South Korea FDI Over Time (1970–2024)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

FDI Inflows (USD)

Global rank: 34 / 195

Data table

1970	66M	1981	155.1M	1992	1B	2003	7.01B	2014	9.27B
1971	42M	1982	120.9M	1993	832.3M	2004	13.29B	2015	4.1B
1972	496M	1983	184.3M	1994	1.14B	2005	13.64B	2016	12.1B
1973	4M	1984	223.3M	1995	2.49B	2006	9.16B	2017	17.91B
1974	2M	1985	355.3M	1996	2.78B	2007	8.83B	2018	12.18B
1975	6M	1986	682.5M	1997	3.3B	2008	11.19B	2019	9.63B
1976	81M	1987	838.6M	1998	5.99B	2009	9.02B	2020	8.76B
1977	94M	1988	1.29B	1999	10.73B	2010	9.5B	2021	22.06B
1978	89M	1989	1.39B	2000	11.51B	2011	9.77B	2022	25.04B
1979	172M	1990	1.05B	2001	6.52B	2012	9.5B	2023	19.04B
1980	47.1M	1991	1.46B	2002	5.48B	2013	12.77B	2024	12.86B

FDI Inflows (% of GDP)

Global rank: 151 / 192

Data table

1970	0.7%	1981	0.2%	1992	0.3%	2003	1%	2014	0.6%
1971	0.4%	1982	0.2%	1993	0.2%	2004	1.6%	2015	0.3%
1972	4.5%	1983	0.2%	1994	0.2%	2005	1.4%	2016	0.8%
1973	0%	1984	0.2%	1995	0.4%	2006	0.8%	2017	1%
1974	0%	1985	0.3%	1996	0.4%	2007	0.7%	2018	0.7%
1975	0%	1986	0.6%	1997	0.6%	2008	1%	2019	0.6%
1976	0.3%	1987	0.6%	1998	1.5%	2009	0.9%	2020	0.5%
1977	0.2%	1988	0.6%	1999	2.1%	2010	0.8%	2021	1.1%
1978	0.2%	1989	0.5%	2000	1.9%	2011	0.7%	2022	1.4%
1979	0.3%	1990	0.4%	2001	1.1%	2012	0.7%	2023	1%
1980	0.1%	1991	0.4%	2002	0.8%	2013	0.9%	2024	0.7%

FDI Outflows (USD)

Global rank: 13 / 171

Data table

1971	3M	1982	184M	1993	1.44B	2004	7.2B	2015	23.69B
1972	1M	1983	168.9M	1994	2.59B	2005	8.33B	2016	29.89B
1973	2M	1984	90.5M	1995	3.87B	2006	12.56B	2017	34.07B
1974	14M	1985	607.8M	1996	4.95B	2007	21.83B	2018	38.22B
1975	4M	1986	1.27B	1997	4.41B	2008	19.54B	2019	35.24B
1976	6M	1987	544.3M	1998	4.22B	2009	17.4B	2020	34.83B
1977	21M	1988	726M	1999	3.97B	2010	28.22B	2021	66B
1978	28M	1989	729.5M	2000	4.84B	2011	29.65B	2022	65.8B
1979	16.4M	1990	1.13B	2001	2.74B	2012	30.6B	2023	32.17B
1980	42.9M	1991	1.59B	2002	3.44B	2013	28.32B	2024	49.73B
1981	61M	1992	1.38B	2003	5.02B	2014	28B

FDI Outflows (% of GDP)

Global rank: 19 / 170

Data table

1971	0%	1982	0.2%	1993	0.4%	2004	0.9%	2015	1.5%
1972	0%	1983	0.2%	1994	0.5%	2005	0.9%	2016	1.9%
1973	0%	1984	0.1%	1995	0.7%	2006	1.1%	2017	2%
1974	0.1%	1985	0.6%	1996	0.8%	2007	1.8%	2018	2.1%
1975	0%	1986	1.1%	1997	0.7%	2008	1.8%	2019	2%
1976	0%	1987	0.4%	1998	1.1%	2009	1.8%	2020	2%
1977	0.1%	1988	0.4%	1999	0.8%	2010	2.4%	2021	3.4%
1978	0.1%	1989	0.3%	2000	0.8%	2011	2.3%	2022	3.7%
1979	0%	1990	0.4%	2001	0.5%	2012	2.3%	2023	1.7%
1980	0.1%	1991	0.5%	2002	0.5%	2013	2%	2024	2.7%
1981	0.1%	1992	0.4%	2003	0.7%	2014	1.8%