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Foreign direct investment outflows — Upper-middle-income countries

Foreign direct investment outflows in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 278,185,970,229 US$. Since 1984, the indicator has risen by 33,951.3%.

2024 278B US$ −7.13% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 302B US$2022
Period minimum 817M US$1984

Trend over time

1984–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Upper-middle-income countries, 1984–20240100B200B300B400B198419881992199620002004200820122016202020241984: 816,961,021 US$1985: 1,302,151,014 US$1986: 1,276,418,767 US$1987: 1,524,476,577 US$1988: 1,486,415,479 US$1989: 2,140,574,425 US$2000: 11,227,975,110 US$2001: 10,456,763,744 US$2002: 8,005,754,801 US$2003: 17,502,726,766 US$2004: 34,390,488,088 US$2005: 42,425,994,657 US$2006: 90,472,487,305 US$2007: 89,831,249,278 US$2008: 129,533,723,977 US$2009: 83,099,101,167 US$2010: 151,112,864,095 US$2011: 134,710,863,469 US$2012: 147,294,664,742 US$2013: 169,672,862,031 US$2014: 211,600,925,748 US$2015: 238,007,558,428 US$2016: 276,494,136,243 US$2017: 206,183,664,059 US$2018: 201,137,855,988 US$2019: 201,465,939,048 US$2020: 192,184,454,368 US$2021: 251,316,697,747 US$2022: 302,094,279,583 US$2023: 299,535,848,363 US$2024: 278,185,970,229 US$
Change over the period: +277B (+33,951.31%) Average annual rate: 15.69 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 278B US$
World 1.72T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 278B −21.35B −7.13%
2023 300B −2.56B −0.85%
2022 302B +50.78B +20.2%
2021 251B +59.13B +30.77%
2020 192B −9.28B −4.61%
2019 201B +328M +0.16%
2018 201B −5.05B −2.45%
2017 206B −70.31B −25.43%
2016 276B +38.49B +16.17%
2015 238B +26.41B +12.48%
2014 212B +41.93B +24.71%
2013 170B +22.38B +15.19%
2012 147B +12.58B +9.34%
2011 135B −16.4B −10.85%
2010 151B +68.01B +81.85%
2009 83.1B −46.43B −35.85%
2008 130B +39.7B +44.2%
2007 89.83B −641M −0.71%
2006 90.47B +48.05B +113.25%
2005 42.43B +8.04B +23.37%
2004 34.39B +16.89B +96.49%
2003 17.5B +9.5B +118.63%
2002 8.01B −2.45B −23.44%
2001 10.46B −771M −6.87%
2000 11.23B — —
1989 2.14B +654M +44.01%
1988 1.49B −38.06M −2.5%
1987 1.52B +248M +19.43%
1986 1.28B −25.73M −1.98%
1985 1.3B +485M +59.39%
1984 817M — —

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.

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