Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — OECD

Foreign direct investment outflows in the OECD in 2025 — 1,092,593,717,421 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 9,055.7%.

2025 1.09T US$ +0.1% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.82T US$2007
Period minimum 11.93B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — OECD, 1970–202501T2T3T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 11,933,423,714 US$1971: 12,397,757,623 US$1972: 15,239,201,147 US$1973: 23,822,038,992 US$1974: 20,316,899,332 US$1975: 27,465,560,052 US$1976: 27,237,538,054 US$1977: 27,872,077,577 US$1978: 36,942,941,750 US$1979: 60,799,630,650 US$1980: 53,241,626,945 US$1981: 49,923,959,120 US$1982: 35,212,166,859 US$1983: 40,998,090,179 US$1984: 51,219,368,805 US$1985: 48,611,171,053 US$1986: 91,835,815,075 US$1987: 143,686,206,019 US$1988: 179,467,412,954 US$1989: 225,318,502,275 US$1990: 267,321,078,116 US$1991: 209,680,278,885 US$1992: 206,175,955,474 US$1993: 215,162,775,252 US$1994: 272,018,679,788 US$1995: 348,566,022,932 US$1996: 369,546,164,660 US$1997: 446,141,309,850 US$1998: 727,266,342,139 US$1999: 1,138,616,097,201 US$2000: 1,258,418,451,473 US$2001: 748,981,740,787 US$2002: 600,068,991,500 US$2003: 655,908,025,405 US$2004: 1,063,278,995,231 US$2005: 1,262,453,446,972 US$2006: 1,874,757,134,668 US$2007: 2,816,789,421,433 US$2008: 2,189,183,377,626 US$2009: 1,165,671,104,073 US$2010: 1,291,700,096,887 US$2011: 1,723,026,189,759 US$2012: 1,317,594,612,647 US$2013: 1,457,479,593,484 US$2014: 1,172,295,421,470 US$2015: 1,614,432,268,854 US$2016: 1,715,618,727,071 US$2017: 1,503,421,106,137 US$2018: 303,269,187,274 US$2019: 986,781,761,793 US$2020: 651,273,611,099 US$2021: 1,854,943,179,208 US$2022: 1,578,700,889,796 US$2023: 531,610,163,670 US$2024: 1,091,542,647,042 US$2025: 1,092,593,717,421 US$
Change over the period: +1.08T (+9,055.74%) Average annual rate: 8.56 %

Comparison, 2025

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

OECD 1.09T US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 1.09T +1.05B +0.1%
2024 1.09T +560B +105.33%
2023 532B −1.05T −66.33%
2022 1.58T −276B −14.89%
2021 1.85T +1.2T +184.82%
2020 651B −336B −34%
2019 987B +684B +225.38%
2018 303B −1.2T −79.83%
2017 1.5T −212B −12.37%
2016 1.72T +101B +6.27%
2015 1.61T +442B +37.72%
2014 1.17T −285B −19.57%
2013 1.46T +140B +10.62%
2012 1.32T −405B −23.53%
2011 1.72T +431B +33.39%
2010 1.29T +126B +10.81%
2009 1.17T −1.02T −46.75%
2008 2.19T −628B −22.28%
2007 2.82T +942B +50.25%
2006 1.87T +612B +48.5%
2005 1.26T +199B +18.73%
2004 1.06T +407B +62.11%
2003 656B +55.84B +9.31%
2002 600B −149B −19.88%
2001 749B −509B −40.48%
2000 1.26T +120B +10.52%
1999 1.14T +411B +56.56%
1998 727B +281B +63.01%
1997 446B +76.6B +20.73%
1996 370B +20.98B +6.02%
1995 349B +76.55B +28.14%
1994 272B +56.86B +26.42%
1993 215B +8.99B +4.36%
1992 206B −3.5B −1.67%
1991 210B −57.64B −21.56%
1990 267B +42B +18.64%
1989 225B +45.85B +25.55%
1988 179B +35.78B +24.9%
1987 144B +51.85B +56.46%
1986 91.84B +43.22B +88.92%
1985 48.61B −2.61B −5.09%
1984 51.22B +10.22B +24.93%
1983 41B +5.79B +16.43%
1982 35.21B −14.71B −29.47%
1981 49.92B −3.32B −6.23%
1980 53.24B −7.56B −12.43%
1979 60.8B +23.86B +64.58%
1978 36.94B +9.07B +32.54%
1977 27.87B +635M +2.33%
1976 27.24B −228M −0.83%
1975 27.47B +7.15B +35.19%
1974 20.32B −3.51B −14.71%
1973 23.82B +8.58B +56.32%
1972 15.24B +2.84B +22.92%
1971 12.4B +464M +3.89%
1970 11.93B

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.