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

86.44Bcurrent USD · 2025-52.2% 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 Ireland from 1987 to 2025.

19872025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202586,437,458,085.263
202410,610,951,736.305
2023-127,045,085,600.433
2022-8,442,427,628.314
2021125,779,366,831.097
2020-81,316,054,445.011
2019-98,712,816,431.61
201892,876,787,490.156
2017332,935,849.147
201696,272,522,594.125
2015180,678,318,625.118
201491,696,201,431.253
201348,465,947,547.863
201231,937,432,234.329
2011-1,523,057,492.85
201016,823,038,798.99
200954,515,156,835.823
200858,200,250,836.868
200755,923,867,341.245
200642,902,430,399.717
200591,841,198,315.909
200418,068,825,936
20035,549,448,441
200211,025,363,512
20014,065,288,006
20004,628,708,310
19996,108,922,927
19983,904,756,673
1997759,806,896
1996727,967,000
1995820,864,000
1994436,715,000
1993220,008,000
1992214,387,000
1991193,144,000
1990363,884,000
19891,513,291,924.7
1988750,134,146.2
1987108,206,142.8

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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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