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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 States	Germany
Dec 31, 2002	1.0%	2.4%
Dec 31, 2003	1.0%	2.6%
Dec 31, 2004	1.7%	-0.7%
Dec 31, 2005	1.1%	2.1%
Dec 31, 2006	2.2%	2.9%
Dec 31, 2007	2.4%	1.5%
Dec 31, 2008	2.3%	0.8%
Dec 31, 2009	1.1%	1.6%
Dec 31, 2010	1.8%	2.5%
Dec 31, 2011	1.7%	2.6%
Dec 31, 2012	1.5%	1.8%
Dec 31, 2013	1.7%	1.8%
Dec 31, 2014	1.4%	0.4%
Dec 31, 2015	2.8%	1.8%
Dec 31, 2016	2.5%	1.6%
Dec 31, 2017	1.9%	2.9%
Dec 31, 2018	1.0%	4.0%
Dec 31, 2019	1.5%	1.9%
Dec 31, 2020	0.6%	4.5%
Dec 31, 2021	2.0%	2.9%
Dec 31, 2022	1.6%	1.8%
Dec 31, 2023	1.3%	2.0%
Dec 31, 2024	0.8%	1.3%
Dec 31, 2025	1.0%	1.9%