Foreign direct investment, net

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.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
198
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    International Monetary Fund

    Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Albania2025-1.51Bcurrent USD
Angola2025-1.02Bcurrent USD
Antigua and Barbuda2025-291.29Mcurrent USD
Argentina2025-299.98Mcurrent USD
Armenia2025-352.83Mcurrent USD
Australia2025-41.07Bcurrent USD
Austria20255.61Bcurrent USD
Azerbaijan2025536.01Mcurrent USD
Bangladesh2025-1.84Bcurrent USD
Belarus2025-1.43Bcurrent USD

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