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France: Foreign direct investment, net

35.57Bcurrent USD · 2025-1.6% since 2015

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 France from 1975 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202535,565,384,291.771
20241,397,318,612.526
202339,856,757,484.943
2022-9,303,583,097.822
202120,202,234,021.443
20209,367,666,365.97
201931,184,687,760.587
201862,417,644,380.354
20174,974,372,564.04
201637,198,001,295.624
201536,130,892,033.298
201456,550,380,550.444
2013-1,085,074,995.303
201219,070,158,223.015
201120,277,561,650.994
201033,671,093,773.631
200970,295,520,050.079
200868,001,785,591.472
200748,449,400,448.704
200651,482,577,203.168
200533,660,365,152.649
200425,513,610,482.562
200310,242,909,367.566
20021,451,944,337.967
200137,230,890,648.658
2000132,207,098,895.584
199979,455,181,689.744
199816,182,755,399.406
199712,439,587,260.456
19968,389,214,529.87
1995-7,915,340,633.123
19948,641,023,244.718
1993-149,530,697.08
19929,429,508,955.846
19918,778,998,288.979
199021,640,172,226.716
19899,193,689,820.039
19886,006,210,177.627
19874,070,655,496.073
19862,147,334,762.146
1985-352,722,357.271
1984-278,840,848.269
1983-12,428,342.434
19821,263,379,265.33
19812,078,999,613.105
1980-187,617,533.881
1979-601,262,768.293
1978-570,258,944.691
1977-893,591,988.228
1976660,768,470.091
1975-225,901,953.377

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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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