Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Liberia

Foreign direct investment outflows in Liberia in 2024 — 74,905,728 US$. Ranked 95 in the world out of 171.

2024 74.91M US$ −15.58% vs 2023
World rank 95of 171
Period maximum 1.52B US$2010
Period minimum -729M US$1998

Trend over time

1979–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Liberia, 1979–2024-1B01B2B19791984198919941999200420092014201920241979: 0 US$1980: 236,128,000 US$1981: 41,920,000 US$1982: 161,210,000 US$1983: 60,968,000 US$1984: 59,465,000 US$1985: 254,998,000 US$1986: -267,330,000 US$1987: 60,737,000 US$1988: 202,241,000 US$1989: 64,552,000 US$1990: 5,941,000 US$1991: 366,352,000 US$1992: 58,544,000 US$1993: 50,942,000 US$1994: 91,301,000 US$1995: -9,703,000 US$1996: -24,449,000 US$1997: 495,127,000 US$1998: -729,354,660 US$1999: 310,603,220 US$2000: 779,896,560 US$2001: -292,028,060 US$2002: 402,937,150 US$2003: 172,979,120 US$2004: 304,495,770 US$2005: 436,843,920 US$2006: 346,392,430 US$2007: 362,577,370 US$2008: -111,000,000 US$2009: -89,999,991 US$2010: 1,518,470,880 US$2011: -222,310,970 US$2012: 1,388,373,410 US$2013: 327,131,060 US$2014: -35,530,240 US$2015: 30,389,690 US$2016: 167,663,300 US$2017: 54,174,250 US$2018: 84,075,750 US$2019: 101,971,100 US$2020: 13,319,787 US$2021: 63,299,731 US$2022: 94,246,591 US$2023: 88,728,252 US$2024: 74,905,728 US$
Change over the period: +74.91M

Comparison, 2024

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

Liberia 74.91M US$
World 1.72T US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.28B US$
Western Africa computed 931M US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 74.91M −13.82M −15.58%
2023 88.73M −5.52M −5.86%
2022 94.25M +30.95M +48.89%
2021 63.3M +49.98M +375.23%
2020 13.32M −88.65M −86.94%
2019 102M +17.9M +21.28%
2018 84.08M +29.9M +55.2%
2017 54.17M −113M −67.69%
2016 168M +137M +451.71%
2015 30.39M +65.92M +185.53%
2014 -35.53M −363M −110.86%
2013 327M −1.06B −76.44%
2012 1.39B +1.61B +724.52%
2011 -222M −1.74B −114.64%
2010 1.52B +1.61B +1,787.19%
2009 -90M +21M +18.92%
2008 -111M −474M −130.61%
2007 363M +16.18M +4.67%
2006 346M −90.45M −20.71%
2005 437M +132M +43.46%
2004 304M +132M +76.03%
2003 173M −230M −57.07%
2002 403M +695M +237.98%
2001 -292M −1.07B −137.44%
2000 780M +469M +151.09%
1999 311M +1.04B +142.59%
1998 -729M −1.22B −247.31%
1997 495M +520M +2,125.14%
1996 -24.45M −14.75M −151.97%
1995 -9.7M −101M −110.63%
1994 91.3M +40.36M +79.23%
1993 50.94M −7.6M −12.99%
1992 58.54M −308M −84.02%
1991 366M +360M +6,066.5%
1990 5.94M −58.61M −90.8%
1989 64.55M −138M −68.08%
1988 202M +142M +232.98%
1987 60.74M +328M +122.72%
1986 -267M −522M −204.84%
1985 255M +196M +328.82%
1984 59.47M −1.5M −2.47%
1983 60.97M −100M −62.18%
1982 161M +119M +284.57%
1981 41.92M −194M −82.25%
1980 236M +236M
1979 0

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.