Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — NATO

Foreign direct investment outflows in NATO in 2025 — 782,279,459,061 US$. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 1,463.7%.

2025 782B US$ +5.57% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.48T US$2007
Period minimum 29.24B US$1982

Trend over time

1980–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — NATO, 1980–202501T2T3T19801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 50,027,597,136 US$1981: 43,716,312,608 US$1982: 29,236,710,014 US$1983: 35,439,381,314 US$1984: 42,396,891,518 US$1985: 34,556,846,919 US$1986: 70,417,287,067 US$1987: 115,519,342,098 US$1988: 125,886,139,477 US$1989: 163,341,301,108 US$1990: 204,389,216,079 US$1991: 168,546,415,966 US$1992: 173,863,364,821 US$1993: 187,944,862,801 US$1994: 232,187,654,386 US$1995: 301,211,841,269 US$1996: 312,862,179,852 US$1997: 388,688,171,996 US$1998: 667,779,929,796 US$1999: 1,060,812,372,113 US$2000: 1,143,438,123,485 US$2001: 665,326,684,490 US$2002: 531,831,393,480 US$2003: 560,899,927,111 US$2004: 936,615,647,229 US$2005: 993,645,462,778 US$2006: 1,611,493,624,474 US$2007: 2,480,523,995,585 US$2008: 1,890,559,761,561 US$2009: 929,689,812,402 US$2010: 1,049,358,585,092 US$2011: 1,444,511,588,338 US$2012: 1,018,136,118,619 US$2013: 1,164,354,664,751 US$2014: 858,930,848,629 US$2015: 1,097,329,152,732 US$2016: 1,224,333,044,281 US$2017: 1,206,468,864,475 US$2018: 41,911,498,156 US$2019: 705,051,943,455 US$2020: 631,190,375,273 US$2021: 1,485,136,949,527 US$2022: 1,192,032,641,936 US$2023: 384,541,694,176 US$2024: 740,972,320,306 US$2025: 782,279,459,061 US$
Change over the period: +732B (+1,463.7%) Average annual rate: 6.3 %

Comparison, 2025

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

NATO 782B US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 782B +41.31B +5.57%
2024 741B +356B +92.69%
2023 385B −807B −67.74%
2022 1.19T −293B −19.74%
2021 1.49T +854B +135.29%
2020 631B −73.86B −10.48%
2019 705B +663B +1,582.24%
2018 41.91B −1.16T −96.53%
2017 1.21T −17.86B −1.46%
2016 1.22T +127B +11.57%
2015 1.1T +238B +27.76%
2014 859B −305B −26.23%
2013 1.16T +146B +14.36%
2012 1.02T −426B −29.52%
2011 1.44T +395B +37.66%
2010 1.05T +120B +12.87%
2009 930B −961B −50.82%
2008 1.89T −590B −23.78%
2007 2.48T +869B +53.93%
2006 1.61T +618B +62.18%
2005 994B +57.03B +6.09%
2004 937B +376B +66.98%
2003 561B +29.07B +5.47%
2002 532B −133B −20.06%
2001 665B −478B −41.81%
2000 1.14T +82.63B +7.79%
1999 1.06T +393B +58.86%
1998 668B +279B +71.8%
1997 389B +75.83B +24.24%
1996 313B +11.65B +3.87%
1995 301B +69.02B +29.73%
1994 232B +44.24B +23.54%
1993 188B +14.08B +8.1%
1992 174B +5.32B +3.15%
1991 169B −35.84B −17.54%
1990 204B +41.05B +25.13%
1989 163B +37.46B +29.75%
1988 126B +10.37B +8.97%
1987 116B +45.1B +64.05%
1986 70.42B +35.86B +103.77%
1985 34.56B −7.84B −18.49%
1984 42.4B +6.96B +19.63%
1983 35.44B +6.2B +21.22%
1982 29.24B −14.48B −33.12%
1981 43.72B −6.31B −12.62%
1980 50.03B

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.