Foreign direct investment inflows in Albania

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Albania were 6.1% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2007.

Albania, 2025 6.1% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −0.3percentage points 2024: 6.3%
World, 2025 1.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 31st of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows in Albania over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period AlbaniaWorld
2025 6.1% 1.4%
2024 6.3% 1.2%
2023 6.9% 0.9%
2022 7.6% 1.9%
2021 6.8% 2.5%
2020 7.0% 1.3%
2019 7.7% 2.2%
2018 7.8% 1.2%
2017 7.7% 2.7%
2016 8.7% 3.5%
2015 8.6% 3.6%
2014 8.6% 2.4%
2013 9.8% 2.6%
2012 7.5% 2.7%
2011 8.1% 3.2%
2010 9.0% 2.7%
2009 10.9% 2.4%
2008 9.4% 3.7%
2007 5.9% 5.3%
2006 3.6% 4.2%
2005 3.2% 3.3%
2004 4.6% 2.2%
2003 3.1% 1.9%
2002 3.0% 2.1%
2001 5.1% 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 6.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 8.6%, the figure has changed by −2.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Albania has the 31st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1980 to 2025 for Albania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics