Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — South Asia

Foreign direct investment outflows in South Asia in 2025 — 35,701,447,036 US$.

2025 35.7B US$ +46.36% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 35.7B US$2025
Period minimum -6.08M US$1991

Trend over time

1975–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — South Asia, 1975–2025-10B010B20B30B40B197519801985199019952000200520102015202020251975: 0 US$1976: 0 US$1977: 0 US$1978: 0 US$1979: 0 US$1980: 4,000,000 US$1981: 2,000,000 US$1982: 1,000,000 US$1983: 5,000,000 US$1984: 4,000,000 US$1985: 4,363,307 US$1986: -464,753 US$1987: 6,336,332 US$1988: 13,098,879 US$1989: 12,039,900 US$1990: 7,322,429 US$1991: -6,076,472 US$1992: 25,725,405 US$1993: 7,448,407 US$1994: 91,038,311 US$1995: 124,485,749 US$1996: 258,743,597 US$1997: 120,984,609 US$1998: 63,595,188 US$1999: 103,417,417 US$2000: 513,532,975 US$2001: 1,074,733,218 US$2002: 1,275,163,602 US$2003: 1,267,934,063 US$2004: 1,846,921,746 US$2005: 2,681,094,876 US$2006: 14,069,728,151 US$2007: 17,215,375,435 US$2008: 19,508,887,971 US$2009: 16,296,412,977 US$2010: 16,077,041,374 US$2011: 12,965,429,000 US$2012: 8,906,222,249 US$2013: 2,376,898,932 US$2014: 11,795,074,187 US$2015: 7,627,164,987 US$2016: 5,324,617,205 US$2017: 11,288,683,956 US$2018: 11,504,856,151 US$2019: 13,241,126,577 US$2020: 11,142,017,989 US$2021: 17,339,359,550 US$2022: 14,578,981,449 US$2023: 13,938,050,161 US$2024: 24,393,036,789 US$2025: 35,701,447,036 US$
Change over the period: +35.7B

Comparison, 2025

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

South Asia 35.7B US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 35.7B +11.31B +46.36%
2024 24.39B +10.45B +75.01%
2023 13.94B −641M −4.4%
2022 14.58B −2.76B −15.92%
2021 17.34B +6.2B +55.62%
2020 11.14B −2.1B −15.85%
2019 13.24B +1.74B +15.09%
2018 11.5B +216M +1.91%
2017 11.29B +5.96B +112.01%
2016 5.32B −2.3B −30.19%
2015 7.63B −4.17B −35.34%
2014 11.8B +9.42B +396.24%
2013 2.38B −6.53B −73.31%
2012 8.91B −4.06B −31.31%
2011 12.97B −3.11B −19.35%
2010 16.08B −219M −1.35%
2009 16.3B −3.21B −16.47%
2008 19.51B +2.29B +13.32%
2007 17.22B +3.15B +22.36%
2006 14.07B +11.39B +424.78%
2005 2.68B +834M +45.17%
2004 1.85B +579M +45.66%
2003 1.27B −7.23M −0.57%
2002 1.28B +200M +18.65%
2001 1.07B +561M +109.28%
2000 514M +410M +396.56%
1999 103M +39.82M +62.62%
1998 63.6M −57.39M −47.44%
1997 121M −138M −53.24%
1996 259M +134M +107.85%
1995 124M +33.45M +36.74%
1994 91.04M +83.59M +1,122.25%
1993 7.45M −18.28M −71.05%
1992 25.73M +31.8M +523.36%
1991 -6.08M −13.4M −182.98%
1990 7.32M −4.72M −39.18%
1989 12.04M −1.06M −8.08%
1988 13.1M +6.76M +106.73%
1987 6.34M +6.8M +1,463.38%
1986 -464,753 −4.83M −110.65%
1985 4.36M +363,307 +9.08%
1984 4M −1M −20%
1983 5M +4M +400%
1982 1M −1M −50%
1981 2M −2M −50%
1980 4M +4M
1979 0 +0
1978 0 +0
1977 0 +0
1976 0 +0
1975 0

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.

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