Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Malta

Foreign direct investment outflows in Malta in 2024 — 36,460,779,007 US$. Ranked 16 in the world out of 171.

2024 36.46B US$ +41.86% vs 2023
World rank 16of 171
Period maximum 73.2B US$2018
Period minimum -8.77B US$2013

Trend over time

1971–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Malta, 1971–2024-25B025B50B75B19711977198319891995200120072013201920241971: 0 US$1972: 0 US$1973: 0 US$1974: 0 US$1975: 0 US$1976: 0 US$1977: 0 US$1978: 0 US$1979: 0 US$1980: 0 US$1981: 0 US$1982: 0 US$1983: 0 US$1984: 0 US$1985: 0 US$1986: 0 US$1987: 0 US$1988: 0 US$1989: 0 US$1990: -15,774,568 US$1991: 13,055,214 US$1992: 45,151,917 US$1993: 905,074 US$1994: -1,029,315 US$1995: 264,159,865 US$1996: 92,728,711 US$1997: 88,719,367 US$1998: 60,925,671 US$1999: -131,323,628 US$2000: 163,124,053 US$2001: 186,258,541 US$2002: -96,909,962 US$2003: 479,639,142 US$2004: 5,314,223,405 US$2005: 10,970,385,431 US$2006: 14,860,374,635 US$2007: 14,639,468,390 US$2008: 16,162,596,887 US$2009: -6,101,371,083 US$2010: 3,329,536,323 US$2011: -4,378,037,581 US$2012: -8,253,588,863 US$2013: -8,770,505,018 US$2014: -8,714,047,500 US$2015: -6,591,998,146 US$2016: -6,634,877,716 US$2017: 32,117,343,104 US$2018: 73,202,908,309 US$2019: 31,178,870,680 US$2020: 40,453,092,616 US$2021: 68,811,764,783 US$2022: 27,311,754,929 US$2023: 25,702,473,871 US$2024: 36,460,779,007 US$
Change over the period: +36.46B

Comparison, 2024

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

Malta 36.46B US$
World 1.72T US$
Southern Europe computed 169B US$
High-income countries computed 1.37T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 36.46B +10.76B +41.86%
2023 25.7B −1.61B −5.89%
2022 27.31B −41.5B −60.31%
2021 68.81B +28.36B +70.1%
2020 40.45B +9.27B +29.75%
2019 31.18B −42.02B −57.41%
2018 73.2B +41.09B +127.92%
2017 32.12B +38.75B +584.07%
2016 -6.63B −42.88M −0.65%
2015 -6.59B +2.12B +24.35%
2014 -8.71B +56.46M +0.64%
2013 -8.77B −517M −6.26%
2012 -8.25B −3.88B −88.52%
2011 -4.38B −7.71B −231.49%
2010 3.33B +9.43B +154.57%
2009 -6.1B −22.26B −137.75%
2008 16.16B +1.52B +10.4%
2007 14.64B −221M −1.49%
2006 14.86B +3.89B +35.46%
2005 10.97B +5.66B +106.43%
2004 5.31B +4.83B +1,007.96%
2003 480M +577M +594.93%
2002 -96.91M −283M −152.03%
2001 186M +23.13M +14.18%
2000 163M +294M +224.22%
1999 -131M −192M −315.55%
1998 60.93M −27.79M −31.33%
1997 88.72M −4.01M −4.32%
1996 92.73M −171M −64.9%
1995 264M +265M +25,763.65%
1994 -1.03M −1.93M −213.73%
1993 905,074 −44.25M −98%
1992 45.15M +32.1M +245.85%
1991 13.06M +28.83M +182.76%
1990 -15.77M −15.77M
1989 0 +0
1988 0 +0
1987 0 +0
1986 0 +0
1985 0 +0
1984 0 +0
1983 0 +0
1982 0 +0
1981 0 +0
1980 0 +0
1979 0 +0
1978 0 +0
1977 0 +0
1976 0 +0
1975 0 +0
1974 0 +0
1973 0 +0
1972 0 +0
1971 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.