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Foreign direct investment, net inflows in United Arab Emirates

Foreign direct investment, net inflows in the United Arab Emirates was 8.26% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is up 2.39 pts from 2023.

2024, % of GDP8.26
Change on 2023+2.39 pts
Series high8.262024
Series low-1.171999

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Foreign direct investment, net inflows in United Arab Emirates, 1990 to 2024

-20246810199019952000200520102015202020241990: -0.23 % of GDP1991: 0.05 % of GDP1992: 0.24 % of GDP1993: 0.72 % of GDP1994: 0.11 % of GDP1995: 0.61 % of GDP1996: 0.41 % of GDP1997: 0.29 % of GDP1998: 0.34 % of GDP1999: -1.17 % of GDP2000: -0.49 % of GDP2001: 1.15 % of GDP2002: 0.09 % of GDP2003: 3.42 % of GDP2004: 6.77 % of GDP2005: 6.03 % of GDP2006: 5.77 % of GDP2007: 5.5 % of GDP2008: 1.6 % of GDP2009: 0.45 % of GDP2010: 2.86 % of GDP2011: 1.94 % of GDP2012: 2.44 % of GDP2013: 2.38 % of GDP2014: 2.61 % of GDP2015: 2.24 % of GDP2016: 2.52 % of GDP2017: 2.57 % of GDP2018: 2.36 % of GDP2019: 4.12 % of GDP2020: 5.57 % of GDP2021: 4.89 % of GDP2022: 4.45 % of GDP2023: 5.87 % of GDP2024: 8.26 % of GDP-2.502.557.51019902002201420241990: -0.23 % of GDP1991: 0.05 % of GDP1992: 0.24 % of GDP1993: 0.72 % of GDP1994: 0.11 % of GDP1995: 0.61 % of GDP1996: 0.41 % of GDP1997: 0.29 % of GDP1998: 0.34 % of GDP1999: -1.17 % of GDP2000: -0.49 % of GDP2001: 1.15 % of GDP2002: 0.09 % of GDP2003: 3.42 % of GDP2004: 6.77 % of GDP2005: 6.03 % of GDP2006: 5.77 % of GDP2007: 5.5 % of GDP2008: 1.6 % of GDP2009: 0.45 % of GDP2010: 2.86 % of GDP2011: 1.94 % of GDP2012: 2.44 % of GDP2013: 2.38 % of GDP2014: 2.61 % of GDP2015: 2.24 % of GDP2016: 2.52 % of GDP2017: 2.57 % of GDP2018: 2.36 % of GDP2019: 4.12 % of GDP2020: 5.57 % of GDP2021: 4.89 % of GDP2022: 4.45 % of GDP2023: 5.87 % of GDP2024: 8.26 % of GDP
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 35 values
Period% of GDP
20248.26
20235.87
20224.45
20214.89
20205.57
20194.12
20182.36
20172.57
20162.52
20152.24
20142.61
20132.38
20122.44
20111.94
20102.86
20090.45
20081.6
20075.5
20065.77
20056.03
20046.77
20033.42
20020.09
20011.15
2000-0.49
1999-1.17
19980.34
19970.29
19960.41
19950.61
19940.11
19930.72
19920.24
19910.05
1990-0.23

