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

108.13Bcurrent USD · 2025-9.3% 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 Germany from 1971 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025108,126,400,181.761
202487,035,120,096.629
2023116,186,898,383.822
2022160,256,156,861.81
2021214,705,563,249.855
2020144,871,274,947.092
2019171,344,047,438.147
2018212,928,025,634.598
2017148,988,435,887.666
2016116,554,599,160.78
2015119,261,199,206.878
2014105,488,336,315.965
201393,293,315,913.457
201299,082,261,106.365
2011107,908,552,710.997
2010146,643,024,387.444
200999,737,835,554.78
200898,024,668,316.882
2007140,653,515,628.817
2006147,975,336,477.759
200588,925,340,318.632
20049,069,678,214.213
200339,300,839,722.017
200217,202,720,468.102
200170,242,086,898.769
200098,172,100,562.192
1999139,402,049,693.114
199897,005,026,385.713
199749,528,212,115.743
199660,568,937,020.892
199539,819,112,245.755
199419,856,120,140.607
199317,641,591,923.259
199219,093,080,882.965
199123,296,381,165.09
199024,036,895,480.114
198913,336,094,508.12
198811,960,016,179.733
19878,261,079,276.739
19869,397,629,497.119
19855,495,816,669.971
19844,726,659,003.585
19832,943,422,389.193
19822,727,458,860.798
19813,766,612,868.03
19804,161,094,246.19
19795,015,523,492.761
19783,939,957,464.309
19772,407,062,873.98
19762,608,989,667.859
19752,181,233,079.391
19742,122,222,932.134
19731,963,545,008.981
19721,804,553,188.051
19711,200,271,622.574

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

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