Foreign direct investment, net inflows

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting 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. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
203
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 database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), note: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    UN Conference on Trade and Development

    UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    Not named — the declaration is kept verbatim

    Official national sources

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Albania20251.85Bcurrent USD
Angola20251.15Bcurrent USD
Antigua and Barbuda2025281.95Mcurrent USD
Argentina20253.13Bcurrent USD
Armenia2025605.13Mcurrent USD
Australia202536.52Bcurrent USD
Austria2025-11.68Bcurrent USD
Azerbaijan2025374.19Mcurrent USD
Bangladesh20251.85Bcurrent USD
Belarus20251.60Bcurrent USD

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