Foreign direct investment, net inflows in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Foreign direct investment, net inflows was -92.8% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Foreign direct investment, net inflows in Luxembourg, 2002–2025
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 Luxembourg is -92.8%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 181.7% on the previous year and down 222.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign direct investment, net inflows in Luxembourg peaked at 234.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, -391.6%, in 2022.
Luxembourg ranks 199th of 200 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 in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 17.9% | — |
| 2003 | 14.5% | -19.4% |
| 2004 | 14.8% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 12.3% | -16.5% |
| 2006 | 75.1% | +509.0% |
| 2007 | -57.5% | -176.6% |
| 2008 | 12.1% | -121.0% |
| 2009 | 50.0% | +313.7% |
| 2010 | 69.6% | +39.1% |
| 2011 | 14.3% | -79.4% |
| 2012 | 4.7% | -67.0% |
| 2013 | 35.7% | +656.3% |
| 2014 | 29.2% | -18.4% |
| 2015 | 75.6% | +159.4% |
| 2016 | 28.3% | -62.6% |
| 2017 | -41.7% | -247.4% |
| 2018 | -117.2% | +181.5% |
| 2019 | 234.3% | -299.9% |
| 2020 | -4.6% | -101.9% |
| 2021 | 28.7% | -730.0% |
| 2022 | -391.6% | -1463.4% |
| 2023 | -10.5% | -97.3% |
| 2024 | 113.6% | -1187.2% |
| 2025 | -92.8% | -181.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.4% | -57.5% | 75.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 33.3% | -117.2% | 234.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | -59.5% | -391.6% | 113.6% | 6 |
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- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 58,935 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 9.46 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6884 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 101,372 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.85 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.6092 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita 89,711 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign direct investment, net inflows in Luxembourg?
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows in Luxembourg was -92.8% 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 234.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest foreign direct investment, net inflows recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was -391.6% in 2022.
- How does Luxembourg rank for foreign direct investment, net inflows?
- Luxembourg ranks 199th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is foreign direct investment, net inflows rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 222.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.