Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) - Country Ranking - Europe

Definition: Foreign direct investment are 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 total net FDI. In BPM6, financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities. Net FDI outflows are assets and net FDI inflows are liabilities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

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Find indicator:
Rank Country Value Year
1 Switzerland 124,078,000,000.00 2020
2 Luxembourg 94,046,720,000.00 2021
3 France 40,314,070,000.00 2020
4 Spain 22,345,530,000.00 2020
5 Italy 22,014,070,000.00 2020
6 Austria 9,964,589,000.00 2020
7 Denmark 7,503,622,000.00 2020
8 Sweden 5,036,021,000.00 2020
9 Slovak Republic 2,191,002,000.00 2020
10 Iceland 673,638,300.00 2020
11 Estonia 453,420,300.00 2021
12 Moldova -151,720,000.00 2020
13 Andorra -320,300,900.00 2019
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina -330,952,200.00 2020
15 North Macedonia -510,243,500.00 2021
16 Slovenia -628,347,700.00 2021
17 Lithuania -628,994,600.00 2020
18 Montenegro -649,107,000.00 2021
19 Croatia -751,331,500.00 2020
20 Albania -1,019,648,000.00 2020
21 Germany -1,131,357,000.00 2020
22 Belarus -1,317,868,000.00 2021
23 Belgium -1,865,624,000.00 2020
24 Latvia -1,973,135,000.00 2021
25 Bulgaria -2,407,150,000.00 2020
26 Greece -2,655,347,000.00 2020
27 Hungary -2,803,286,000.00 2020
28 Czech Republic -3,152,165,000.00 2020
29 Serbia -3,369,290,000.00 2020
30 Romania -3,403,789,000.00 2020
31 Cyprus -4,470,212,000.00 2020
32 Finland -5,546,558,000.00 2021
33 Ukraine -6,747,000,000.00 2021
34 Norway -7,241,377,000.00 2020
35 Turkey -7,697,000,000.00 2021
36 Portugal -9,411,953,000.00 2021
37 Malta -11,124,460,000.00 2020
38 Poland -12,505,000,000.00 2020
39 Netherlands -50,907,140,000.00 2020
40 United Kingdom -84,325,900,000.00 2020
41 Ireland -124,509,000,000.00 2020

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Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial ass