Foreign direct investment inflows in Kazakhstan
Net foreign direct investment inflows to Kazakhstan were -0.3% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1992.
Kazakhstan, 2025
-0.3%
Change from 2024
−1.0percentage points
World, 2025
1.4%
Position in 2025
171st of 184
Foreign direct investment inflows in Kazakhstan 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.
| Period | Kazakhstan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.3% | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 2.2% | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 2.3% | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 4.2% | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 2.1% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 12.5% | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 3.6% | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 4.2% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 6.6% | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 7.1% | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 5.0% | 2.7% |
| 2009 | 12.4% | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 12.6% | 3.7% |
| 2007 | 11.4% | 5.3% |
| 2006 | 9.4% | 4.2% |
| 2005 | 4.5% | 3.3% |
| 2004 | 13.0% | 2.2% |
| 2003 | 8.1% | 1.9% |
| 2002 | 10.5% | 2.1% |
| 2001 | 12.7% | 2.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.0 percentage points from 0.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.6%, the figure has changed by −3.9 percentage points.
- Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Kazakhstan has the 171st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.