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Foreign direct investment, net inflows in World

Foreign direct investment, net inflows in the World was 1.42% of GDP in 2025, according to the World Bank. That is up 0.22 pts from 2024.

2025, % of GDP1.42
Change on 2024+0.22 pts
Series high5.272007
Series low0.731992
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Foreign direct investment, net inflows in World, 1990 to 2025

012345619901996200220082014202020251990: 1.08 % of GDP1991: 0.76 % of GDP1992: 0.73 % of GDP1993: 0.9 % of GDP1994: 0.99 % of GDP1995: 1.16 % of GDP1996: 1.3 % of GDP1997: 1.66 % of GDP1998: 2.47 % of GDP1999: 3.64 % of GDP2000: 4.59 % of GDP2001: 2.65 % of GDP2002: 2.13 % of GDP2003: 1.85 % of GDP2004: 2.22 % of GDP2005: 3.25 % of GDP2006: 4.21 % of GDP2007: 5.27 % of GDP2008: 3.72 % of GDP2009: 2.42 % of GDP2010: 2.7 % of GDP2011: 3.15 % of GDP2012: 2.66 % of GDP2013: 2.65 % of GDP2014: 2.41 % of GDP2015: 3.61 % of GDP2016: 3.52 % of GDP2017: 2.71 % of GDP2018: 1.16 % of GDP2019: 2.15 % of GDP2020: 1.33 % of GDP2021: 2.51 % of GDP2022: 1.86 % of GDP2023: 0.87 % of GDP2024: 1.21 % of GDP2025: 1.42 % 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 36 values
Period% of GDP
20251.42
20241.21
20230.87
20221.86
20212.51
20201.33
20192.15
20181.16
20172.71
20163.52
20153.61
20142.41
20132.65
20122.66
20113.15
20102.7
20092.42
20083.72
20075.27
20064.21
20053.25
20042.22
20031.85
20022.13
20012.65
20004.59
19993.64
19982.47
19971.66
19961.3
19951.16
19940.99
19930.9
19920.73
19910.76
19901.08

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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.

How to cite

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, World, 1990 to 2025) [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, World, 1990 to 2025. 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/world. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

World Bank. 2026. Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS). Foreign direct investment, net inflows, World, 1990 to 2025. 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/world.

Harvard

World Bank (2026) Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS), Foreign direct investment, net inflows, World, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/fdi-net-inflows-gdp/world (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Foreign direct investment, net inflows in the World was 1.42% of GDP in 2025, according to the World Bank. That is up 0.22 pts from 2024.

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

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5.27% of GDP in 2007, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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