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China: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$)

157.21Bcurrent USD · 2025-9.9% since 2015

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for China from 1982 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025157,205,888,224.03
2024192,199,999,993.86
2023225,668,552,811.28
2022210,050,160,759.03
2021178,797,739,982.88
2020153,720,808,338.11
2019136,910,000,000
2018143,026,576,683.861
2017138,292,767,802.139
2016216,424,460,753.574
2015174,390,681,862.62
2014123,129,554,305.76
201372,970,879,683.31
201264,963,386,524
201148,420,641,059.648
201057,953,599,366.357
200943,889,985,500
200856,742,276,629.697
200717,154,799,701.589
200623,932,198,467.538
200513,729,566,302.864
20047,972,601,713.712
20038,456,083,723.563
20026,284,049,718.623
20019,696,000,000
20004,612,000,000
19994,036,000,000
19984,527,000,000
19973,765,000,000
19962,114,000,000
19952,000,000,000
19942,000,000,000
19934,400,000,000
19924,000,000,000
1991913,000,000
1990830,000,000
1989780,000,000
1988850,000,000
1987645,000,000
1986450,000,000
1985629,000,000
1984134,000,000
198393,000,000
198244,000,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, UN Conference on Trade and Development. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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