Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — North America

Foreign direct investment outflows in North America in 2025 — 479,396,497,233 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 6,360.7%.

2025 479B US$ +16.46% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 589B US$2007
Period minimum -67.99B US$2018

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — North America, 1970–2025-200B0200B400B600B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 7,420,153,400 US$1971: 6,078,011,559 US$1972: 7,410,176,367 US$1973: 10,505,917,311 US$1974: 6,516,986,438 US$1975: 14,979,454,406 US$1976: 12,322,589,451 US$1977: 12,910,875,920 US$1978: 16,647,238,612 US$1979: 28,548,556,653 US$1980: 23,133,417,645 US$1981: 15,655,590,226 US$1982: 10,145,122,942 US$1983: 14,017,571,783 US$1984: 17,404,383,589 US$1985: 7,444,431,767 US$1986: 22,889,054,236 US$1987: 47,400,227,209 US$1988: 29,046,916,876 US$1989: 57,395,222,031 US$1990: 65,990,385,362 US$1991: 55,746,544,255 US$1992: 64,558,261,953 US$1993: 87,941,014,995 US$1994: 100,610,671,983 US$1995: 125,888,489,189 US$1996: 115,309,429,362 US$1997: 148,126,689,666 US$1998: 211,156,093,780 US$1999: 267,443,276,160 US$2000: 233,034,211,862 US$2001: 182,895,662,714 US$2002: 208,243,054,655 US$2003: 218,673,360,705 US$2004: 418,857,696,248 US$2005: 79,901,916,280 US$2006: 334,265,180,680 US$2007: 589,136,130,922 US$2008: 432,594,481,415 US$2009: 350,347,062,844 US$2010: 386,155,510,928 US$2011: 486,374,013,028 US$2012: 439,728,879,457 US$2013: 447,311,206,231 US$2014: 452,628,515,779 US$2015: 385,900,374,431 US$2016: 367,516,311,518 US$2017: 487,559,225,294 US$2018: -67,994,732,933 US$2019: 190,796,960,344 US$2020: 329,748,948,020 US$2021: 446,853,450,548 US$2022: 477,735,318,461 US$2023: 442,830,090,352 US$2024: 411,634,892,548 US$2025: 479,396,497,233 US$
Change over the period: +472B (+6,360.74%) Average annual rate: 7.87 %

Comparison, 2025

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

North America 479B US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — North America, by year North America All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 479B +67.76B +16.46%
2024 412B −31.2B −7.04%
2023 443B −34.91B −7.31%
2022 478B +30.88B +6.91%
2021 447B +117B +35.51%
2020 330B +139B +72.83%
2019 191B +259B +380.61%
2018 -67.99B −556B −113.95%
2017 488B +120B +32.66%
2016 368B −18.38B −4.76%
2015 386B −66.73B −14.74%
2014 453B +5.32B +1.19%
2013 447B +7.58B +1.72%
2012 440B −46.65B −9.59%
2011 486B +100B +25.95%
2010 386B +35.81B +10.22%
2009 350B −82.25B −19.01%
2008 433B −157B −26.57%
2007 589B +255B +76.25%
2006 334B +254B +318.34%
2005 79.9B −339B −80.92%
2004 419B +200B +91.54%
2003 219B +10.43B +5.01%
2002 208B +25.35B +13.86%
2001 183B −50.14B −21.52%
2000 233B −34.41B −12.87%
1999 267B +56.29B +26.66%
1998 211B +63.03B +42.55%
1997 148B +32.82B +28.46%
1996 115B −10.58B −8.4%
1995 126B +25.28B +25.12%
1994 101B +12.67B +14.41%
1993 87.94B +23.38B +36.22%
1992 64.56B +8.81B +15.81%
1991 55.75B −10.24B −15.52%
1990 65.99B +8.6B +14.98%
1989 57.4B +28.35B +97.59%
1988 29.05B −18.35B −38.72%
1987 47.4B +24.51B +107.09%
1986 22.89B +15.44B +207.47%
1985 7.44B −9.96B −57.23%
1984 17.4B +3.39B +24.16%
1983 14.02B +3.87B +38.17%
1982 10.15B −5.51B −35.2%
1981 15.66B −7.48B −32.32%
1980 23.13B −5.42B −18.97%
1979 28.55B +11.9B +71.49%
1978 16.65B +3.74B +28.94%
1977 12.91B +588M +4.77%
1976 12.32B −2.66B −17.74%
1975 14.98B +8.46B +129.85%
1974 6.52B −3.99B −37.97%
1973 10.51B +3.1B +41.78%
1972 7.41B +1.33B +21.92%
1971 6.08B −1.34B −18.09%
1970 7.42B

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.