Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — New Zealand

Foreign direct investment outflows in New Zealand in 2025 — 23,860,397 US$. Ranked 67 in the world out of 91. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 165.1%.

2025 23.86M US$ −97.29% vs 2024
World rank 67of 91
Period maximum 3.99B US$2007
Period minimum -4.14B US$2000

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — New Zealand, 1970–2025-5B-2.5B02.5B5B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 9,000,000 US$1971: 12,000,000 US$1972: 3,590,000 US$1973: 19,000,000 US$1974: 20,970,000 US$1975: 21,630,000 US$1976: 35,820,000 US$1977: 32,030,000 US$1978: 55,990,000 US$1979: 74,600,000 US$1980: 71,102,973 US$1981: 102,360,361 US$1982: 86,296,816 US$1983: 403,535,613 US$1984: 30,612,418 US$1985: 172,484,518 US$1986: 86,767,442 US$1987: 560,027,382 US$1988: 614,517,820 US$1989: 135,155,339 US$1990: 2,363,083,160 US$1991: 1,468,696,460 US$1992: 391,021,540 US$1993: -1,388,806,330 US$1994: 2,008,870,340 US$1995: 1,783,605,010 US$1996: -1,238,615,660 US$1997: -1,565,702,650 US$1998: 401,445,200 US$1999: 1,073,766,540 US$2000: -4,140,835,416 US$2001: -607,280,710 US$2002: 1,406,692,985 US$2003: 645,368,234 US$2004: 853,681,587 US$2005: -640,852,200 US$2006: -399,857,078 US$2007: 3,990,624,004 US$2008: 839,269,150 US$2009: -2,072,579,277 US$2010: 1,033,263,172 US$2011: -120,297,964 US$2012: -90,671,713 US$2013: -1,414,175,218 US$2014: 1,422,388,363 US$2015: -15,724,524 US$2016: -764,628,702 US$2017: -80,051,140 US$2018: 644,146,553 US$2019: -1,558,656,256 US$2020: 884,645,066 US$2021: -866,587,170 US$2022: 677,461,291 US$2023: -457,929,539 US$2024: 881,633,077 US$2025: 23,860,397 US$
Change over the period: +14.86M (+165.12%) Average annual rate: 1.79 %

Comparison, 2025

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

New Zealand 23.86M US$
World 1.49T US$
Australia and New Zealand computed -4.52B US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — New Zealand, by year New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 23.86M −858M −97.29%
2024 882M +1.34B +292.53%
2023 -458M −1.14B −167.59%
2022 677M +1.54B +178.18%
2021 -867M −1.75B −197.96%
2020 885M +2.44B +156.76%
2019 -1.56B −2.2B −341.97%
2018 644M +724M +904.67%
2017 -80.05M +685M +89.53%
2016 -765M −749M −4,762.65%
2015 -15.72M −1.44B −101.11%
2014 1.42B +2.84B +200.58%
2013 -1.41B −1.32B −1,459.67%
2012 -90.67M +29.63M +24.63%
2011 -120M −1.15B −111.64%
2010 1.03B +3.11B +149.85%
2009 -2.07B −2.91B −346.95%
2008 839M −3.15B −78.97%
2007 3.99B +4.39B +1,098.01%
2006 -400M +241M +37.61%
2005 -641M −1.49B −175.07%
2004 854M +208M +32.28%
2003 645M −761M −54.12%
2002 1.41B +2.01B +331.64%
2001 -607M +3.53B +85.33%
2000 -4.14B −5.21B −485.64%
1999 1.07B +672M +167.48%
1998 401M +1.97B +125.64%
1997 -1.57B −327M −26.41%
1996 -1.24B −3.02B −169.44%
1995 1.78B −225M −11.21%
1994 2.01B +3.4B +244.65%
1993 -1.39B −1.78B −455.17%
1992 391M −1.08B −73.38%
1991 1.47B −894M −37.85%
1990 2.36B +2.23B +1,648.42%
1989 135M −479M −78.01%
1988 615M +54.49M +9.73%
1987 560M +473M +545.43%
1986 86.77M −85.72M −49.7%
1985 172M +142M +463.45%
1984 30.61M −373M −92.41%
1983 404M +317M +367.61%
1982 86.3M −16.06M −15.69%
1981 102M +31.26M +43.96%
1980 71.1M −3.5M −4.69%
1979 74.6M +18.61M +33.24%
1978 55.99M +23.96M +74.8%
1977 32.03M −3.79M −10.58%
1976 35.82M +14.19M +65.6%
1975 21.63M +660,000 +3.15%
1974 20.97M +1.97M +10.37%
1973 19M +15.41M +429.25%
1972 3.59M −8.41M −70.08%
1971 12M +3M +33.33%
1970 9M

Australia and New Zealand, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NZ New Zealand 23.86M AU Australia -4.55B

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.