Foreign direct investment inflows in Liechtenstein

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Liechtenstein were -1,303.1% of GDP in 2018. The value for 2018 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

The latest value for Liechtenstein is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2025.
Liechtenstein, 2018 -1,303.1% % of GDP
Change from 2017 −1,905.5percentage points 2017: 602.4%
World, 2018 1.2% Official aggregate

Foreign direct investment inflows in Liechtenstein 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 LiechtensteinWorld
2025 – 1.4%
2024 – 1.2%
2023 – 0.9%
2022 – 1.9%
2021 – 2.5%
2020 – 1.3%
2019 – 2.2%
2018 -1,303.1% 1.2%
2017 602.4% 2.7%
2016 972.7% 3.5%
2015 1,282.6% 3.6%
2014 140.3% 2.4%
2013 18.1% 2.6%
2012 540.4% 2.7%
2011 460.2% 3.2%
2010 587.8% 2.7%
2009 664.6% 2.4%
2008 319.1% 3.7%
2007 728.9% 5.3%
2006 1,114.9% 4.2%
2005 -7.3% 3.3%
2004 53.4% 2.2%
2003 563.5% 1.9%
2002 255.3% 2.1%
2001 376.8% 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1,905.5 percentage points from 602.4% in 2017.
  • Since 2008, when it was 319.1%, the figure has changed by −1,622.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2018 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
2000 to 2018 for Liechtenstein
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