Global Statistics and Country Indicators
China FDI Over Time (1979–2024)
FDI Inflows
Data table
| 1979 | 80,000 | 1991 | 4.37B | 2003 | 57.9B | 2014 | 268.1B |
| 1980 | 57M | 1992 | 11.16B | 2004 | 68.12B | 2015 | 242.5B |
| 1981 | 265M | 1993 | 27.52B | 2005 | 104.1B | 2016 | 174.7B |
| 1982 | 430M | 1994 | 33.79B | 2006 | 124.1B | 2017 | 166.1B |
| 1983 | 636M | 1995 | 35.85B | 2007 | 156.2B | 2018 | 235.4B |
| 1984 | 1.26B | 1996 | 40.18B | 2008 | 171.5B | 2019 | 187.2B |
| 1985 | 1.66B | 1997 | 45.44B | 2009 | 131.1B | 2020 | 253.1B |
| 1986 | 1.88B | 1998 | 45.64B | 2010 | 243.7B | 2021 | 344.1B |
| 1987 | 2.31B | 1999 | 41.01B | 2011 | 280.1B | 2022 | 190.2B |
| 1988 | 3.19B | 2000 | 42.1B | 2012 | 241.2B | 2023 | 51.34B |
| 1989 | 3.39B | 2001 | 47.05B | 2013 | 290.9B | 2024 | 42.65B |
| 1990 | 3.49B | 2002 | 53.07B |
FDI Inflows
Data table
| 1979 | 0% | 1991 | 1.1% | 2003 | 3.4% | 2014 | 2.5% |
| 1980 | 0% | 1992 | 2.6% | 2004 | 3.4% | 2015 | 2.1% |
| 1981 | 0.1% | 1993 | 6.2% | 2005 | 4.5% | 2016 | 1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.2% | 1994 | 6% | 2006 | 4.4% | 2017 | 1.3% |
| 1983 | 0.3% | 1995 | 4.9% | 2007 | 4.3% | 2018 | 1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.5% | 1996 | 4.6% | 2008 | 3.7% | 2019 | 1.3% |
| 1985 | 0.5% | 1997 | 4.7% | 2009 | 2.5% | 2020 | 1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.6% | 1998 | 4.4% | 2010 | 3.9% | 2021 | 1.9% |
| 1987 | 0.8% | 1999 | 3.7% | 2011 | 3.7% | 2022 | 1% |
| 1988 | 1% | 2000 | 3.4% | 2012 | 2.8% | 2023 | 0.3% |
| 1989 | 1% | 2001 | 3.5% | 2013 | 3% | 2024 | 0.2% |
| 1990 | 1% | 2002 | 3.6% |
FDI Outflows
Data table
| 1982 | 44M | 1993 | 4.4B | 2004 | 7.97B | 2015 | 174.4B |
| 1983 | 93M | 1994 | 2B | 2005 | 13.73B | 2016 | 216.4B |
| 1984 | 134M | 1995 | 2B | 2006 | 23.93B | 2017 | 138.3B |
| 1985 | 629M | 1996 | 2.11B | 2007 | 17.15B | 2018 | 143B |
| 1986 | 450M | 1997 | 3.77B | 2008 | 56.74B | 2019 | 136.9B |
| 1987 | 645M | 1998 | 4.53B | 2009 | 43.89B | 2020 | 153.7B |
| 1988 | 850M | 1999 | 4.04B | 2010 | 57.95B | 2021 | 178.8B |
| 1989 | 780M | 2000 | 4.61B | 2011 | 48.42B | 2022 | 210.1B |
| 1990 | 830M | 2001 | 9.7B | 2012 | 64.96B | 2023 | 225.7B |
| 1991 | 913M | 2002 | 6.28B | 2013 | 72.97B | 2024 | 192.2B |
| 1992 | 4B | 2003 | 8.46B | 2014 | 123.1B |
FDI Outflows
Data table
| 1982 | 0% | 1993 | 1% | 2004 | 0.4% | 2015 | 1.5% |
| 1983 | 0% | 1994 | 0.4% | 2005 | 0.6% | 2016 | 1.9% |
| 1984 | 0.1% | 1995 | 0.3% | 2006 | 0.9% | 2017 | 1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.2% | 1996 | 0.2% | 2007 | 0.5% | 2018 | 1% |
| 1986 | 0.1% | 1997 | 0.4% | 2008 | 1.2% | 2019 | 0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.2% | 1998 | 0.4% | 2009 | 0.8% | 2020 | 1% |
| 1988 | 0.3% | 1999 | 0.4% | 2010 | 0.9% | 2021 | 1% |
| 1989 | 0.2% | 2000 | 0.4% | 2011 | 0.6% | 2022 | 1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.2% | 2001 | 0.7% | 2012 | 0.7% | 2023 | 1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.2% | 2002 | 0.4% | 2013 | 0.7% | 2024 | 1% |
| 1992 | 0.9% | 2003 | 0.5% | 2014 | 1.2% |