Foreign direct investment inflows in Liberia

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Liberia were 9.5% of GDP in 2025.

Liberia, 2025 9.5% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −0.3percentage points 2024: 9.9%
World, 2025 1.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 22nd of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows in Liberia 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 LiberiaWorld
2025 9.5% 1.4%
2024 9.9% 1.2%
2023 7.1% 0.9%
2022 3.1% 1.9%
2021 -1.1% 2.5%
2020 -3.0% 1.3%
2019 2.6% 2.2%
2018 3.8% 1.2%
2017 7.3% 2.7%
2016 9.2% 3.5%
2015 7.2% 3.6%
2014 15.6% 2.4%
2013 62.9% 2.6%
2012 82.7% 2.7%
2011 87.0% 3.2%
2010 103.3% 2.7%
2009 7.2% 2.4%
2008 16.4% 3.7%
2007 9.6% 5.3%
2006 9.6% 4.2%
2005 8.7% 3.3%
2004 8.4% 2.2%
2003 49.8% 1.9%
2002 0.3% 2.1%
2001 0.9% 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 9.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 7.2%, the figure has changed by +2.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Liberia has the 22nd 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 Liberia
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