Foreign direct investment inflows in Estonia
Net foreign direct investment inflows to Estonia were -2.2% of GDP in 2025.
Estonia, 2025
-2.2%
Change from 2024
+5.7percentage points
European Union, 2025
1.2%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
2.0%
Position in 2025
177th of 184
Foreign direct investment inflows in Estonia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Estonia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -2.2% | 1.2% |
| 2024 | -7.9% | 1.0% |
| 2023 | 12.5% | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 4.5% | 1.4% |
| 2021 | 20.2% | 3.9% |
| 2020 | 12.0% | 1.2% |
| 2019 | 9.8% | 3.7% |
| 2018 | 4.1% | 0.5% |
| 2017 | 6.3% | 4.0% |
| 2016 | 3.8% | 5.2% |
| 2015 | -3.1% | 6.2% |
| 2014 | 6.6% | 3.0% |
| 2013 | 4.3% | 4.0% |
| 2012 | 7.7% | 4.0% |
| 2011 | 4.8% | 5.7% |
| 2010 | 13.3% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 9.5% | 3.9% |
| 2008 | 8.1% | 5.0% |
| 2007 | 13.5% | 10.0% |
| 2006 | 10.3% | 7.2% |
| 2005 | 21.7% | 6.1% |
| 2004 | 8.9% | 2.7% |
| 2003 | 10.5% | 3.0% |
| 2002 | 4.6% | 3.7% |
| 2001 | 9.5% | 5.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +5.7 percentage points from -7.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was -3.1%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points.
- Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Estonia has the 177th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 1.2%.