Foreign direct investment, net outflows
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.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 197
- 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.
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.
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UN Conference on Trade and Development
UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
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Not named — the declaration is kept verbatim
Official national sources
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Read from
World Bank
World Development Indicators
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Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 2025 | 341.64M | current USD |
| Angola | 2025 | 125.12M | current USD |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2025 | -9.34M | current USD |
| Argentina | 2025 | 2.83B | current USD |
| Armenia | 2025 | 252.30M | current USD |
| Australia | 2025 | -4.55B | current USD |
| Austria | 2025 | -6.07B | current USD |
| Azerbaijan | 2025 | 910.20M | current USD |
| Bangladesh | 2025 | 10.10M | current USD |
| Belarus | 2025 | 175.69M | current USD |
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