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Germany: Foreign direct investment, net

12.94Bcurrent USD · 2025-77.2% 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 Germany from 1971 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202512,935,546,500.432
202424,398,954,891.017
202325,303,865,877.107
202283,683,322,473.648
202187,095,736,501.587
2020-31,910,918,320.742
201995,880,604,151.081
201850,675,924,607.217
201740,199,657,620.223
201658,421,887,790
201556,842,205,697.63
201488,131,616,218.35
201326,093,621,454.52
201233,639,173,474.094
201110,373,148,758.448
201060,605,522,285.28
200943,037,329,587.051
200867,071,495,031.357
200789,805,058,431.675
200660,529,918,995.148
200529,088,956,904.378
200429,478,097,771.356
2003-26,100,676,287.232
2002-34,067,396,991.499
200113,294,434,782.629
2000-149,835,377,773.513
199953,364,279,142.931
199867,478,178,460.424
199730,890,962,867.524
199644,975,759,355.339
199527,779,643,541.027
199412,338,680,052.962
199317,161,604,969.576
199221,230,560,030.282
199118,554,684,780.402
199021,480,192,634.503
19898,162,668,022.834
198813,468,590,800.413
19876,640,908,620.16
19868,205,604,897.39
19854,964,708,240.987
19844,135,994,596.613
19831,945,566,942.26
19822,259,195,165.663
19814,182,452,427.624
19804,347,667,647.371
19793,282,971,188.739
19782,336,498,531.301
19771,457,079,065.394
19761,287,619,730.307
19751,490,736,256.514
1974-54,769,412.25
1973-138,757,334.359
1972-92,717,507.51
197196,932,867.617

Source

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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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