Foreign direct investment inflows in Netherlands
Net foreign direct investment inflows to Netherlands were 0.3% of GDP in 2025.
Netherlands, 2025
0.3%
Change from 2024
+0.8percentage points
European Union, 2025
1.2%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
2.0%
Position in 2025
157th of 184
Foreign direct investment inflows in Netherlands 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 | Netherlands | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| 2024 | -0.5% | 1.0% |
| 2023 | -30.3% | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | 1.4% |
| 2021 | -11.2% | 3.9% |
| 2020 | -23.6% | 1.2% |
| 2019 | -13.7% | 3.7% |
| 2018 | -36.4% | 0.5% |
| 2017 | 23.8% | 4.0% |
| 2016 | 34.9% | 5.2% |
| 2015 | 48.5% | 6.2% |
| 2014 | 16.0% | 3.0% |
| 2013 | 36.7% | 4.0% |
| 2012 | 31.6% | 4.0% |
| 2011 | 39.2% | 5.7% |
| 2010 | 6.7% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 23.1% | 3.9% |
| 2008 | 20.4% | 5.0% |
| 2007 | 86.0% | 10.0% |
| 2006 | 50.9% | 7.2% |
| 2005 | 30.5% | 6.1% |
| 2004 | 21.2% | 2.7% |
| 2003 | 3.5% | 3.0% |
| 2002 | 5.4% | 3.7% |
| 2001 | 12.0% | 5.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from -0.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 48.5%, the figure has changed by −48.2 percentage points.
- Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Netherlands has the 157th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 1.2%.