Foreign direct investment inflows in Eritrea

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Eritrea were 0.3% of GDP in 2011.

The latest value for Eritrea is for 2011. Most countries have figures for 2025.
Eritrea, 2011 0.3% % of GDP
Change from 2010 −0.1percentage points 2010: 0.4%
World, 2011 3.2% Official aggregate

Foreign direct investment inflows in Eritrea 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 EritreaWorld
2025 – 1.4%
2024 – 1.2%
2023 – 0.9%
2022 – 1.9%
2021 – 2.5%
2020 – 1.3%
2019 – 2.2%
2018 – 1.2%
2017 – 2.7%
2016 – 3.5%
2015 – 3.6%
2014 – 2.4%
2013 – 2.6%
2012 – 2.7%
2011 0.3% 3.2%
2010 0.4% 2.7%
2009 -0.8% 2.4%
2008 1.5% 3.7%
2007 0.1% 5.3%
2006 0.0% 4.2%
2005 -0.4% 3.3%
2004 -1.4% 2.2%
2003 -1.7% 1.9%
2002 -2.1% 2.1%
2001 -1.8% 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 0.4% in 2010.
  • Since 2001, when it was -1.8%, the figure has changed by +2.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2011 was 3.2%.

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
1992 to 2011 for Eritrea
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