Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in IDA blend
IDA blend: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) was 1.4% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Foreign direct investment, net inflows in IDA blend, 1970–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for foreign direct investment, net inflows in IDA blend is 1.4%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 6.0% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign direct investment, net inflows in IDA blend peaked at 2.7% in 2007 and was at its lowest, -0.1%, in 1980.
IDA blend ranks 28th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.5% | — |
| 1971 | 1.5% | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 1.7% | +10.3% |
| 1973 | 2.0% | +16.5% |
| 1974 | 1.0% | -46.7% |
| 1975 | 1.2% | +13.9% |
| 1976 | 0.8% | -36.2% |
| 1977 | 0.8% | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 0.6% | -25.1% |
| 1979 | 0.7% | +20.1% |
| 1980 | -0.1% | -116.3% |
| 1981 | 0.5% | -535.5% |
| 1982 | 0.4% | -19.6% |
| 1983 | 0.6% | +55.1% |
| 1984 | 0.3% | -51.3% |
| 1985 | 0.8% | +181.6% |
| 1986 | 0.3% | -58.8% |
| 1987 | 0.8% | +136.4% |
| 1988 | 0.6% | -25.7% |
| 1989 | 1.6% | +170.1% |
| 1990 | 0.7% | -57.6% |
| 1991 | 0.8% | +22.1% |
| 1992 | 1.0% | +18.3% |
| 1993 | 1.5% | +46.9% |
| 1994 | 1.5% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.8% | -44.7% |
| 1996 | 0.7% | -12.1% |
| 1997 | 0.6% | -9.7% |
| 1998 | 0.7% | +11.5% |
| 1999 | 1.2% | +68.2% |
| 2000 | 1.0% | -21.3% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 1.5% | +69.4% |
| 2003 | 1.3% | -16.3% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 2.2% | +80.6% |
| 2006 | 2.4% | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 2.7% | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 2.6% | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 2.3% | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 1.7% | -27.6% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | -29.4% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | -12.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -15.4% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -71.5% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +173.9% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -28.4% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | +70.6% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -29.1% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | +69.3% |
| 2024 | 1.3% | +30.4% |
| 2025 | 1.4% | +6.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in IDA blend 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +535.5% | -0.1% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.2% | 0.6% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6% | -0.1% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.8% | 0.9% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.3% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 1.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA blend
- 25 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.9% compare
- 26 United Arab Emirates 8.3% compare
- 27 Laos 7.7% compare
- 28 Montenegro 7.3% compare
- 29 Saint Lucia 7.3% compare
- 30 Dominica 6.8% compare
- 31 Lebanon 6.8% compare
More economy & growth data for IDA blend
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.2585 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 475.89 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 15.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.526 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 968.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), annual growth 13.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) 1.20 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator 2.8% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 5.9 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign direct investment, net inflows in IDA blend?
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows in IDA blend was 1.4% 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 IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 2.7% in 2007.
- What is the lowest foreign direct investment, net inflows recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.1% in 1980.
- How does IDA blend rank for foreign direct investment, net inflows?
- IDA blend ranks 28th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is foreign direct investment, net inflows rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this IDA blend 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.