South Africa FDI Over Time (1970–2024)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

FDI Inflows (USD)

Global rank: 67 / 195

Data table

1970	334.6M	1981	65M	1992	3.36M	2003	783.1M	2014	5.79B
1971	260.1M	1982	329.7M	1993	11.29M	2004	701.4M	2015	1.52B
1972	114.5M	1983	70.9M	1994	374.4M	2005	6.52B	2016	2.22B
1973	27.38M	1984	419.5M	1995	1.25B	2006	623.3M	2017	2.06B
1974	696.1M	1985	-452.6M	1996	816.4M	2007	6.59B	2018	5.57B
1975	188M	1986	-50.49M	1997	3.81B	2008	9.89B	2019	5.12B
1976	18.4M	1987	-191.7M	1998	550.3M	2009	7.62B	2020	3.15B
1977	-121.9M	1988	158.4M	1999	1.5B	2010	3.69B	2021	40.66B
1978	-109.3M	1989	-201.2M	2000	968.8M	2011	4.14B	2022	9.24B
1979	-484.5M	1990	-75.72M	2001	7.27B	2012	4.63B	2023	3.86B
1980	-10.3M	1991	254.1M	2002	1.48B	2013	8.23B	2024	2.33B

FDI Inflows (% of GDP)

Global rank: 155 / 192

Data table

1970	1.6%	1981	0.1%	1992	0%	2003	0.4%	2014	1.5%
1971	1.1%	1982	0.4%	1993	0%	2004	0.3%	2015	0.4%
1972	0.5%	1983	0.1%	1994	0.2%	2005	2.3%	2016	0.7%
1973	0.1%	1984	0.5%	1995	0.7%	2006	0.2%	2017	0.5%
1974	1.7%	1985	-0.7%	1996	0.5%	2007	2%	2018	1.4%
1975	0.4%	1986	-0.1%	1997	2.3%	2008	3.1%	2019	1.3%
1976	0%	1987	-0.2%	1998	0.4%	2009	2.3%	2020	0.9%
1977	-0.3%	1988	0.2%	1999	1%	2010	0.9%	2021	9.7%
1978	-0.2%	1989	-0.2%	2000	0.6%	2011	0.9%	2022	2.3%
1979	-0.8%	1990	-0.1%	2001	5.4%	2012	1.1%	2023	1%
1980	0%	1991	0.2%	2002	1.1%	2013	2.1%	2024	0.6%

FDI Outflows (USD)

Global rank: 162 / 171

Data table

1970	16.8M	1981	643.9M	1992	1.94B	2003	552.5M	2014	7.69B
1971	29.36M	1982	-5.5M	1993	291.9M	2004	1.31B	2015	5.51B
1972	19.51M	1983	156.2M	1994	1.26B	2005	909.4M	2016	4.49B
1973	51.88M	1984	193.1M	1995	2.49B	2006	5.93B	2017	7.45B
1974	114.8M	1985	47.36M	1996	1.05B	2007	2.98B	2018	4.03B
1975	125.8M	1986	70.98M	1997	2.32B	2008	-2.12B	2019	3.14B
1976	32.2M	1987	112.1M	1998	1.63B	2009	1.31B	2020	-1.94B
1977	67.85M	1988	64.57M	1999	1.58B	2010	-161.3M	2021	101.6M
1978	238.1M	1989	162.7M	2000	277.2M	2011	-153.4M	2022	2.37B
1979	10.69M	1990	27.97M	2001	-3.51B	2012	2.9B	2023	-2.79B
1980	755M	1991	206.4M	2002	-402.3M	2013	6.52B	2024	-1.26B

FDI Outflows (% of GDP)

Global rank: 157 / 170

Data table

1970	0.1%	1981	0.7%	1992	1.3%	2003	0.3%	2014	2%
1971	0.1%	1982	0%	1993	0.2%	2004	0.5%	2015	1.6%
1972	0.1%	1983	0.2%	1994	0.8%	2005	0.3%	2016	1.4%
1973	0.2%	1984	0.2%	1995	1.5%	2006	2%	2017	2%
1974	0.3%	1985	0.1%	1996	0.6%	2007	0.9%	2018	1%
1975	0.3%	1986	0.1%	1997	1.4%	2008	-0.7%	2019	0.8%
1976	0.1%	1987	0.1%	1998	1.1%	2009	0.4%	2020	-0.6%
1977	0.1%	1988	0.1%	1999	1%	2010	0%	2021	0%
1978	0.5%	1989	0.2%	2000	0.2%	2011	0%	2022	0.6%
1979	0%	1990	0%	2001	-2.6%	2012	0.7%	2023	-0.7%
1980	0.8%	1991	0.2%	2002	-0.3%	2013	1.6%	2024	-0.3%