Foreign direct investment inflows in Czechia

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Czechia were 2.7% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2015.

Czechia, 2025 2.7% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −1.2percentage points 2024: 3.9%
European Union, 2025 1.2% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 2.0% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 72nd of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows in Czechia 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 CzechiaEuropean Union
2025 2.7% 1.2%
2024 3.9% 1.0%
2023 3.4% -1.3%
2022 3.0% 1.4%
2021 4.4% 3.9%
2020 3.4% 1.2%
2019 4.2% 3.7%
2018 3.3% 0.5%
2017 5.1% 4.0%
2016 5.5% 5.2%
2015 0.9% 6.2%
2014 3.8% 3.0%
2013 3.5% 4.0%
2012 4.5% 4.0%
2011 1.8% 5.7%
2010 4.8% 3.3%
2009 2.5% 3.9%
2008 3.7% 5.0%
2007 7.3% 10.0%
2006 4.6% 7.2%
2005 10.0% 6.1%
2004 5.3% 2.7%
2003 2.0% 3.0%
2002 10.3% 3.7%
2001 8.3% 5.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.2 percentage points from 3.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.9%, the figure has changed by +1.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Czechia has the 72nd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 1.2%.

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
1993 to 2025 for Czechia
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