Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Mercosur

Foreign direct investment outflows in Mercosur in 2025 — 34,062,973,678 US$. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 29,141.9%.

2025 34.06B US$ +21.55% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 41.64B US$2022
Period minimum -3.68B US$2009

Trend over time

1975–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Mercosur, 1975–2025-20B020B40B60B197519801985199019952000200520102015202020251975: 116,487,000 US$1976: 209,542,000 US$1977: 145,000,000 US$1978: 106,000,000 US$1979: 137,000,000 US$1980: 257,500,000 US$1981: 100,100,000 US$1982: 359,800,000 US$1983: 183,500,000 US$1984: 82,169,000 US$1985: 131,449,048 US$1986: 159,099,790 US$1987: 182,930,953 US$1988: 156,522,891 US$1989: 588,400,565 US$1990: 701,003,000 US$1991: 1,065,385,700 US$1992: 1,304,914,310 US$1993: 1,198,070,010 US$1994: 2,052,044,010 US$1995: 2,883,149,000 US$1996: 2,488,149,000 US$1997: 4,789,182,000 US$1998: 5,198,990,000 US$1999: 3,228,241,000 US$2000: 3,405,810,599 US$2001: -1,276,364,699 US$2002: 1,938,308,304 US$2003: 924,135,377 US$2004: 10,605,634,454 US$2005: 4,211,737,028 US$2006: 31,327,516,698 US$2007: 18,589,844,917 US$2008: 27,580,500,234 US$2009: -3,680,193,549 US$2010: 27,803,450,761 US$2011: 17,833,804,983 US$2012: 7,072,634,132 US$2013: 15,225,676,533 US$2014: 25,286,527,386 US$2015: 6,418,973,898 US$2016: 18,462,891,566 US$2017: 27,766,950,735 US$2018: 5,783,710,576 US$2019: 24,788,722,973 US$2020: -2,409,191,631 US$2021: 20,917,105,819 US$2022: 41,642,163,027 US$2023: 20,410,428,417 US$2024: 28,024,828,524 US$2025: 34,062,973,678 US$
Change over the period: +33.95B (+29,141.87%) Average annual rate: 12.03 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Mercosur 34.06B US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 34.06B +6.04B +21.55%
2024 28.02B +7.61B +37.31%
2023 20.41B −21.23B −50.99%
2022 41.64B +20.73B +99.08%
2021 20.92B +23.33B +968.22%
2020 -2.41B −27.2B −109.72%
2019 24.79B +19.01B +328.6%
2018 5.78B −21.98B −79.17%
2017 27.77B +9.3B +50.39%
2016 18.46B +12.04B +187.63%
2015 6.42B −18.87B −74.62%
2014 25.29B +10.06B +66.08%
2013 15.23B +8.15B +115.28%
2012 7.07B −10.76B −60.34%
2011 17.83B −9.97B −35.86%
2010 27.8B +31.48B +855.49%
2009 -3.68B −31.26B −113.34%
2008 27.58B +8.99B +48.36%
2007 18.59B −12.74B −40.66%
2006 31.33B +27.12B +643.81%
2005 4.21B −6.39B −60.29%
2004 10.61B +9.68B +1,047.63%
2003 924M −1.01B −52.32%
2002 1.94B +3.21B +251.86%
2001 -1.28B −4.68B −137.48%
2000 3.41B +178M +5.5%
1999 3.23B −1.97B −37.91%
1998 5.2B +410M +8.56%
1997 4.79B +2.3B +92.48%
1996 2.49B −395M −13.7%
1995 2.88B +831M +40.5%
1994 2.05B +854M +71.28%
1993 1.2B −107M −8.19%
1992 1.3B +240M +22.48%
1991 1.07B +364M +51.98%
1990 701M +113M +19.14%
1989 588M +432M +275.92%
1988 157M −26.41M −14.44%
1987 183M +23.83M +14.98%
1986 159M +27.65M +21.04%
1985 131M +49.28M +59.97%
1984 82.17M −101M −55.22%
1983 184M −176M −49%
1982 360M +260M +259.44%
1981 100M −157M −61.13%
1980 258M +121M +87.96%
1979 137M +31M +29.25%
1978 106M −39M −26.9%
1977 145M −64.54M −30.8%
1976 210M +93.05M +79.88%
1975 116M

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.