Foreign direct investment inflows in India
Net foreign direct investment inflows to India were 1.0% of GDP in 2025.
India, 2025
1.0%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
1.4%
Median of G20 countries, 2025
1.0%
Position in 2025
133rd of 184
Foreign direct investment inflows in India 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 | India | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.0% | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 1.4% | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 1.8% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | 2.7% |
| 2009 | 2.7% | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| 2007 | 2.1% | 5.3% |
| 2006 | 2.1% | 4.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | 3.3% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | 2.2% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | 1.9% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | 2.1% |
| 2001 | 1.1% | 2.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 0.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 2.1%, the figure has changed by −1.1 percentage points.
- Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, India has the 133rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.