United Arab Emirates compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 8.26 % of GDPAntigua and Barbuda: 11.36 % of GDPAlbania: 6.33 % of GDPArmenia: 0.43 % of GDPAngola: -1.08 % of GDPArgentina: 1.94 % of GDPAustria: 2.55 % of GDPAustralia: 3.07 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 0.31 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 3.27 % of GDPBangladesh: 0.28 % of GDPBelgium: -6.16 % of GDPBurkina Faso: -0.87 % of GDPBulgaria: 2.69 % of GDPBurundi: 1.1 % of GDPBenin: 1.85 % of GDPBrunei: 0.19 % of GDPBolivia: 0.65 % of GDPBrazil: 3.39 % of GDPBahamas: 1.52 % of GDPBhutan: 0.08 % of GDPBotswana: 3 % of GDPBelarus: 2.21 % of GDPBelize: 4.01 % of GDPCanada: 2.78 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 3.85 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 1.47 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 3.84 % of GDPSwitzerland: -11.18 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 3.58 % of GDPChile: 3.98 % of GDPCameroon: 1.67 % of GDPChina: 0.23 % of GDPColombia: 3.25 % of GDPCosta Rica: 5.59 % of GDPCape Verde: 4.05 % of GDPCyprus: -133.82 % of GDPCzechia: 3.89 % of GDPGermany: 1.34 % of GDPDjibouti: 1.63 % of GDPDenmark: 5.28 % of GDPDominican Republic: 3.6 % of GDPAlgeria: 0.48 % of GDPEcuador: 0.37 % of GDPEstonia: -7.93 % of GDPEgypt: 11.97 % of GDPSpain: 2.48 % of GDPEthiopia: 2.69 % of GDPFinland: 2.93 % of GDPFiji: 3.41 % of GDPFrance: 1.69 % of GDPGabon: 1.48 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: -0.35 % of GDPGeorgia: 4.69 % of GDPGhana: 2.12 % of GDPGambia: 9.66 % of GDPGuinea: 5.61 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 1.42 % of GDPGreece: 2.63 % of GDPGuatemala: 1.65 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 1.21 % of GDPGuyana: 34.99 % of GDPHong Kong: 30.81 % of GDPHonduras: 1.79 % of GDPCroatia: 4.88 % of GDPHaiti: 0.08 % of GDPHungary: -27.51 % of GDPIndonesia: 1.74 % of GDPIreland: -8.79 % of GDPIsrael: 2.73 % of GDPIndia: 0.72 % of GDPIraq: -2.74 % of GDPIran: 0.3 % of GDPIceland: 9.07 % of GDPItaly: 1.2 % of GDPJamaica: 1.39 % of GDPJordan: 2.79 % of GDPJapan: 0.45 % of GDPKenya: 0.65 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 1.41 % of GDPCambodia: 9.48 % of GDPKiribati: 2.35 % of GDPSouth Korea: 0.69 % of GDPKuwait: 0.38 % of GDPCayman Islands: 40.92 % of GDPKazakhstan: 0.7 % of GDPLaos: 7.9 % of GDPLebanon: 6.79 % of GDPSri Lanka: 0.76 % of GDPLiberia: 9.87 % of GDPLesotho: 0.62 % of GDPLithuania: 5.5 % of GDPLuxembourg: 26.77 % of GDPLatvia: 3.48 % of GDPLibya: 1.44 % of GDPMorocco: 1.09 % of GDPMoldova: 2.52 % of GDPMontenegro: 7.24 % of GDPMadagascar: 3.45 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 6.23 % of GDPMali: 3.44 % of GDPMyanmar: 1.48 % of GDPMongolia: 11.69 % of GDPMauritania: 13.24 % of GDPMauritius: 4.56 % of GDPMalawi: 2.98 % of GDPMexico: 2.49 % of GDPMalaysia: 4.2 % of GDPMozambique: 15.42 % of GDPNamibia: 14.18 % of GDPNew Caledonia: 5.91 % of GDPNiger: 1.81 % of GDPNigeria: 0.64 % of GDPNicaragua: 6.87 % of GDPNetherlands: -0.47 % of GDPNorway: 2.42 % of GDPNepal: 0.13 % of GDPNew Zealand: 0.67 % of GDPOman: 8.71 % of GDPPanama: 2.41 % of GDPPeru: 2.3 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: -0.22 % of GDPPapua New Guinea: -0.64 % of GDPPhilippines: 2.04 % of GDPPakistan: 0.72 % of GDPPoland: 2.25 % of GDPPalestine: 1.01 % of GDPPortugal: 4.12 % of GDPPalau: 17.17 % of GDPParaguay: 2.45 % of GDPQatar: 0.21 % of GDPRomania: 1.87 % of GDPSerbia: 6.2 % of GDPRussia: -0.43 % of GDPRwanda: 3.79 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 1.7 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 2.08 % of GDPSudan: 0 % of GDPSweden: 5.05 % of GDPSingapore: 23.58 % of GDPSlovenia: 2.56 % of GDPSlovakia: 3.56 % of GDPSierra Leone: 1.75 % of GDPSenegal: 10.32 % of GDPSomalia: 6.39 % of GDPSuriname: 15.17 % of GDPEl Salvador: 3.01 % of GDPEswatini: 2.79 % of GDPChad: 0.01 % of GDPTogo: 1.9 % of GDPThailand: 2.7 % of GDPTajikistan: 2.02 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 12.09 % of GDPTurkmenistan: 1.55 % of GDPTunisia: 1.47 % of GDPTürkiye: 0.86 % of GDPTrinidad and Tobago: -1.77 % of GDPTanzania: 2.17 % of GDPUkraine: 2.08 % of GDPUganda: 5.78 % of GDPUnited States: 0.85 % of GDPUruguay: -4.79 % of GDPUzbekistan: 2.35 % of GDPVenezuela: -2.11 % of GDPVietnam: 4.23 % of GDPVanuatu: 3.93 % of GDPSamoa: 0.32 % of GDPSouth Africa: 0.58 % of GDPZambia: 9.32 % of GDPZimbabwe: 1.12 % of GDP
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Foreign direct investment, net inflows, 2024, % of GDP. United Arab Emirates is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: World Bank. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Net foreign investment inflows to acquire a lasting management interest of at least 10% of voting stock, as a percentage of GDP. Includes equity, reinvested earnings and other capital recorded in the balance of payments.

Net inflows subtract disinvestment from new investment. Negative values indicate net disinvestment; zero is a valid net balance. Flows can exceed GDP, particularly in financial centers. The latest year varies by country.

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World Bank, World Development Indicators. Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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World Bank. (2026). Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS) (Foreign direct investment, net inflows, United Arab Emirates, 1990 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS

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Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS), Foreign direct investment, net inflows, United Arab Emirates, 1990 to 2024. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/fdi-net-inflows-gdp/united-arab-emirates. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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World Bank. 2026. Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS). Foreign direct investment, net inflows, United Arab Emirates, 1990 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/fdi-net-inflows-gdp/united-arab-emirates.

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World Bank (2026) Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS), Foreign direct investment, net inflows, United Arab Emirates, 1990 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/fdi-net-inflows-gdp/united-arab-emirates (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the foreign direct investment, net inflows in United Arab Emirates?

Foreign direct investment, net inflows in the United Arab Emirates was 8.26% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is up 2.39 pts from 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

World Bank. Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest foreign direct investment, net inflows in United Arab Emirates?

8.26% of GDP in 2024, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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