Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — High-income countries

Foreign direct investment outflows in high-income countries in 2024 — 1,371,876,947,887 US$. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 232.9%.

2024 1.37T US$ +78.68% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 3.06T US$2007
Period minimum 412B US$1996

Trend over time

1996–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — High-income countries, 1996–202401T2T3T4T19961999200220052008201120142017202020231996: 412,058,188,227 US$1997: 493,113,697,638 US$1998: 752,760,390,845 US$1999: 1,186,332,864,277 US$2000: 1,384,498,716,754 US$2001: 822,678,524,877 US$2002: 636,743,513,010 US$2003: 699,804,719,778 US$2004: 1,149,911,867,271 US$2005: 1,362,266,549,484 US$2006: 2,037,765,169,132 US$2007: 3,063,566,201,488 US$2008: 2,431,510,460,461 US$2009: 1,398,480,268,280 US$2010: 1,579,960,643,792 US$2011: 2,056,235,237,170 US$2012: 1,622,005,409,328 US$2013: 1,797,121,668,263 US$2014: 1,603,362,008,006 US$2015: 1,943,223,223,468 US$2016: 1,899,727,595,998 US$2017: 1,876,138,888,971 US$2018: 678,604,715,522 US$2019: 1,338,350,957,256 US$2020: 784,738,197,032 US$2021: 2,249,285,509,749 US$2022: 1,877,649,852,741 US$2023: 767,802,650,679 US$2024: 1,371,876,947,887 US$
Change over the period: +960B (+232.93%) Average annual rate: 4.39 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries

High-income countries 1.37T US$
World 1.72T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — High-income countries, by year High-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 1.37T +604B +78.68%
2023 768B −1.11T −59.11%
2022 1.88T −372B −16.52%
2021 2.25T +1.46T +186.63%
2020 785B −554B −41.37%
2019 1.34T +660B +97.22%
2018 679B −1.2T −63.83%
2017 1.88T −23.59B −1.24%
2016 1.9T −43.5B −2.24%
2015 1.94T +340B +21.2%
2014 1.6T −194B −10.78%
2013 1.8T +175B +10.8%
2012 1.62T −434B −21.12%
2011 2.06T +476B +30.14%
2010 1.58T +181B +12.98%
2009 1.4T −1.03T −42.49%
2008 2.43T −632B −20.63%
2007 3.06T +1.03T +50.34%
2006 2.04T +675B +49.59%
2005 1.36T +212B +18.47%
2004 1.15T +450B +64.32%
2003 700B +63.06B +9.9%
2002 637B −186B −22.6%
2001 823B −562B −40.58%
2000 1.38T +198B +16.7%
1999 1.19T +434B +57.6%
1998 753B +260B +52.65%
1997 493B +81.06B +19.67%
1996 412B

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.