Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Lebanon

Foreign direct investment outflows in Lebanon in 2024 — 390,718,450 US$. Ranked 65 in the world out of 171. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 23,236.2%.

2024 391M US$ +437.65% vs 2023
World rank 65of 171
Period maximum 1.98B US$2013
Period minimum -1.34B US$2021

Trend over time

1980–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Lebanon, 1980–2024-2B-1B01B2B19801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 1,674,302 US$1981: -4,627,000 US$1982: -963,000 US$1983: 1,036,739 US$1984: 24,154,000 US$1985: 14,782,043 US$1986: 3,525,364 US$1987: 3,274,271 US$1988: 6,714,638 US$1989: 6,781,721 US$1990: -15,974,300 US$1991: 3,962,450 US$1992: 17,202,260 US$1993: 48,408,920 US$1994: 157,748,740 US$1995: 10,803,830 US$1996: 20,746,000 US$1997: 6,252,220 US$1998: 37,838,530 US$1999: 131,734,240 US$2000: 137,924,000 US$2001: 3,879,000 US$2002: 210,000 US$2003: 610,951,000 US$2004: 827,052,473 US$2005: 715,499,000 US$2006: 874,652,000 US$2007: 848,090,000 US$2008: 986,580,000 US$2009: 1,125,772,462 US$2010: 486,650,613 US$2011: 936,645,149 US$2012: 1,030,191,525 US$2013: 1,975,697,256 US$2014: 1,240,706,833 US$2015: 660,212,295 US$2016: 1,004,742,727 US$2017: 1,317,433,967 US$2018: 631,215,121 US$2019: 339,041,084 US$2020: 28,913,456 US$2021: -1,338,776,945 US$2022: 66,151,977 US$2023: 72,672,173 US$2024: 390,718,450 US$
Change over the period: +389M (+23,236.2%) Average annual rate: 13.19 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lebanon 391M US$
World 1.72T US$
Western Asia computed 79.63B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 33.35B US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Lebanon, by year Lebanon All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 391M +318M +437.65%
2023 72.67M +6.52M +9.86%
2022 66.15M +1.4B +104.94%
2021 -1.34B −1.37B −4,730.29%
2020 28.91M −310M −91.47%
2019 339M −292M −46.29%
2018 631M −686M −52.09%
2017 1.32B +313M +31.12%
2016 1B +345M +52.18%
2015 660M −580M −46.79%
2014 1.24B −735M −37.2%
2013 1.98B +946M +91.78%
2012 1.03B +93.55M +9.99%
2011 937M +450M +92.47%
2010 487M −639M −56.77%
2009 1.13B +139M +14.11%
2008 987M +138M +16.33%
2007 848M −26.56M −3.04%
2006 875M +159M +22.24%
2005 715M −112M −13.49%
2004 827M +216M +35.37%
2003 611M +611M +290,829.05%
2002 210,000 −3.67M −94.59%
2001 3.88M −134M −97.19%
2000 138M +6.19M +4.7%
1999 132M +93.9M +248.15%
1998 37.84M +31.59M +505.2%
1997 6.25M −14.49M −69.86%
1996 20.75M +9.94M +92.02%
1995 10.8M −147M −93.15%
1994 158M +109M +225.87%
1993 48.41M +31.21M +181.41%
1992 17.2M +13.24M +334.13%
1991 3.96M +19.94M +124.81%
1990 -15.97M −22.76M −335.55%
1989 6.78M +67,083 +1%
1988 6.71M +3.44M +105.07%
1987 3.27M −251,093 −7.12%
1986 3.53M −11.26M −76.15%
1985 14.78M −9.37M −38.8%
1984 24.15M +23.12M +2,229.81%
1983 1.04M +2M +207.66%
1982 -963,000 +3.66M +79.19%
1981 -4.63M −6.3M −376.35%
1980 1.67M

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.