Foreign direct investment inflows in Singapore
Net foreign direct investment inflows to Singapore were 26.3% of GDP in 2025.
Singapore, 2025
26.3%
Change from 2024
+2.8percentage points
World, 2025
1.4%
Position in 2025
7th of 184
Foreign direct investment inflows in Singapore over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.3% | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 23.6% | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 24.6% | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 28.0% | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 32.3% | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 22.6% | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 28.2% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 22.8% | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 29.6% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 20.3% | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 22.7% | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 21.8% | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 20.9% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 18.7% | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 17.6% | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 23.1% | 2.7% |
| 2009 | 12.1% | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | 3.7% |
| 2007 | 26.2% | 5.3% |
| 2006 | 26.3% | 4.2% |
| 2005 | 15.1% | 3.3% |
| 2004 | 21.2% | 2.2% |
| 2003 | 17.5% | 1.9% |
| 2002 | 6.7% | 2.1% |
| 2001 | 18.9% | 2.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.8 percentage points from 23.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 22.7%, the figure has changed by +3.7 percentage points.
- Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Singapore has the 7th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.