Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP in Northern Africa and Western Asia
Northern Africa and Western Asia: Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP was 1.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP in Northern Africa and Western Asia, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp in Northern Africa and Western Asia is 1.9%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.4% on the previous year and down 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp in Northern Africa and Western Asia peaked at 4.5% in 2006 and was at its lowest, -0.4%, in 2020.
That places Northern Africa and Western Asia 19th out of 37 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP in Northern Africa and Western Asia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.2% | — |
| 2001 | 1.4% | +22.4% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | -25.7% |
| 2003 | 1.9% | +78.2% |
| 2004 | 2.1% | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 3.1% | +45.4% |
| 2006 | 4.5% | +46.0% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | -12.1% |
| 2008 | 3.2% | -18.8% |
| 2009 | 4.5% | +38.3% |
| 2010 | 3.0% | -32.4% |
| 2011 | 2.8% | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 3.6% | +26.3% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | -40.7% |
| 2014 | 2.5% | +16.3% |
| 2015 | 2.2% | -8.9% |
| 2016 | 2.2% | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | +24.9% |
| 2018 | 3.9% | +41.2% |
| 2019 | 4.3% | +11.9% |
| 2020 | -0.4% | -109.4% |
| 2021 | 2.4% | -677.6% |
| 2022 | 2.1% | -11.3% |
| 2023 | 1.8% | -16.0% |
| 2024 | 1.9% | +7.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP in Northern Africa and Western Asia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +677.6% | -0.4% | 2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.7% | 1.1% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.9% | 2.1% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | -0.4% | 2.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa and Western Asia
More economy & growth data for Northern Africa and Western Asia
- Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows 156,869 (2024)
- Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person 1.6% (2025)
- Manufacturing value added (constant 2020 United States dollars) as a 13.2% (2025)
- Manufacturing value added (current United States dollars) as a 13.0% (2024)
- Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita 0.5% (2024)
- Merchandise trade as a proportion of GDP 63.5% (2024)
- Annual GDP growth 2.1% (2024)
- Annual growth of exports of goods and services 2.9% (2023)
- Annual growth of imports of goods and services 2.5% (2024)
- Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP, by type of raw material 1.22 (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp in Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp in Northern Africa and Western Asia was 1.9% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp recorded in Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.5% in 2006.
- What is the lowest foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp recorded in Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.4% in 2020.
- How does Northern Africa and Western Asia rank for foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp?
- Northern Africa and Western Asia ranks 19th out of 37 groups with data for 2024.
- Is foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp rising or falling in Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Africa and Western Asia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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