Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Italy

Foreign direct investment outflows in Italy in 2025 — 22,903,588,241 US$. Ranked 15 in the world out of 91. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 19,948.7%.

2025 22.9B US$ −50.07% vs 2024
World rank 15of 91
Period maximum 120B US$2007
Period minimum 114M US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Italy, 1970–2025050B100B150B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 114,240,000 US$1971: 406,119,520 US$1972: 220,943,050 US$1973: 276,900,969 US$1974: 203,140,141 US$1975: 343,303,159 US$1976: 159,925,428 US$1977: 560,595,621 US$1978: 159,027,513 US$1979: 538,561,414 US$1980: 739,274,897 US$1981: 1,397,671,377 US$1982: 960,933,113 US$1983: 2,023,522,830 US$1984: 1,881,019,566 US$1985: 1,740,670,245 US$1986: 2,452,979,918 US$1987: 2,087,007,215 US$1988: 4,691,866,323 US$1989: 2,140,756,886 US$1990: 7,445,810,659 US$1991: 7,612,589,652 US$1992: 4,288,692,483 US$1993: 7,226,904,391 US$1994: 5,246,820,023 US$1995: 7,001,436,007 US$1996: 8,706,997,306 US$1997: 10,401,944,454 US$1998: 12,454,959,194 US$1999: 262,461,750 US$2000: 6,492,039,032 US$2001: 16,369,483,712 US$2002: 11,504,637,433 US$2003: 2,144,413,897 US$2004: 14,313,051,509 US$2005: 52,296,832,525 US$2006: 58,960,986,973 US$2007: 119,993,334,874 US$2008: 67,703,684,657 US$2009: 18,369,177,793 US$2010: 30,727,883,014 US$2011: 51,872,690,976 US$2012: 6,796,746,984 US$2013: 20,275,668,546 US$2014: 20,476,260,926 US$2015: 15,424,320,013 US$2016: 13,659,637,996 US$2017: 11,814,159,887 US$2018: 38,655,966,071 US$2019: 37,444,373,331 US$2020: 4,738,225,809 US$2021: 58,049,431,705 US$2022: 47,257,356,768 US$2023: 30,576,464,915 US$2024: 45,871,854,571 US$2025: 22,903,588,241 US$
Change over the period: +22.79B (+19,948.66%) Average annual rate: 10.12 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Italy 22.9B US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 22.9B −22.97B −50.07%
2024 45.87B +15.3B +50.02%
2023 30.58B −16.68B −35.3%
2022 47.26B −10.79B −18.59%
2021 58.05B +53.31B +1,125.13%
2020 4.74B −32.71B −87.35%
2019 37.44B −1.21B −3.13%
2018 38.66B +26.84B +227.2%
2017 11.81B −1.85B −13.51%
2016 13.66B −1.76B −11.44%
2015 15.42B −5.05B −24.67%
2014 20.48B +201M +0.99%
2013 20.28B +13.48B +198.31%
2012 6.8B −45.08B −86.9%
2011 51.87B +21.14B +68.81%
2010 30.73B +12.36B +67.28%
2009 18.37B −49.33B −72.87%
2008 67.7B −52.29B −43.58%
2007 120B +61.03B +103.51%
2006 58.96B +6.66B +12.74%
2005 52.3B +37.98B +265.38%
2004 14.31B +12.17B +567.46%
2003 2.14B −9.36B −81.36%
2002 11.5B −4.86B −29.72%
2001 16.37B +9.88B +152.15%
2000 6.49B +6.23B +2,373.52%
1999 262M −12.19B −97.89%
1998 12.45B +2.05B +19.74%
1997 10.4B +1.69B +19.47%
1996 8.71B +1.71B +24.36%
1995 7B +1.75B +33.44%
1994 5.25B −1.98B −27.4%
1993 7.23B +2.94B +68.51%
1992 4.29B −3.32B −43.66%
1991 7.61B +167M +2.24%
1990 7.45B +5.31B +247.81%
1989 2.14B −2.55B −54.37%
1988 4.69B +2.6B +124.81%
1987 2.09B −366M −14.92%
1986 2.45B +712M +40.92%
1985 1.74B −140M −7.46%
1984 1.88B −143M −7.04%
1983 2.02B +1.06B +110.58%
1982 961M −437M −31.25%
1981 1.4B +658M +89.06%
1980 739M +201M +37.27%
1979 539M +380M +238.66%
1978 159M −402M −71.63%
1977 561M +401M +250.54%
1976 160M −183M −53.42%
1975 343M +140M +69%
1974 203M −73.76M −26.64%
1973 277M +55.96M +25.33%
1972 221M −185M −45.6%
1971 406M +292M +255.5%
1970 114M

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.