Foreign direct investment, net inflows

Foreign direct investment is the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
201
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

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  1. Produced by

    International Monetary Fund

    International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    World Bank

    International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    World Bank

    World Bank GDP estimates, World Bank (WB)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    OECD

    OECD GDP estimates, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Albania20256.06percent
Angola20250.94percent
Antigua and Barbuda202512.06percent
Argentina20250.46percent
Armenia20252.07percent
Australia20252.03percent
Austria2025-2.02percent
Azerbaijan20250.49percent
Bangladesh20250.40percent
Belarus20251.71percent

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