Foreign direct investment inflows in Syria

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Syria were 1.2% of GDP in 2011. The value for 2011 is the lowest since 2004.

The latest value for Syria is for 2011. Most countries have figures for 2025.
Syria, 2011 1.2% % of GDP
Change from 2010 −1.2percentage points 2010: 2.4%
World, 2011 3.2% Official aggregate

Foreign direct investment inflows in Syria 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 SyriaWorld
2025 – 1.4%
2024 – 1.2%
2023 – 0.9%
2022 – 1.9%
2021 – 2.5%
2020 – 1.3%
2019 – 2.2%
2018 – 1.2%
2017 – 2.7%
2016 – 3.5%
2015 – 3.6%
2014 – 2.4%
2013 – 2.6%
2012 – 2.7%
2011 1.2% 3.2%
2010 2.4% 2.7%
2009 4.7% 2.4%
2008 2.8% 3.7%
2007 3.1% 5.3%
2006 2.0% 4.2%
2005 1.7% 3.3%
2004 1.1% 2.2%
2003 0.7% 1.9%
2002 0.6% 2.1%
2001 0.5% 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.2 percentage points from 2.4% in 2010.
  • Since 2001, when it was 0.5%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2011 was 3.2%.

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
1970 to 2011 for Syria
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