Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Mexico

Foreign direct investment outflows in Mexico in 2025 — 11,288,017,121 US$. Ranked 17 in the world out of 91. Since 1979, the indicator has risen by 434,054.5%.

2025 11.29B US$ −13.31% vs 2024
World rank 17of 91
Period maximum 18.77B US$2012
Period minimum -3.04B US$2002

Trend over time

1979–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Mexico, 1979–2025-10B010B20B19791984198919941999200420092014201920241979: 2,600,000 US$1980: 3,298,000 US$1981: 30,894,000 US$1982: 95,566,000 US$1983: -37,155,000 US$1984: 61,530,000 US$1985: 221,979,222 US$1986: 321,523,200 US$1987: -32,744,978 US$1988: 38,272,211 US$1989: 116,938,897 US$1990: 223,238,860 US$1991: 176,909,800 US$1992: 647,000,000 US$1993: -110,000,000 US$1994: 1,058,000,000 US$2001: 4,403,957,000 US$2002: -3,036,492,591 US$2003: 1,161,424,202 US$2004: 4,559,069,375 US$2005: 5,834,836,555 US$2006: 6,675,747,324 US$2007: 8,332,034,978 US$2008: 688,044,319 US$2009: 11,663,088,703 US$2010: 17,895,413,007 US$2011: 11,572,811,367 US$2012: 18,774,806,801 US$2013: 18,031,641,036 US$2014: 5,594,185,710 US$2015: 10,978,379,550 US$2016: 7,869,652,880 US$2017: 3,044,660,133 US$2018: 12,245,312,275 US$2019: 6,084,389,557 US$2020: 5,044,947,360 US$2021: -301,102,626 US$2022: 17,369,111,407 US$2023: 805,813,738 US$2024: 13,020,750,637 US$2025: 11,288,017,121 US$
Change over the period: +11.29B (+434,054.5%) Average annual rate: 19.97 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Mexico 11.29B US$
World 1.49T US$
Central America computed 11.79B US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 11.29B −1.73B −13.31%
2024 13.02B +12.21B +1,515.85%
2023 806M −16.56B −95.36%
2022 17.37B +17.67B +5,868.5%
2021 -301M −5.35B −105.97%
2020 5.04B −1.04B −17.08%
2019 6.08B −6.16B −50.31%
2018 12.25B +9.2B +302.19%
2017 3.04B −4.82B −61.31%
2016 7.87B −3.11B −28.32%
2015 10.98B +5.38B +96.25%
2014 5.59B −12.44B −68.98%
2013 18.03B −743M −3.96%
2012 18.77B +7.2B +62.23%
2011 11.57B −6.32B −35.33%
2010 17.9B +6.23B +53.44%
2009 11.66B +10.98B +1,595.11%
2008 688M −7.64B −91.74%
2007 8.33B +1.66B +24.81%
2006 6.68B +841M +14.41%
2005 5.83B +1.28B +27.98%
2004 4.56B +3.4B +292.54%
2003 1.16B +4.2B +138.25%
2002 -3.04B −7.44B −168.95%
2001 4.4B
1994 1.06B +1.17B +1,061.82%
1993 -110M −757M −117%
1992 647M +470M +265.72%
1991 177M −46.33M −20.75%
1990 223M +106M +90.9%
1989 117M +78.67M +205.55%
1988 38.27M +71.02M +216.88%
1987 -32.74M −354M −110.18%
1986 322M +99.54M +44.84%
1985 222M +160M +260.77%
1984 61.53M +98.69M +265.6%
1983 -37.16M −133M −138.88%
1982 95.57M +64.67M +209.34%
1981 30.89M +27.6M +836.75%
1980 3.3M +698,000 +26.85%
1979 2.6M

Central America, 2025

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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.