$1999: 139,402,049,693 US$2000: 98,172,100,562 US$2001: 70,242,086,899 US$2002: 17,202,720,468 US$2003: 39,300,839,722 US$2004: 9,069,678,214 US$2005: 88,925,340,319 US$2006: 147,975,336,478 US$2007: 140,653,515,629 US$2008: 98,024,668,317 US$2009: 99,737,835,555 US$2010: 146,643,024,387 US$2011: 107,908,552,711 US$2012: 99,082,261,106 US$2013: 93,293,315,913 US$2014: 105,488,336,316 US$2015: 119,261,199,207 US$2016: 116,554,599,161 US$2017: 148,988,435,888 US$2018: 212,928,025,635 US$2019: 171,344,047,438 US$2020: 144,871,274,947 US$2021: 214,705,563,250 US$2022: 160,256,156,862 US$2023: 116,186,898,384 US$2024: 87,035,120,097 US$2025: 108,126,400,182 US$
Change over the period: +107B (+8,908.49%) Average annual rate: 8.69 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Germany 108B US$
World 1.49T US$
Western Europe computed 188B US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 108B +21.09B +24.23%
2024 87.04B −29.15B −25.09%
2023 116B −44.07B −27.5%
2022 160B −54.45B −25.36%
2021 215B +69.83B +48.2%
2020 145B −26.47B −15.45%
2019 171B −41.58B −19.53%
2018 213B +63.94B +42.92%
2017 149B +32.43B +27.83%
2016 117B −2.71B −2.27%
2015 119B +13.77B +13.06%
2014 105B +12.2B +13.07%
2013 93.29B −5.79B −5.84%
2012 99.08B −8.83B −8.18%
2011 108B −38.73B −26.41%
2010 147B +46.91B +47.03%
2009 99.74B +1.71B +1.75%
2008 98.02B −42.63B −30.31%
2007 141B −7.32B −4.95%
2006 148B +59.05B +66.4%
2005 88.93B +79.86B +880.47%
2004 9.07B −30.23B −76.92%
2003 39.3B +22.1B +128.46%
2002 17.2B −53.04B −75.51%
2001 70.24B −27.93B −28.45%
2000 98.17B −41.23B −29.58%
1999 139B +50.58B +56.94%
1998 88.82B +47.03B +112.51%
1997 41.8B −9.01B −17.73%
1996 50.8B +11.76B +30.11%
1995 39.05B +20.19B +107.05%
1994 18.86B +1.66B +9.67%
1993 17.2B −1.4B −7.55%
1992 18.6B −4.34B −18.91%
1991 22.94B −1.1B −4.58%
1990 24.04B +10.7B +80.24%
1989 13.34B +1.38B +11.51%
1988 11.96B +3.7B +44.78%
1987 8.26B −1.14B −12.09%
1986 9.4B +3.9B +71%
1985 5.5B +769M +16.27%
1984 4.73B +1.78B +60.58%
1983 2.94B +216M +7.92%
1982 2.73B −1.04B −27.59%
1981 3.77B −394M −9.48%
1980 4.16B −854M −17.04%
1979 5.02B +1.08B +27.3%
1978 3.94B +1.53B +63.68%
1977 2.41B −202M −7.74%
1976 2.61B +428M +19.61%
1975 2.18B +59.01M +2.78%
1974 2.12B +159M +8.08%
1973 1.96B +159M +8.81%
1972 1.8B +604M +50.35%
1971 1.2B

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.