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Foreign direct investment to GDP in South Africa

Latest: -0.5%
Previous: 0.6%
Change: -1.09 (-187.1%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Foreign direct investment to GDP over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank

Observations for Foreign direct investment to GDP in South Africa
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	1.6%
Dec 31, 1971	1.1%
Dec 31, 1972	0.5%
Dec 31, 1973	0.1%
Dec 31, 1974	1.7%
Dec 31, 1975	0.4%
Dec 31, 1976	0.0%
Dec 31, 1977	-0.3%
Dec 31, 1978	-0.2%
Dec 31, 1979	-0.8%
Dec 31, 1980	-0.0%
Dec 31, 1981	0.1%
Dec 31, 1982	0.4%
Dec 31, 1983	0.1%
Dec 31, 1984	0.5%
Dec 31, 1985	-0.7%
Dec 31, 1986	-0.1%
Dec 31, 1987	-0.2%
Dec 31, 1988	0.2%
Dec 31, 1989	-0.2%
Dec 31, 1990	-0.1%
Dec 31, 1991	0.2%
Dec 31, 1992	0.0%
Dec 31, 1993	0.0%
Dec 31, 1994	0.2%
Dec 31, 1995	0.7%
Dec 31, 1996	0.5%
Dec 31, 1997	2.3%
Dec 31, 1998	0.4%
Dec 31, 1999	1.0%
Dec 31, 2000	0.6%
Dec 31, 2001	5.4%
Dec 31, 2002	1.1%
Dec 31, 2003	0.4%
Dec 31, 2004	0.3%
Dec 31, 2005	2.3%
Dec 31, 2006	0.2%
Dec 31, 2007	2.0%
Dec 31, 2008	3.1%
Dec 31, 2009	2.3%
Dec 31, 2010	0.9%
Dec 31, 2011	0.9%
Dec 31, 2012	1.1%
Dec 31, 2013	2.1%
Dec 31, 2014	1.5%
Dec 31, 2015	0.4%
Dec 31, 2016	0.7%
Dec 31, 2017	0.5%
Dec 31, 2018	1.4%
Dec 31, 2019	1.3%
Dec 31, 2020	0.9%
Dec 31, 2021	9.7%
Dec 31, 2022	2.3%
Dec 31, 2023	1.0%
Dec 31, 2024	0.6%
Dec 31, 2025	-0.5%

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