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

217.76Bcurrent USD · 2025+57.3% 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 Japan from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025217,756,729,435.236
2024207,459,306,789.198
2023197,021,932,253.169
2022174,943,442,053.151
2021209,691,839,494.071
2020150,118,191,351.37
2019258,284,325,075.722
2018160,218,306,051.633
2017173,750,236,904.079
2016178,610,388,912.655
2015138,415,009,626.674
2014137,924,439,219.3
2013155,684,602,276.7
2012117,632,352,926.831
2011116,835,198,104.238
201079,656,513,836.629
200973,677,116,859.542
2008113,643,633,547.594
200772,989,689,116.724
200658,152,476,830.204
200551,665,013,692.565
200440,613,733,179.704
200334,464,575,323.937
200230,901,752,305.036
200135,660,387,815.132
200045,027,492,991.155
199924,261,868,314.284
199819,805,092,207.505
199723,987,192,131.398
199626,402,490,800.352
199522,630,332,257
199418,120,890,733
199313,913,020,018
199217,304,245,525
199131,638,296,451
199050,774,904,691
198946,251,195,964.165
198835,436,044,696.922
198720,100,526,832.506
198614,402,444,813.672
19856,440,118,053.459
19845,965,000,000
19833,612,000,000
19824,540,000,000
19814,894,000,000
19802,385,000,000
19792,898,000,000
19782,371,000,000
19771,645,000,000
19761,991,000,000
19751,763,000,000
19742,012,000,000
19731,904,000,000
1972723,000,000
1971360,000,000
1970355,000,000

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

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