Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Ireland

Foreign direct investment outflows in Ireland in 2024 — 67,145,033,012 US$. Ranked 10 in the world out of 171. Since 1987, the indicator has risen by 61,952.9%.

2024 67.15B US$ +152.85% vs 2023
World rank 10of 171
Period maximum 181B US$2015
Period minimum -127B US$2023

Trend over time

1987–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Ireland, 1987–2024-200B-100B0100B200B19871991199519992003200720112015201920231987: 108,206,143 US$1988: 750,134,146 US$1989: 1,513,291,925 US$1990: 363,884,000 US$1991: 193,144,000 US$1992: 214,387,000 US$1993: 220,008,000 US$1994: 436,715,000 US$1995: 820,864,000 US$1996: 727,967,000 US$1997: 759,806,900 US$1998: 3,904,756,670 US$1999: 6,108,922,930 US$2000: 4,628,708,310 US$2001: 4,065,288,010 US$2002: 11,025,363,510 US$2003: 5,549,448,440 US$2004: 18,068,825,940 US$2005: 91,841,198,316 US$2006: 42,902,430,400 US$2007: 55,923,867,341 US$2008: 58,200,250,837 US$2009: 54,515,156,836 US$2010: 16,823,038,799 US$2011: -1,523,057,493 US$2012: 31,937,432,234 US$2013: 48,465,947,548 US$2014: 91,696,201,431 US$2015: 180,678,318,625 US$2016: 96,272,522,594 US$2017: 332,935,849 US$2018: 92,876,787,490 US$2019: -98,712,816,432 US$2020: -81,316,054,445 US$2021: 125,779,366,831 US$2022: -8,442,427,628 US$2023: -127,045,085,600 US$2024: 67,145,033,012 US$
Change over the period: +67.04B (+61,952.88%) Average annual rate: 18.98 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Ireland 67.15B US$
World 1.72T US$
Northern Europe computed 70.77B US$
High-income countries computed 1.37T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 67.15B +194B +152.85%
2023 -127B −119B −1,404.84%
2022 -8.44B −134B −106.71%
2021 126B +207B +254.68%
2020 -81.32B +17.4B +17.62%
2019 -98.71B −192B −206.28%
2018 92.88B +92.54B +27,796.3%
2017 333M −95.94B −99.65%
2016 96.27B −84.41B −46.72%
2015 181B +88.98B +97.04%
2014 91.7B +43.23B +89.2%
2013 48.47B +16.53B +51.75%
2012 31.94B +33.46B +2,196.93%
2011 -1.52B −18.35B −109.05%
2010 16.82B −37.69B −69.14%
2009 54.52B −3.69B −6.33%
2008 58.2B +2.28B +4.07%
2007 55.92B +13.02B +30.35%
2006 42.9B −48.94B −53.29%
2005 91.84B +73.77B +408.29%
2004 18.07B +12.52B +225.6%
2003 5.55B −5.48B −49.67%
2002 11.03B +6.96B +171.21%
2001 4.07B −563M −12.17%
2000 4.63B −1.48B −24.23%
1999 6.11B +2.2B +56.45%
1998 3.9B +3.14B +413.91%
1997 760M +31.84M +4.37%
1996 728M −92.9M −11.32%
1995 821M +384M +87.96%
1994 437M +217M +98.5%
1993 220M +5.62M +2.62%
1992 214M +21.24M +11%
1991 193M −171M −46.92%
1990 364M −1.15B −75.95%
1989 1.51B +763M +101.74%
1988 750M +642M +593.25%
1987 108M

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.