Foreign direct investment inflows in France

Net foreign direct investment inflows to France were 1.8% of GDP in 2025.

France, 2025 1.8% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.1percentage points 2024: 1.7%
European Union, 2025 1.2% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 2.0% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 104th of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows in France 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 FranceEuropean Union
2025 1.8% 1.2%
2024 1.7% 1.0%
2023 0.9% -1.3%
2022 4.0% 1.4%
2021 3.3% 3.9%
2020 0.7% 1.2%
2019 2.0% 3.7%
2018 2.8% 0.5%
2017 1.7% 4.0%
2016 1.4% 5.2%
2015 1.8% 6.2%
2014 0.2% 3.0%
2013 1.2% 4.0%
2012 1.2% 4.0%
2011 1.5% 5.7%
2010 1.5% 3.3%
2009 0.7% 3.9%
2008 2.3% 5.0%
2007 3.2% 10.0%
2006 3.4% 7.2%
2005 3.9% 6.1%
2004 1.7% 2.7%
2003 2.3% 3.0%
2002 3.5% 3.7%
2001 3.7% 5.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 1.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1.8%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, France has the 104th 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
1970 to 2025 for France
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