Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Western Asia

Foreign direct investment outflows in Western Asia in 2024 — 79,634,422,798 US$. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 12,741.1%.

2024 79.63B US$ +129.06% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 170B US$2019
Period minimum -59.85B US$2020

Trend over time

1980–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Western Asia, 1980–2024-100B0100B200B19801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 620,154,484 US$1981: -25,348,114 US$1982: 578,803,676 US$1983: 317,906,158 US$1984: 233,895,567 US$1985: 228,474,249 US$1986: 483,309,341 US$1987: 976,733,500 US$1988: 2,277,613,789 US$1989: 1,864,270,672 US$1993: 1,437,406,697 US$1994: 508,137,873 US$1995: 210,522,552 US$1996: 3,597,618,840 US$1997: 1,028,688,662 US$1998: 358,812,007 US$1999: 2,581,860,870 US$2000: 6,435,447,813 US$2001: 1,023,167,346 US$2002: 5,578,232,360 US$2003: 2,937,467,163 US$2004: 15,622,851,311 US$2005: 19,776,692,057 US$2006: 44,670,689,552 US$2007: 53,800,073,525 US$2008: 67,038,381,556 US$2009: 86,840,167,424 US$2010: 61,929,570,370 US$2011: 92,827,595,250 US$2012: 108,083,099,059 US$2013: 85,077,431,347 US$2014: 116,779,397,894 US$2015: 94,426,685,698 US$2016: 57,784,816,313 US$2017: 102,076,891,686 US$2018: 158,510,196,402 US$2019: 170,260,752,830 US$2020: -59,850,922,470 US$2021: 64,883,627,359 US$2022: 91,335,348,867 US$2023: 34,766,170,268 US$2024: 79,634,422,798 US$
Change over the period: +79.01B (+12,741.06%) Average annual rate: 11.67 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Asia 79.63B US$
World 1.72T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 79.63B +44.87B +129.06%
2023 34.77B −56.57B −61.94%
2022 91.34B +26.45B +40.77%
2021 64.88B +125B +208.41%
2020 -59.85B −230B −135.15%
2019 170B +11.75B +7.41%
2018 159B +56.43B +55.29%
2017 102B +44.29B +76.65%
2016 57.78B −36.64B −38.8%
2015 94.43B −22.35B −19.14%
2014 117B +31.7B +37.26%
2013 85.08B −23.01B −21.29%
2012 108B +15.26B +16.43%
2011 92.83B +30.9B +49.89%
2010 61.93B −24.91B −28.69%
2009 86.84B +19.8B +29.54%
2008 67.04B +13.24B +24.61%
2007 53.8B +9.13B +20.44%
2006 44.67B +24.89B +125.88%
2005 19.78B +4.15B +26.59%
2004 15.62B +12.69B +431.85%
2003 2.94B −2.64B −47.34%
2002 5.58B +4.56B +445.19%
2001 1.02B −5.41B −84.1%
2000 6.44B +3.85B +149.26%
1999 2.58B +2.22B +619.56%
1998 359M −670M −65.12%
1997 1.03B −2.57B −71.41%
1996 3.6B +3.39B +1,608.9%
1995 211M −298M −58.57%
1994 508M −929M −64.65%
1993 1.44B
1989 1.86B −413M −18.15%
1988 2.28B +1.3B +133.19%
1987 977M +493M +102.09%
1986 483M +255M +111.54%
1985 228M −5.42M −2.32%
1984 234M −84.01M −26.43%
1983 318M −261M −45.08%
1982 579M +604M +2,383.42%
1981 -25.35M −646M −104.09%
1980 620M

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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