Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in Poland
Poland: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) was 2.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Foreign direct investment, net inflows in Poland, 1990–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Poland recorded 2.0% for foreign direct investment, net inflows in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.9% on the previous year and down 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign direct investment, net inflows in Poland peaked at 6.2% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1990.
That places Poland 102nd out of 201 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in Poland, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.1% | — |
| 1991 | 0.3% | +152.3% |
| 1992 | 0.7% | +111.2% |
| 1993 | 1.8% | +148.5% |
| 1994 | 1.7% | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 2.6% | +51.4% |
| 1996 | 2.8% | +9.2% |
| 1997 | 3.1% | +9.7% |
| 1998 | 3.6% | +18.6% |
| 1999 | 4.3% | +19.2% |
| 2000 | 5.4% | +24.4% |
| 2001 | 3.0% | -45.2% |
| 2002 | 2.0% | -30.8% |
| 2003 | 2.5% | +20.0% |
| 2004 | 5.4% | +120.2% |
| 2005 | 3.6% | -33.5% |
| 2006 | 6.2% | +72.6% |
| 2007 | 5.8% | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 2.7% | -53.3% |
| 2009 | 3.2% | +16.9% |
| 2010 | 3.9% | +24.0% |
| 2011 | 3.6% | -9.5% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | -57.2% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -83.1% |
| 2014 | 3.9% | +1386.9% |
| 2015 | 3.3% | -14.4% |
| 2016 | 3.8% | +15.8% |
| 2017 | 2.4% | -37.7% |
| 2018 | 3.3% | +40.8% |
| 2019 | 3.2% | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 5.4% | +64.2% |
| 2022 | 6.0% | +10.3% |
| 2023 | 4.4% | -26.9% |
| 2024 | 2.2% | -48.8% |
| 2025 | 2.0% | -9.9% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 2.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.1%, 95% of the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Poland's 2.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.9%, 1.1× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in Poland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +1386.9% | 0.3% | 3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.1% | 0.1% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.0% | 2.0% | 6.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.9% | 0.3% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 2.0% | 6.0% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Poland
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0056 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 159.43 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.0061 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0041 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 116.42 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 113.13 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR, annual growth rate -1.94 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign direct investment, net inflows in Poland?
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows in Poland 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 Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2% in 2006.
- What is the lowest foreign direct investment, net inflows recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1990.
- How does Poland rank for foreign direct investment, net inflows?
- Poland ranks 102nd out of 201 countries with data for 2025.
- Is foreign direct investment, net inflows rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland 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.