Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Middle East & North Africa

Foreign direct investment outflows in Middle East & North Africa in 2025 — 49,621,634,574 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 451,005.8%.

2025 49.62B US$ −70% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 165B US$2024
Period minimum -304M US$1990

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Middle East & North Africa, 1970–2025-50B050B100B150B200B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 11,000,000 US$1971: 5,000,000 US$1972: 6,679,998 US$1973: 8,478,270 US$1974: 2,415,177 US$1975: 132,347,141 US$1976: 122,154,814 US$1977: 180,614,507 US$1978: 182,492,298 US$1979: -113,843,132 US$1980: 707,384,187 US$1981: 22,607,887 US$1982: 619,073,497 US$1983: 350,050,338 US$1984: 258,562,586 US$1985: 220,385,822 US$1986: 485,868,529 US$1987: 1,141,390,196 US$1988: 2,377,915,619 US$1989: 1,978,202,069 US$1990: -304,395,608 US$1991: 436,543,784 US$1992: 2,026,559,000 US$1993: 805,931,709 US$1994: 560,954,187 US$1995: 531,273,752 US$1996: 3,715,705,773 US$1997: 1,275,536,264 US$1998: 383,350,076 US$1999: 2,105,827,012 US$2000: 5,822,526,864 US$2001: 241,442,607 US$2002: 3,899,461,973 US$2003: 511,508,611 US$2004: 17,952,841,408 US$2005: 26,024,456,584 US$2006: 53,367,149,403 US$2007: 61,085,428,576 US$2008: 67,635,127,424 US$2009: 14,712,887,645 US$2010: 32,604,967,561 US$2011: 34,662,046,138 US$2012: 16,985,419,266 US$2013: 38,788,391,758 US$2014: 36,261,092,919 US$2015: 41,847,704,858 US$2016: 49,649,542,314 US$2017: 75,865,027,130 US$2018: 123,434,741,499 US$2019: 85,609,165,362 US$2020: 75,617,523,140 US$2021: 125,989,543,461 US$2022: 120,971,139,082 US$2023: 87,208,839,574 US$2024: 165,414,229,906 US$2025: 49,621,634,574 US$
Change over the period: +49.61B (+451,005.77%) Average annual rate: 16.53 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 49.62B US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 49.62B −116B −70%
2024 165B +78.21B +89.68%
2023 87.21B −33.76B −27.91%
2022 121B −5.02B −3.98%
2021 126B +50.37B +66.61%
2020 75.62B −9.99B −11.67%
2019 85.61B −37.83B −30.64%
2018 123B +47.57B +62.7%
2017 75.87B +26.22B +52.8%
2016 49.65B +7.8B +18.64%
2015 41.85B +5.59B +15.41%
2014 36.26B −2.53B −6.52%
2013 38.79B +21.8B +128.36%
2012 16.99B −17.68B −51%
2011 34.66B +2.06B +6.31%
2010 32.6B +17.89B +121.61%
2009 14.71B −52.92B −78.25%
2008 67.64B +6.55B +10.72%
2007 61.09B +7.72B +14.46%
2006 53.37B +27.34B +105.07%
2005 26.02B +8.07B +44.96%
2004 17.95B +17.44B +3,409.78%
2003 512M −3.39B −86.88%
2002 3.9B +3.66B +1,515.07%
2001 241M −5.58B −95.85%
2000 5.82B +3.72B +176.5%
1999 2.11B +1.72B +449.32%
1998 383M −892M −69.95%
1997 1.28B −2.44B −65.67%
1996 3.72B +3.18B +599.4%
1995 531M −29.68M −5.29%
1994 561M −245M −30.4%
1993 806M −1.22B −60.23%
1992 2.03B +1.59B +364.23%
1991 437M +741M +243.41%
1990 -304M −2.28B −115.39%
1989 1.98B −400M −16.81%
1988 2.38B +1.24B +108.34%
1987 1.14B +656M +134.92%
1986 486M +265M +120.46%
1985 220M −38.18M −14.76%
1984 259M −91.49M −26.14%
1983 350M −269M −43.46%
1982 619M +596M +2,638.31%
1981 22.61M −685M −96.8%
1980 707M +821M +721.37%
1979 -114M −296M −162.38%
1978 182M +1.88M +1.04%
1977 181M +58.46M +47.86%
1976 122M −10.19M −7.7%
1975 132M +130M +5,379.81%
1974 2.42M −6.06M −71.51%
1973 8.48M +1.8M +26.92%
1972 6.68M +1.68M +33.6%
1971 5M −6M −54.55%
1970 11M

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.