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Ethiopia: Foreign direct investment, net

-4.02Bcurrent USD · 2024-116.8% since 2014

Foreign 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 voting power is evidence of a direct investment relationship. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Ethiopia from 1977 to 2024.

19772024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2024-4,021,755,290
2023-3,262,966,283.519
2022-3,669,991,332.175
2021-4,259,445,795.283
2020-2,395,799,880.66
2019-2,548,743,427.358
2018-3,360,419,368.653
2017-4,017,159,564.654
2016-4,142,937,496.463
2015-2,626,517,918.313
2014-1,855,052,153.641
2013-1,343,876,023.731
2012-278,562,822.163
2011-628,624,805.999
2010-288,271,568.251
2009-221,459,581.362
2008-108,537,543.965
2007-222,000,572.995
2006-545,257,102.178
2005-265,111,675.482
1977-5,845,410.631

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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

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