Total FDI outflows — Value US$ in Western Europe
Western Europe: Total FDI outflows — Value US$ was 134,366 million USD in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Total FDI outflows — Value US$ in Western Europe, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
In 2023, total fdi outflows — value us$ in Western Europe stood at 134,366 million USD.
The figure is up 225.0% on the previous year and down 50.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total fdi outflows — value us$ in Western Europe peaked at 770,102 million USD in 2007 and was at its lowest, -107,511 million USD, in 2022.
Western Europe ranks 8th of 30 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Total FDI outflows — Value US$ in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 85,786 million USD | — |
| 1991 | 71,043 million USD | -17.2% |
| 1992 | 71,424 million USD | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 56,785 million USD | -20.5% |
| 1994 | 72,675 million USD | +28.0% |
| 1995 | 87,247 million USD | +20.1% |
| 1996 | 130,151 million USD | +49.2% |
| 1997 | 122,052 million USD | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 196,199 million USD | +60.8% |
| 1999 | 329,730 million USD | +68.1% |
| 2000 | 344,552 million USD | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 164,557 million USD | -52.2% |
| 2002 | 226,372 million USD | +37.6% |
| 2003 | 228,856 million USD | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 233,062 million USD | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 471,302 million USD | +102.2% |
| 2006 | 521,539 million USD | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 770,102 million USD | +47.7% |
| 2008 | 674,347 million USD | -12.4% |
| 2009 | 468,441 million USD | -30.5% |
| 2010 | 568,525 million USD | +21.4% |
| 2011 | 734,726 million USD | +29.2% |
| 2012 | 506,376 million USD | -31.1% |
| 2013 | 271,038 million USD | -46.5% |
| 2014 | 246,040 million USD | -9.2% |
| 2015 | 585,106 million USD | +137.8% |
| 2016 | 482,578 million USD | -17.5% |
| 2017 | 248,961 million USD | -48.4% |
| 2018 | 205,292 million USD | -17.5% |
| 2019 | 176,135 million USD | -14.2% |
| 2020 | -17,434 million USD | -109.9% |
| 2021 | 291,981 million USD | -1774.8% |
| 2022 | -107,511 million USD | -136.8% |
| 2023 | 134,366 million USD | -225.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total FDI outflows — Value US$ in Western Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +1774.8% | -17,434 million USD | 291,981 million USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 122,309 million USD | 56,785 million USD | 329,730 million USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 410,313 million USD | 164,557 million USD | 770,102 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 402,478 million USD | 176,135 million USD | 734,726 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 75,350 million USD | -107,511 million USD | 291,981 million USD | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 5 Germany 101,254 million USD compare
- 5 Melanesia 687.37 million USD compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 256.54 million USD compare
- 6 Canada 89,583 million USD compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 235.5 million USD compare
- 7 France 72,356 million USD compare
- 8 Singapore 62,997 million USD compare
- 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 86.67 million USD compare
- 9 Sweden 47,498 million USD compare
- 10 British Virgin Islands 44,158 million USD compare
- 10 Polynesia 15.59 million USD compare
- 11 Republic of Korea 34,541 million USD compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 12.1 million USD compare
More economy & growth data for Western Europe
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 12.78 million (2027)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices, annual growth -1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 1.94 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$ 2.48 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita, 2015 prices 0.3119 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 0.4755 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 3.47 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, annual growth rate 0.4755 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 56,453 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 11.28 million million USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total fdi outflows — value us$ in Western Europe?
- Total fdi outflows — value us$ in Western Europe was 134,366 million USD in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest total fdi outflows — value us$ recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 770,102 million USD in 2007.
- What is the lowest total fdi outflows — value us$ recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was -107,511 million USD in 2022.
- How does Western Europe rank for total fdi outflows — value us$?
- Western Europe ranks 8th out of 30 groups with data for 2023.
- Is total fdi outflows — value us$ rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.4%. 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 outflows — 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.