Foreign direct investment inflows in World
Net foreign direct investment inflows to the world were 1.4% of GDP in 2025.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2025
1.4%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
European Union, 2025
1.2%
Foreign direct investment inflows in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| 2024 | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| 2021 | 2.5% | 3.9% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| 2019 | 2.2% | 3.7% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | 4.0% |
| 2016 | 3.5% | 5.2% |
| 2015 | 3.6% | 6.2% |
| 2014 | 2.4% | 3.0% |
| 2013 | 2.6% | 4.0% |
| 2012 | 2.7% | 4.0% |
| 2011 | 3.2% | 5.7% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | 5.0% |
| 2007 | 5.3% | 10.0% |
| 2006 | 4.2% | 7.2% |
| 2005 | 3.3% | 6.1% |
| 2004 | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| 2003 | 1.9% | 3.0% |
| 2002 | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| 2001 | 2.6% | 5.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 1.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.6%, the figure has changed by −2.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 1.2%.