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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	Lesotho	Germany
Dec 31, 2002	3.7%	2.4%
Dec 31, 2003	3.8%	2.6%
Dec 31, 2004	3.7%	-0.7%
Dec 31, 2005	1.6%	2.1%
Dec 31, 2006	1.4%	2.9%
Dec 31, 2007	4.5%	1.5%
Dec 31, 2008	0.6%	0.8%
Dec 31, 2009	5.2%	1.6%
Dec 31, 2010	0.4%	2.5%
Dec 31, 2011	2.4%	2.6%
Dec 31, 2012	2.3%	1.8%
Dec 31, 2013	2.1%	1.8%
Dec 31, 2014	3.9%	0.4%
Dec 31, 2015	4.8%	1.8%
Dec 31, 2016	1.8%	1.6%
Dec 31, 2017	5.9%	2.9%
Dec 31, 2018	0.9%	4.0%
Dec 31, 2019	-2.4%	1.9%
Dec 31, 2020	0.6%	4.5%
Dec 31, 2021	-0.5%	2.9%
Dec 31, 2022	-0.0%	1.8%
Dec 31, 2023	1.2%	2.0%
Dec 31, 2024	0.6%	1.3%
Dec 31, 2025	1.3%	1.9%