Foreign direct investment inflows in Switzerland

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Switzerland were 0.0% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2019.

Switzerland, 2025 0.0% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +11.2percentage points 2024: -11.2%
World, 2025 1.4% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 1.4% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2025 168th of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows in Switzerland 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 SwitzerlandWorld
2025 0.0% 1.4%
2024 -11.2% 1.2%
2023 -12.4% 0.9%
2022 -1.4% 1.9%
2021 -14.4% 2.5%
2020 -31.6% 1.3%
2019 3.0% 2.2%
2018 -21.8% 1.2%
2017 20.8% 2.7%
2016 24.5% 3.5%
2015 17.1% 3.6%
2014 2.8% 2.4%
2013 -3.5% 2.6%
2012 5.7% 2.7%
2011 2.9% 3.2%
2010 2.9% 2.7%
2009 8.5% 2.4%
2008 0.5% 3.7%
2007 9.8% 5.3%
2006 12.0% 4.2%
2005 0.6% 3.3%
2004 1.7% 2.2%
2003 5.4% 1.9%
2002 2.6% 2.1%
2001 3.4% 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +11.2 percentage points from -11.2% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 17.1%, the figure has changed by −17.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Switzerland has the 168th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.

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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
1983 to 2025 for Switzerland
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