United States FDI Over Time (1970–2024)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

FDI Inflows (USD)

Global rank: 1 / 195

Data table

1970	1.22B	1981	25.68B	1992	30.31B	2003	117.1B	2014	251.9B
1971	770M	1982	21.23B	1993	50.23B	2004	213.6B	2015	511.4B
1972	1.27B	1983	11.5B	1994	55.94B	2005	142.3B	2016	474.4B
1973	1.93B	1984	25.23B	1995	69.08B	2006	298.5B	2017	380.8B
1974	3.54B	1985	9.63B	1996	97.66B	2007	346.6B	2018	214.7B
1975	2.31B	1986	30.95B	1997	122.2B	2008	341.1B	2019	316B
1976	2.91B	1987	63.24B	1998	211.2B	2009	161.1B	2020	137.1B
1977	2.92B	1988	56.91B	1999	312.4B	2010	264B	2021	478B
1978	5.5B	1989	75.78B	2000	349.1B	2011	263.5B	2022	416.9B
1979	8.05B	1990	71.23B	2001	172.5B	2012	250.3B	2023	361.9B
1980	16.74B	1991	34.55B	2002	111.1B	2013	288.1B	2024	297.1B

FDI Inflows (% of GDP)

Global rank: 142 / 192

Data table

1970	0.1%	1981	0.8%	1992	0.5%	2003	1%	2014	1.4%
1971	0.1%	1982	0.6%	1993	0.7%	2004	1.7%	2015	2.8%
1972	0.1%	1983	0.3%	1994	0.8%	2005	1.1%	2016	2.5%
1973	0.1%	1984	0.6%	1995	0.9%	2006	2.2%	2017	1.9%
1974	0.2%	1985	0.2%	1996	1.2%	2007	2.4%	2018	1%
1975	0.1%	1986	0.7%	1997	1.4%	2008	2.3%	2019	1.5%
1976	0.2%	1987	1.3%	1998	2.3%	2009	1.1%	2020	0.6%
1977	0.1%	1988	1.1%	1999	3.2%	2010	1.8%	2021	2%
1978	0.2%	1989	1.3%	2000	3.4%	2011	1.7%	2022	1.6%
1979	0.3%	1990	1.2%	2001	1.6%	2012	1.5%	2023	1.3%
1980	0.6%	1991	0.6%	2002	1%	2013	1.7%	2024	1%

FDI Outflows (USD)

Global rank: 1 / 171

Data table

1970	6.49B	1981	10.11B	1992	58.77B	2003	195.2B	2014	387.5B
1971	5.62B	1982	7.77B	1993	82.8B	2004	374B	2015	302.1B
1972	7.33B	1983	8.77B	1994	89.99B	2005	52.59B	2016	299.8B
1973	9.34B	1984	12.82B	1995	110.1B	2006	283.8B	2017	409.4B
1974	5.16B	1985	3.68B	1996	103B	2007	523.9B	2018	-130.7B
1975	13.73B	1986	19.52B	1997	121.4B	2008	343.6B	2019	114.9B
1976	11.32B	1987	39.8B	1998	174.8B	2009	312.6B	2020	282.3B
1977	11.28B	1988	21.7B	1999	247.5B	2010	349.8B	2021	342.2B
1978	14.37B	1989	50.98B	2000	186.4B	2011	436.6B	2022	388.8B
1979	24.72B	1990	59.94B	2001	146B	2012	377.2B	2023	351.1B
1980	19.04B	1991	49.27B	2002	179B	2013	392.8B	2024	322.2B

FDI Outflows (% of GDP)

Global rank: 45 / 170

Data table

1970	0.6%	1981	0.3%	1992	0.9%	2003	1.7%	2014	2.2%
1971	0.5%	1982	0.2%	1993	1.2%	2004	3.1%	2015	1.7%
1972	0.6%	1983	0.2%	1994	1.2%	2005	0.4%	2016	1.6%
1973	0.7%	1984	0.3%	1995	1.4%	2006	2.1%	2017	2.1%
1974	0.3%	1985	0.1%	1996	1.3%	2007	3.6%	2018	-0.6%
1975	0.8%	1986	0.4%	1997	1.4%	2008	2.3%	2019	0.5%
1976	0.6%	1987	0.8%	1998	1.9%	2009	2.2%	2020	1.3%
1977	0.5%	1988	0.4%	1999	2.6%	2010	2.3%	2021	1.4%
1978	0.6%	1989	0.9%	2000	1.8%	2011	2.8%	2022	1.5%
1979	0.9%	1990	1%	2001	1.4%	2012	2.3%	2023	1.3%
1980	0.7%	1991	0.8%	2002	1.6%	2013	2.3%	2024	1.1%