Foreign direct investment inflows in Slovenia

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Slovenia were 2.3% of GDP in 2025.

Slovenia, 2025 2.3% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −0.3percentage points 2024: 2.6%
European Union, 2025 1.2% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 2.0% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 86th of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows in Slovenia 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 SloveniaEuropean Union
2025 2.3% 1.2%
2024 2.6% 1.0%
2023 2.1% -1.3%
2022 3.6% 1.4%
2021 3.6% 3.9%
2020 0.9% 1.2%
2019 4.0% 3.7%
2018 2.9% 0.5%
2017 2.5% 4.0%
2016 3.3% 5.2%
2015 4.1% 6.2%
2014 2.1% 3.0%
2013 0.2% 4.0%
2012 0.1% 4.0%
2011 1.7% 5.7%
2010 0.7% 3.3%
2009 -0.7% 3.9%
2008 1.9% 5.0%
2007 3.9% 10.0%
2006 1.8% 7.2%
2005 2.7% 6.1%
2004 2.2% 2.7%
2003 1.8% 3.0%
2002 8.0% 3.7%
2001 2.4% 5.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 2.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 4.1%, the figure has changed by −1.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Slovenia has the 86th 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
1992 to 2025 for Slovenia
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