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Foreign direct investment to GDP: compare countries

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Foreign direct investment to GDP by country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Foreign direct investment to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	United Kingdom	United States
Dec 31, 2002	5.0%	1.0%
Dec 31, 2003	1.7%	1.0%
Dec 31, 2004	3.6%	1.7%
Dec 31, 2005	9.9%	1.1%
Dec 31, 2006	7.5%	2.2%
Dec 31, 2007	6.7%	2.4%
Dec 31, 2008	8.6%	2.3%
Dec 31, 2009	0.6%	1.1%
Dec 31, 2010	2.7%	1.8%
Dec 31, 2011	1.0%	1.7%
Dec 31, 2012	1.7%	1.5%
Dec 31, 2013	1.9%	1.7%
Dec 31, 2014	1.9%	1.4%
Dec 31, 2015	1.5%	2.8%
Dec 31, 2016	12.0%	2.5%
Dec 31, 2017	4.6%	1.9%
Dec 31, 2018	-0.9%	1.0%
Dec 31, 2019	0.7%	1.5%
Dec 31, 2020	5.8%	0.6%
Dec 31, 2021	3.2%	2.0%
Dec 31, 2022	2.9%	1.6%
Dec 31, 2023	0.4%	1.3%
Dec 31, 2024	-0.4%	0.8%
Dec 31, 2025	0.9%	1.0%