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Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Lower-middle-income countries

Foreign direct investment outflows in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 33,352,069,323 US$. Since 1978, the indicator has risen by 49,264.8%.

2024 33.35B US$ +67.92% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 33.35B US$2024
Period minimum 51.46M US$1986

Trend over time

1978–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Lower-middle-income countries, 1978–2024010B20B30B40B19781983198819931998200320082013201820231978: 67,562,445 US$1979: 52,526,131 US$1980: 126,914,062 US$1981: 78,477,437 US$1982: 83,116,033 US$1983: 87,331,584 US$1984: 85,862,271 US$1985: 92,564,094 US$1986: 51,456,834 US$1987: 165,999,054 US$1988: 134,731,829 US$1989: 892,729,992 US$1996: 1,299,649,831 US$1997: 808,391,461 US$1998: 330,538,731 US$1999: 1,171,561,545 US$2001: 1,942,546,838 US$2002: 2,015,357,719 US$2003: 2,267,456,532 US$2004: 4,124,226,374 US$2005: 6,085,532,448 US$2006: 17,655,529,903 US$2007: 28,456,956,559 US$2008: 30,209,491,801 US$2009: 23,258,302,822 US$2010: 27,295,043,192 US$2011: 22,229,094,400 US$2012: 20,848,932,521 US$2013: 15,968,093,234 US$2014: 26,657,764,706 US$2015: 18,522,420,300 US$2016: 14,486,643,320 US$2017: 21,002,755,944 US$2018: 19,144,902,120 US$2019: 21,539,470,475 US$2020: 19,635,302,155 US$2021: 24,695,074,612 US$2022: 26,257,257,701 US$2023: 19,861,585,031 US$2024: 33,352,069,323 US$
Change over the period: +33.28B (+49,264.8%) Average annual rate: 14.43 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 33.35B US$
World 1.72T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 33.35B +13.49B +67.92%
2023 19.86B −6.4B −24.36%
2022 26.26B +1.56B +6.33%
2021 24.7B +5.06B +25.77%
2020 19.64B −1.9B −8.84%
2019 21.54B +2.39B +12.51%
2018 19.14B −1.86B −8.85%
2017 21B +6.52B +44.98%
2016 14.49B −4.04B −21.79%
2015 18.52B −8.14B −30.52%
2014 26.66B +10.69B +66.94%
2013 15.97B −4.88B −23.41%
2012 20.85B −1.38B −6.21%
2011 22.23B −5.07B −18.56%
2010 27.3B +4.04B +17.36%
2009 23.26B −6.95B −23.01%
2008 30.21B +1.75B +6.16%
2007 28.46B +10.8B +61.18%
2006 17.66B +11.57B +190.12%
2005 6.09B +1.96B +47.56%
2004 4.12B +1.86B +81.89%
2003 2.27B +252M +12.51%
2002 2.02B +72.81M +3.75%
2001 1.94B — —
1999 1.17B +841M +254.44%
1998 331M −478M −59.11%
1997 808M −491M −37.8%
1996 1.3B — —
1989 893M +758M +562.6%
1988 135M −31.27M −18.84%
1987 166M +115M +222.6%
1986 51.46M −41.11M −44.41%
1985 92.56M +6.7M +7.81%
1984 85.86M −1.47M −1.68%
1983 87.33M +4.22M +5.07%
1982 83.12M +4.64M +5.91%
1981 78.48M −48.44M −38.16%
1980 127M +74.39M +141.62%
1979 52.53M −15.04M −22.26%
1978 67.56M — —

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.

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