Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Singapore

Foreign direct investment outflows in Singapore in 2025 — 94,202,455,161 US$. Ranked 5 in the world out of 91. Since 1972, the indicator has risen by 464,714.7%.

2025 94.2B US$ +48.09% vs 2024
World rank 5of 91
Period maximum 94.2B US$2025
Period minimum -14.67M US$1981

Trend over time

1972–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Singapore, 1972–2025-25B025B50B75B100B19721978198419901996200220082014202020251972: 20,266,667 US$1973: 26,044,139 US$1974: 29,956,502 US$1975: 37,953,865 US$1976: 44,923,963 US$1977: 85,266,869 US$1978: 113,455,217 US$1979: 167,390,313 US$1980: 97,608,438 US$1981: -14,673,225 US$1982: 304,202,054 US$1983: 49,217,955 US$1984: 92,354,573 US$1985: 237,711,065 US$1986: 181,407,631 US$1987: 206,079,504 US$1988: 117,768,364 US$1989: 882,190,821 US$1990: 2,033,783,287 US$1991: 525,831,380 US$1992: 1,316,969,858 US$1993: 2,151,887,440 US$1994: 4,577,057,645 US$1995: 7,479,460,270 US$1996: 9,403,912,062 US$1997: 12,422,971,129 US$1998: 3,621,172,302 US$1999: 8,310,005,959 US$2000: 6,848,347,509 US$2001: 20,204,412,235 US$2002: 2,835,269,227 US$2003: 3,725,727,296 US$2004: 13,138,579,896 US$2005: 12,552,530,270 US$2006: 20,063,082,152 US$2007: 40,882,245,281 US$2008: 7,964,387,546 US$2009: 32,039,620,892 US$2010: 35,407,191,008 US$2011: 31,900,198,380 US$2012: 20,480,425,189 US$2013: 45,278,830,017 US$2014: 52,477,487,076 US$2015: 45,223,210,227 US$2016: 39,878,140,503 US$2017: 65,001,647,446 US$2018: 23,250,690,407 US$2019: 69,216,012,315 US$2020: 42,748,582,162 US$2021: 75,945,341,091 US$2022: 65,053,288,201 US$2023: 51,164,734,503 US$2024: 63,609,923,417 US$2025: 94,202,455,161 US$
Change over the period: +94.18B (+464,714.75%) Average annual rate: 17.27 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Singapore 94.2B US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 94.2B +30.59B +48.09%
2024 63.61B +12.45B +24.32%
2023 51.16B −13.89B −21.35%
2022 65.05B −10.89B −14.34%
2021 75.95B +33.2B +77.66%
2020 42.75B −26.47B −38.24%
2019 69.22B +45.97B +197.69%
2018 23.25B −41.75B −64.23%
2017 65B +25.12B +63%
2016 39.88B −5.35B −11.82%
2015 45.22B −7.25B −13.82%
2014 52.48B +7.2B +15.9%
2013 45.28B +24.8B +121.08%
2012 20.48B −11.42B −35.8%
2011 31.9B −3.51B −9.9%
2010 35.41B +3.37B +10.51%
2009 32.04B +24.08B +302.29%
2008 7.96B −32.92B −80.52%
2007 40.88B +20.82B +103.77%
2006 20.06B +7.51B +59.83%
2005 12.55B −586M −4.46%
2004 13.14B +9.41B +252.64%
2003 3.73B +890M +31.41%
2002 2.84B −17.37B −85.97%
2001 20.2B +13.36B +195.03%
2000 6.85B −1.46B −17.59%
1999 8.31B +4.69B +129.48%
1998 3.62B −8.8B −70.85%
1997 12.42B +3.02B +32.1%
1996 9.4B +1.92B +25.73%
1995 7.48B +2.9B +63.41%
1994 4.58B +2.43B +112.7%
1993 2.15B +835M +63.4%
1992 1.32B +791M +150.45%
1991 526M −1.51B −74.15%
1990 2.03B +1.15B +130.54%
1989 882M +764M +649.09%
1988 118M −88.31M −42.85%
1987 206M +24.67M +13.6%
1986 181M −56.3M −23.69%
1985 238M +145M +157.39%
1984 92.35M +43.14M +87.64%
1983 49.22M −255M −83.82%
1982 304M +319M +2,173.18%
1981 -14.67M −112M −115.03%
1980 97.61M −69.78M −41.69%
1979 167M +53.94M +47.54%
1978 113M +28.19M +33.06%
1977 85.27M +40.34M +89.8%
1976 44.92M +6.97M +18.36%
1975 37.95M +8M +26.7%
1974 29.96M +3.91M +15.02%
1973 26.04M +5.78M +28.51%
1972 20.27M

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

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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.