Foreign direct investment inflows in Luxembourg

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Luxembourg were -32.7% of GDP in 2025.

Luxembourg, 2025 -32.7% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −59.4percentage points 2024: 26.8%
European Union, 2025 1.2% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 2.0% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 184th of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows in Luxembourg 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 LuxembourgEuropean Union
2025 -32.7% 1.2%
2024 26.8% 1.0%
2023 -9.7% -1.3%
2022 -376.1% 1.4%
2021 18.8% 3.9%
2020 -3.1% 1.2%
2019 234.3% 3.7%
2018 -117.2% 0.5%
2017 -41.7% 4.0%
2016 28.3% 5.2%
2015 75.6% 6.2%
2014 29.2% 3.0%
2013 35.7% 4.0%
2012 4.7% 4.0%
2011 14.3% 5.7%
2010 69.6% 3.3%
2009 50.0% 3.9%
2008 12.1% 5.0%
2007 -57.5% 10.0%
2006 75.1% 7.2%
2005 12.3% 6.1%
2004 14.8% 2.7%
2003 14.5% 3.0%
2002 17.9% 3.7%
2001 – 5.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −59.4 percentage points from 26.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 75.6%, the figure has changed by −108.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Luxembourg has the 184th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 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
2002 to 2025 for Luxembourg
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