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Italy: Foreign direct investment, net

22.02Bcurrent USD · 2025+938.4% 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 Italy from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202522,022,889,163.214
202417,360,409,932.666
2023-11,443,288,159.74
2022-14,640,400,570.198
202131,794,370,347.33
202021,788,625,430.175
20191,681,603,982.413
2018-5,593,749,247.939
20173,077,060,053.392
2016-11,998,104,744.428
20152,120,880,782.651
20143,443,516,886.533
2013742,935,955.516
20126,761,814,775.115
201117,407,273,694.731
201020,798,672,662.482
20091,760,503,505.251
200877,206,581,818.666
200754,017,799,728.561
20061,965,501,866.073
200515,534,668,074.903
2004-5,785,237,059.704
2003-17,427,335,596.675
2002-5,733,738,820.629
20011,491,397,212.771
2000-6,680,942,868.076
1999-6,679,306,475.604
19989,814,894,092.502
19976,714,677,948.901
19965,158,060,151.92
19952,157,553,236.269
19943,038,264,199.922
19933,487,994,303.036
19921,170,141,467.794
19915,209,240,507.892
19901,005,044,782.637
1989-50,705,837.936
1988-2,097,581,265.597
1987-2,101,110,971.641
19862,605,984,591.284
1985673,853,048.956
1984567,836,894.032
1983828,615,354.872
1982345,749,571.45
1981273,261,744.69
1980161,118,651.948
1979123,187,841.418
1978-318,643,131.816
1977-568,438,393.423
197650,689,880.136
1975-301,212,408.524
1974-392,210,320.099
1973-396,202,033.706
1972-452,238,082.855
1971-142,970,444.93
1970-509,919,999.49

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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