Foreign direct investment inflows in Poland

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Poland were 2.0% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2013.

Poland, 2025 2.0% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −0.2percentage points 2024: 2.2%
European Union, 2025 1.2% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 2.0% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 94th of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows in Poland 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 PolandEuropean Union
2025 2.0% 1.2%
2024 2.2% 1.0%
2023 4.4% -1.3%
2022 6.0% 1.4%
2021 5.4% 3.9%
2020 3.3% 1.2%
2019 3.2% 3.7%
2018 3.3% 0.5%
2017 2.4% 4.0%
2016 3.8% 5.2%
2015 3.3% 6.2%
2014 3.9% 3.0%
2013 0.3% 4.0%
2012 1.5% 4.0%
2011 3.6% 5.7%
2010 3.9% 3.3%
2009 3.2% 3.9%
2008 2.7% 5.0%
2007 5.8% 10.0%
2006 6.2% 7.2%
2005 3.6% 6.1%
2004 5.4% 2.7%
2003 2.5% 3.0%
2002 2.0% 3.7%
2001 3.0% 5.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 2.2% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 3.3%, the figure has changed by −1.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Poland has the 94th 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
1990 to 2025 for Poland
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