Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in Austria
Austria: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) was -2.0% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Foreign direct investment, net inflows in Austria, 1970–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Austria recorded -2.0% for foreign direct investment, net inflows in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 178.9% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign direct investment, net inflows in Austria peaked at 25.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, -7.2%, in 2016.
Austria ranks 191st of 201 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in Austria, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7% | — |
| 1971 | 0.8% | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 0.7% | -17.5% |
| 1973 | 0.5% | -17.4% |
| 1974 | 0.5% | -7.6% |
| 1975 | 0.2% | -60.7% |
| 1976 | 0.2% | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 0.2% | -11.6% |
| 1978 | 0.2% | +22.2% |
| 1979 | 0.3% | +10.5% |
| 1980 | 0.3% | +15.0% |
| 1981 | 0.5% | +58.1% |
| 1982 | 0.3% | -36.7% |
| 1983 | 0.3% | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.2% | -43.4% |
| 1985 | 0.2% | +43.8% |
| 1986 | 0.2% | -24.0% |
| 1987 | 0.3% | +72.0% |
| 1988 | 0.3% | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 0.4% | +30.9% |
| 1990 | 0.4% | -10.3% |
| 1991 | 0.2% | -47.2% |
| 1992 | 0.8% | +267.6% |
| 1993 | 0.6% | -22.4% |
| 1994 | 1.0% | +72.6% |
| 1995 | 0.8% | -25.8% |
| 1996 | 1.8% | +141.1% |
| 1997 | 1.3% | -31.2% |
| 1998 | 2.1% | +67.1% |
| 1999 | 1.4% | -34.7% |
| 2000 | 4.3% | +215.3% |
| 2001 | 2.9% | -33.2% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | -97.8% |
| 2003 | 2.4% | +3554.7% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | -55.2% |
| 2005 | 25.8% | +2327.7% |
| 2006 | 3.1% | -87.8% |
| 2007 | 17.8% | +466.2% |
| 2008 | 1.5% | -91.8% |
| 2009 | 3.6% | +144.0% |
| 2010 | -5.6% | -257.6% |
| 2011 | 5.4% | -194.9% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | -76.1% |
| 2013 | -0.3% | -123.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | -228.7% |
| 2015 | -1.8% | -563.1% |
| 2016 | -7.2% | +301.3% |
| 2017 | 3.4% | -146.7% |
| 2018 | -6.2% | -281.9% |
| 2019 | -2.9% | -53.6% |
| 2020 | -2.8% | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 4.0% | -243.1% |
| 2022 | 3.0% | -23.6% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | -81.3% |
| 2024 | 2.6% | +351.1% |
| 2025 | -2.0% | -178.9% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's -2.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.1%. (72 countries reporting)
- Austria's -2.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.9%. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in Austria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +3554.7% | 0.1% | 2.4% |
| 2005 | +2327.7% | 1.1% | 25.8% |
| 2015 | -563.1% | 0.4% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.0% | 0.2% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.3% | 0.1% | 25.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.4% | -7.2% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | -2.8% | 4.0% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign direct investment, net inflows in Austria?
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows in Austria was -2.0% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest foreign direct investment, net inflows recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 25.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest foreign direct investment, net inflows recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was -7.2% in 2016.
- How does Austria rank for foreign direct investment, net inflows?
- Austria ranks 191st out of 201 countries with data for 2025.
- Is foreign direct investment, net inflows rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.