Foreign direct investment inflows in European Union
Net foreign direct investment inflows to the European Union were 1.2% of GDP in 2025.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
1.2%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
1.4%
Foreign direct investment inflows in European Union 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 | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.2% | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| 2023 | -1.3% | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 1.4% | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 3.9% | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 4.0% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 5.2% | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 3.0% | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 4.0% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 4.0% | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 5.7% | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 3.3% | 2.7% |
| 2009 | 3.9% | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 5.0% | 3.7% |
| 2007 | 10.0% | 5.3% |
| 2006 | 7.2% | 4.2% |
| 2005 | 6.1% | 3.3% |
| 2004 | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| 2003 | 3.0% | 1.9% |
| 2002 | 3.7% | 2.1% |
| 2001 | 5.0% | 2.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 1.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 6.2%, the figure has changed by −5.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.