Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Netherlands

Foreign direct investment outflows in the Netherlands in 2024 — -5,928,656,946 US$. Ranked 167 in the world out of 171. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 550.2%.

2024 -5.93B US$ +98.36% vs 2023
World rank 167of 171
Period maximum 596B US$2007
Period minimum -361B US$2023

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Netherlands, 1970–2024-500B-250B0250B500B750B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 1,316,850,828 US$1971: 1,319,118,577 US$1972: 1,640,443,863 US$1973: 2,116,954,681 US$1974: 2,788,608,558 US$1975: 2,518,836,107 US$1976: 2,352,509,213 US$1977: 3,038,381,023 US$1978: 3,385,684,720 US$1979: 6,282,058,630 US$1980: 5,918,005,428 US$1981: 4,526,603,260 US$1982: 3,262,884,434 US$1983: 3,835,376,221 US$1984: 4,844,384,684 US$1985: 2,704,542,592 US$1986: 4,093,406,004 US$1987: 8,657,987,148 US$1988: 7,117,014,325 US$1989: 14,858,810,656 US$1990: 13,718,073,804 US$1991: 12,834,850,530 US$1992: 12,775,925,405 US$1993: 9,954,120,241 US$1994: 17,581,323,778 US$1995: 20,187,726,220 US$1996: 31,936,850,994 US$1997: 24,499,218,880 US$1998: 36,938,048,263 US$1999: 57,153,342,876 US$2000: 74,513,303,820 US$2001: 50,779,901,465 US$2002: 31,791,836,322 US$2003: 44,672,545,587 US$2004: 151,496,906,350 US$2005: 266,586,385,887 US$2006: 523,660,118,040 US$2007: 596,418,054,303 US$2008: 272,589,490,285 US$2009: 304,870,130,332 US$2010: 169,110,476,512 US$2011: 385,325,803,688 US$2012: 321,836,374,863 US$2013: 402,249,474,004 US$2014: 172,589,137,437 US$2015: 407,600,421,133 US$2016: 388,143,587,455 US$2017: 212,624,270,726 US$2018: -268,964,834,735 US$2019: -121,741,289,788 US$2020: -242,100,993,125 US$2021: 68,651,563,257 US$2022: 173,973,290,665 US$2023: -361,426,954,345 US$2024: -5,928,656,946 US$
Change over the period: −7.25B (−550.21%)

Comparison, 2024

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

Netherlands -5.93B US$
World 1.72T US$
Western Europe computed 222B US$
High-income countries computed 1.37T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 -5.93B +355B +98.36%
2023 -361B −535B −307.75%
2022 174B +105B +153.41%
2021 68.65B +311B +128.36%
2020 -242B −120B −98.87%
2019 -122B +147B +54.74%
2018 -269B −482B −226.5%
2017 213B −176B −45.22%
2016 388B −19.46B −4.77%
2015 408B +235B +136.17%
2014 173B −230B −57.09%
2013 402B +80.41B +24.99%
2012 322B −63.49B −16.48%
2011 385B +216B +127.85%
2010 169B −136B −44.53%
2009 305B +32.28B +11.84%
2008 273B −324B −54.3%
2007 596B +72.76B +13.89%
2006 524B +257B +96.43%
2005 267B +115B +75.97%
2004 151B +107B +239.13%
2003 44.67B +12.88B +40.52%
2002 31.79B −18.99B −37.39%
2001 50.78B −23.73B −31.85%
2000 74.51B +17.36B +30.37%
1999 57.15B +20.22B +54.73%
1998 36.94B +12.44B +50.77%
1997 24.5B −7.44B −23.29%
1996 31.94B +11.75B +58.2%
1995 20.19B +2.61B +14.82%
1994 17.58B +7.63B +76.62%
1993 9.95B −2.82B −22.09%
1992 12.78B −58.93M −0.46%
1991 12.83B −883M −6.44%
1990 13.72B −1.14B −7.68%
1989 14.86B +7.74B +108.78%
1988 7.12B −1.54B −17.8%
1987 8.66B +4.56B +111.51%
1986 4.09B +1.39B +51.35%
1985 2.7B −2.14B −44.17%
1984 4.84B +1.01B +26.31%
1983 3.84B +572M +17.55%
1982 3.26B −1.26B −27.92%
1981 4.53B −1.39B −23.51%
1980 5.92B −364M −5.8%
1979 6.28B +2.9B +85.55%
1978 3.39B +347M +11.43%
1977 3.04B +686M +29.15%
1976 2.35B −166M −6.6%
1975 2.52B −270M −9.67%
1974 2.79B +672M +31.73%
1973 2.12B +477M +29.05%
1972 1.64B +321M +24.36%
1971 1.32B +2.27M +0.17%
1970 1.32B

Western Europe, 2024

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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.