Total FDI inflows — Value US$ in Western Europe
Western Europe: Total FDI inflows — Value US$ was -111,536 million USD in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Total FDI inflows — Value US$ in Western Europe, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total fdi inflows — value us$ in Western Europe is -111,536 million USD, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 74.2% on the previous year and down 173.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total fdi inflows — value us$ in Western Europe peaked at 721,224 million USD in 2011 and was at its lowest, -433,149 million USD, in 2022.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 57,573 million USD | 24,389 million USD | 158,517 million USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 299,029 million USD | 109,596 million USD | 601,388 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 284,914 million USD | 11,110 million USD | 721,224 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | -187,895 million USD | -433,149 million USD | -83,472 million USD | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More economy & growth data for Western Europe
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 9.16 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 0.7042 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 21.22 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 21.94 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 1.94 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 11.28 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 56,453 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 45,841 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 0.4755 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation Deflator — Value US$, 2015 prices 127.32 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total fdi inflows — value us$ in Western Europe?
- Total fdi inflows — value us$ in Western Europe was -111,536 million USD in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest total fdi inflows — value us$ recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 721,224 million USD in 2011.
- What is the lowest total fdi inflows — value us$ recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was -433,149 million USD in 2022.
- How does Western Europe rank for total fdi inflows — value us$?
- Western Europe ranks 12th out of 12 groups with data for 2023.
- Is total fdi inflows — value us$ rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 173.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Total FDI inflows — Value US$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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FDI is an investment which aims to acquire a lasting management influence (10 percent or more of the voting stock) in an enterprise operating in a foreign economy. FDI may be undertaken by individuals, as well as business entities. The foreign direct investor most often is aiming to gain access to natural resources, to markets, to labour supply, to technology, to ensure security of supplies or to control the quality of a certain product. FDI can be decomposed into two types of investments: mergers and acquisitions (MA) and greenfield investments. The latter type results in the creation of new entities and the setting up of offices, buildings, plants or factories from scratch in a foreign economy. FDI is the sum of equity capital, reinvested earnings and other FDI capital. Equity capital comprises equity in branches, all shares in subsidiaries and associates (except non-participating, preferred shares that are treated as debt securities and are included under other FDI capital) and other contributions such as the provision of machinery. Reinvested earnings consist of the direct investor's share (in proportion to equity participation) of earnings not distributed by the direct investment enterprise. Other FDI capital (loans) includes the borrowing and lending of funds, including debt securities and trade credits between direct investors and direct investment enterprises. FDI inflows and outflows are important for tracking the direct investment conditions each year. Outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows record the value of cross-border direct investment transactions from the reporting economy during a year. It represents transactions affecting the investment in enterprises resident abroad. Whereas, Inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows record the value of cross-border direct investment transactions received by the reporting economy during a year. It represents transactions affecting the investment in enterprises of a specific industry resident in the reporting economy.