Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Southern Asia

Foreign direct investment outflows in Southern Asia in 2021 — 17,693,755,860 US$.

2021 17.69B US$ +57.8% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 19.76B US$2008
Period minimum -3.5M US$1985

Trend over time

1976–2021 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Southern Asia, 1976–2021-5B05B10B15B20B19761981198619911996200120062011201620211976: 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: -684,410 US$1985: -3,502,718 US$1986: -1,114,406 US$1987: 25,563,288 US$1988: 25,840,375 US$1989: 55,122,909 US$2003: 962,228,063 US$2004: 2,006,794,746 US$2005: 3,142,158,876 US$2008: 19,758,121,935 US$2009: 16,463,229,088 US$2010: 16,361,749,326 US$2011: 13,286,194,137 US$2012: 10,330,391,398 US$2013: 2,778,640,251 US$2014: 11,920,497,033 US$2015: 7,774,019,040 US$2016: 5,494,735,581 US$2017: 11,427,693,132 US$2018: 11,597,260,963 US$2019: 13,267,268,254 US$2020: 11,212,636,527 US$2021: 17,693,755,860 US$
Change over the period: +17.69B

Comparison, 2021

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

Southern Asia 17.69B US$
World 2.54T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2021 17.69B +6.48B +57.8%
2020 11.21B −2.05B −15.49%
2019 13.27B +1.67B +14.4%
2018 11.6B +170M +1.48%
2017 11.43B +5.93B +107.98%
2016 5.49B −2.28B −29.32%
2015 7.77B −4.15B −34.78%
2014 11.92B +9.14B +329%
2013 2.78B −7.55B −73.1%
2012 10.33B −2.96B −22.25%
2011 13.29B −3.08B −18.8%
2010 16.36B −101M −0.62%
2009 16.46B −3.29B −16.68%
2008 19.76B
2005 3.14B +1.14B +56.58%
2004 2.01B +1.04B +108.56%
2003 962M
1989 55.12M +29.28M +113.32%
1988 25.84M +277,086 +1.08%
1987 25.56M +26.68M +2,393.89%
1986 -1.11M +2.39M +68.18%
1985 -3.5M −2.82M −411.79%
1984 -684,410 −5.68M −113.69%
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

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.