Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP (%) in Peru
Peru: Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP (%) was 2.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP in Peru, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Peru recorded 2.4% for foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp in 2024.
That represents a change of up 44.6% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp in Peru peaked at 7.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2020.
That places Peru 110th out of 214 countries 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 Peru, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.6% | — |
| 2001 | 2.2% | +40.5% |
| 2002 | 3.9% | +79.0% |
| 2003 | 2.3% | -42.2% |
| 2004 | 2.4% | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 3.4% | +41.6% |
| 2006 | 3.9% | +15.3% |
| 2007 | 5.4% | +37.4% |
| 2008 | 5.7% | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 5.3% | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 5.7% | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 4.5% | -22.0% |
| 2012 | 7.4% | +64.6% |
| 2013 | 4.8% | -35.4% |
| 2014 | 2.1% | -55.4% |
| 2015 | 3.9% | +82.1% |
| 2016 | 3.5% | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 3.5% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 2.6% | -24.9% |
| 2019 | 2.1% | -20.7% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -84.2% |
| 2021 | 3.2% | +858.1% |
| 2022 | 4.6% | +44.3% |
| 2023 | 1.6% | -64.3% |
| 2024 | 2.4% | +44.6% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 2.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.5%, 95% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Peru's 2.4% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.4%, 69% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP (%) in Peru 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 | +858.1% | 0.3% | 3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.6% | 1.6% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.0% | 2.1% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 0.3% | 4.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More economy & growth data for Peru
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -2.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.35 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0073 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 71.12 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.3644 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0054 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 51.93 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.7 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp in Peru?
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp in Peru was 2.4% 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2020.
- How does Peru rank for foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp?
- Peru ranks 110th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of gdp rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru 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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