Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — BRICS

Foreign direct investment outflows in BRICS in 2025 — 237,568,627,772 US$. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 20,923.8%.

2025 238B US$ −27.35% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 327B US$2024
Period minimum 401M US$1984

Trend over time

1980–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — BRICS, 1980–20250100B200B300B400B19801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 1,130,000,000 US$1981: 854,900,000 US$1982: 420,500,000 US$1983: 446,200,000 US$1984: 401,100,000 US$1985: 804,426,377 US$1986: 628,654,731 US$1987: 884,015,794 US$1988: 1,196,176,277 US$1989: 1,511,386,622 US$1990: 1,516,318,831 US$1991: 2,163,851,628 US$1992: 8,425,909,688 US$1993: 6,459,431,349 US$1994: 5,886,351,738 US$1995: 7,268,605,961 US$1996: 6,016,868,613 US$1997: 10,990,262,269 US$1998: 10,507,047,337 US$1999: 9,975,226,958 US$2000: 11,509,267,682 US$2001: 8,551,047,779 US$2002: 13,610,329,822 US$2003: 20,864,657,041 US$2004: 40,440,165,963 US$2005: 45,299,640,508 US$2006: 116,455,308,028 US$2007: 118,626,949,455 US$2008: 177,579,325,720 US$2009: 105,093,105,482 US$2010: 159,579,318,289 US$2011: 155,265,315,859 US$2012: 138,697,772,086 US$2013: 203,534,964,598 US$2014: 242,324,021,770 US$2015: 238,524,874,138 US$2016: 267,191,353,464 US$2017: 231,073,650,979 US$2018: 213,425,885,981 US$2019: 223,707,846,303 US$2020: 189,335,684,016 US$2021: 304,814,433,388 US$2022: 278,793,260,207 US$2023: 302,119,929,926 US$2024: 327,004,504,906 US$2025: 237,568,627,772 US$
Change over the period: +236B (+20,923.77%) Average annual rate: 12.62 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: BRICS

BRICS 238B US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 238B −89.44B −27.35%
2024 327B +24.88B +8.24%
2023 302B +23.33B +8.37%
2022 279B −26.02B −8.54%
2021 305B +115B +60.99%
2020 189B −34.37B −15.36%
2019 224B +10.28B +4.82%
2018 213B −17.65B −7.64%
2017 231B −36.12B −13.52%
2016 267B +28.67B +12.02%
2015 239B −3.8B −1.57%
2014 242B +38.79B +19.06%
2013 204B +64.84B +46.75%
2012 139B −16.57B −10.67%
2011 155B −4.31B −2.7%
2010 160B +54.49B +51.85%
2009 105B −72.49B −40.82%
2008 178B +58.95B +49.7%
2007 119B +2.17B +1.86%
2006 116B +71.16B +157.08%
2005 45.3B +4.86B +12.02%
2004 40.44B +19.58B +93.82%
2003 20.86B +7.25B +53.3%
2002 13.61B +5.06B +59.17%
2001 8.55B −2.96B −25.7%
2000 11.51B +1.53B +15.38%
1999 9.98B −532M −5.06%
1998 10.51B −483M −4.4%
1997 10.99B +4.97B +82.66%
1996 6.02B −1.25B −17.22%
1995 7.27B +1.38B +23.48%
1994 5.89B −573M −8.87%
1993 6.46B −1.97B −23.34%
1992 8.43B +6.26B +289.39%
1991 2.16B +648M +42.7%
1990 1.52B +4.93M +0.33%
1989 1.51B +315M +26.35%
1988 1.2B +312M +35.31%
1987 884M +255M +40.62%
1986 629M −176M −21.85%
1985 804M +403M +100.56%
1984 401M −45.1M −10.11%
1983 446M +25.7M +6.11%
1982 421M −434M −50.81%
1981 855M −275M −24.35%
1980 1.13B

About the indicator

Net outflows of foreign direct investment — investment by residents of a country in enterprises abroad in which they hold at least 10% of the voting shares. High outward FDI is typical of countries with large multinational companies and an accumulated current account surplus.

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