Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — India

Foreign direct investment outflows in India in 2025 — 35,691,342,656 US$. Ranked 11 in the world out of 91.

2025 35.69B US$ +47.19% vs 2024
World rank 11of 91
Period maximum 35.69B US$2025
Period minimum -11M US$1991

Trend over time

1975–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — India, 1975–2025-10B010B20B30B40B197519801985199019952000200520102015202020251975: 0 US$1976: 0 US$1977: 0 US$1978: 0 US$1979: 0 US$1980: 4,000,000 US$1981: 2,000,000 US$1982: 1,000,000 US$1983: 5,000,000 US$1984: 4,000,000 US$1985: 3,000,000 US$1986: -1,000,000 US$1987: 5,000,000 US$1988: 11,000,000 US$1989: 10,000,000 US$1990: 6,000,000 US$1991: -11,000,000 US$1992: 24,000,000 US$1993: 350,641 US$1994: 82,583,303 US$1995: 117,189,079 US$1996: 239,324,707 US$1997: 112,918,990 US$1998: 47,593,027 US$1999: 79,357,457 US$2000: 509,532,975 US$2001: 1,054,132,218 US$2002: 1,261,071,115 US$2003: 1,237,846,245 US$2004: 1,837,062,923 US$2005: 2,640,754,960 US$2006: 14,036,833,332 US$2007: 17,026,111,929 US$2008: 19,256,527,246 US$2009: 16,095,583,747 US$2010: 15,968,099,288 US$2011: 12,607,994,610 US$2012: 8,553,237,671 US$2013: 1,764,948,800 US$2014: 11,686,480,933 US$2015: 7,514,275,639 US$2016: 5,047,292,606 US$2017: 11,090,150,305 US$2018: 11,417,789,536 US$2019: 13,140,702,032 US$2020: 11,122,667,604 US$2021: 17,238,734,439 US$2022: 14,532,249,718 US$2023: 13,878,566,777 US$2024: 24,248,606,195 US$2025: 35,691,342,656 US$
Change over the period: +35.69B

Comparison, 2025

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

India 35.69B US$
World 1.49T US$
South Asia 35.7B US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — India, by year India All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 35.69B +11.44B +47.19%
2024 24.25B +10.37B +74.72%
2023 13.88B −654M −4.5%
2022 14.53B −2.71B −15.7%
2021 17.24B +6.12B +54.99%
2020 11.12B −2.02B −15.36%
2019 13.14B +1.72B +15.09%
2018 11.42B +328M +2.95%
2017 11.09B +6.04B +119.72%
2016 5.05B −2.47B −32.83%
2015 7.51B −4.17B −35.7%
2014 11.69B +9.92B +562.14%
2013 1.76B −6.79B −79.37%
2012 8.55B −4.05B −32.16%
2011 12.61B −3.36B −21.04%
2010 15.97B −127M −0.79%
2009 16.1B −3.16B −16.41%
2008 19.26B +2.23B +13.1%
2007 17.03B +2.99B +21.3%
2006 14.04B +11.4B +431.55%
2005 2.64B +804M +43.75%
2004 1.84B +599M +48.41%
2003 1.24B −23.22M −1.84%
2002 1.26B +207M +19.63%
2001 1.05B +545M +106.88%
2000 510M +430M +542.07%
1999 79.36M +31.76M +66.74%
1998 47.59M −65.33M −57.85%
1997 113M −126M −52.82%
1996 239M +122M +104.22%
1995 117M +34.61M +41.9%
1994 82.58M +82.23M +23,452.12%
1993 350,641 −23.65M −98.54%
1992 24M +35M +318.18%
1991 -11M −17M −283.33%
1990 6M −4M −40%
1989 10M −1M −9.09%
1988 11M +6M +120%
1987 5M +6M +600%
1986 -1M −4M −133.33%
1985 3M −1M −25%
1984 4M −1M −20%
1983 5M +4M +400%
1982 1M −1M −50%
1981 2M −2M −50%
1980 4M +4M
1979 0 +0
1978 0 +0
1977 0 +0
1976 0 +0
1975 0

Southern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.

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