Foreign direct investment inflows in Japan

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Japan were 1.0% of GDP in 2025.

Japan, 2025 1.0% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.6percentage points 2024: 0.5%
World, 2025 1.4% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 1.4% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2025 132nd of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows in Japan 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 JapanWorld
2025 1.0% 1.4%
2024 0.5% 1.2%
2023 0.5% 0.9%
2022 1.1% 1.9%
2021 0.7% 2.5%
2020 1.2% 1.3%
2019 0.8% 2.2%
2018 0.5% 1.2%
2017 0.4% 2.7%
2016 0.8% 3.5%
2015 0.1% 3.6%
2014 0.4% 2.4%
2013 0.2% 2.6%
2012 0.0% 2.7%
2011 0.0% 3.2%
2010 0.1% 2.7%
2009 0.2% 2.4%
2008 0.5% 3.7%
2007 0.5% 5.3%
2006 -0.1% 4.2%
2005 0.1% 3.3%
2004 0.2% 2.2%
2003 0.2% 1.9%
2002 0.3% 2.1%
2001 0.1% 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 0.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.1%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Japan has the 132nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.

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 Japan
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