Arab Region | Foreign direct investment, net inflows, percent of GDP (Arab countries,1990–2022)
Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
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668
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| Year |
value
Min
Max
|
Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4.34 | Palestine |
| 2000 | 1.44 | Palestine |
| 2002 | 0.27 | Palestine |
| 2006 | 0.35 | Palestine |
| 2009 | 3.72 | Palestine |
| 2012 | 0.52 | Palestine |
| 2020 | 0.51 | Palestine |
| 1994 | 0.38 | Yemen |
| 2014 | 5.19 | Somalia |
| 1995 | 0.09 | Sudan |
| 1997 | 0.84 | Sudan |
| 2004 | 5.67 | Sudan |
| 2007 | 2.53 | Sudan |
| 2009 | 2.96 | Sudan |
| 1995 | 0.2 | Syria |
| 1997 | 0.12 | Syria |
| 2008 | 0.67 | Syria |
| 1991 | 0.96 | Tunisia |
| 1995 | 1.53 | Tunisia |
| 2003 | 1.97 | Tunisia |
| 1990 | -0.23 | United Arab Emirates |
| 1994 | 0.11 | United Arab Emirates |
| 1995 | 0.61 | United Arab Emirates |
| 2000 | -0.49 | United Arab Emirates |
| 2001 | 1.15 | United Arab Emirates |
| 2003 | 3.42 | United Arab Emirates |
| 2012 | 2.49 | United Arab Emirates |
| 2018 | 2.43 | United Arab Emirates |
| 2021 | 4.98 | United Arab Emirates |
| 1995 | 0.33 | Mauritania |
| 1996 | -0.02 | Mauritania |
| 2007 | 3.21 | Mauritania |
| 1996 | 0.83 | Morocco |
| 2004 | 1.35 | Morocco |
| 2016 | 1.93 | Morocco |
| 2019 | 1.33 | Morocco |
| 2006 | 4.29 | Oman |
| 2007 | 7.92 | Oman |
| 2012 | 1.56 | Oman |
| 2015 | -2.76 | Oman |
| 2021 | 4.56 | Oman |
| 1990 | 0.07 | Qatar |
| 1995 | 1.15 | Qatar |
| 2008 | 3.28 | Qatar |
| 2012 | 0.21 | Qatar |
| 1999 | -0.48 | Saudi Arabia |
| 2005 | 3.68 | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010 | 5.53 | Saudi Arabia |
| 1991 | 0.03 | Algeria |
| 1996 | 0.58 | Algeria |
| 1999 | 0.6 | Algeria |
| 2008 | 1.54 | Algeria |
| 2017 | 0.72 | Algeria |
| 2021 | 0.53 | Algeria |
| 1990 | 2.17 | Bahrain |
| 1992 | 18.28 | Bahrain |
| 1994 | 3.74 | Bahrain |
| 2014 | 4.55 | Bahrain |
| 2019 | 3.88 | Bahrain |
| 2020 | 2.95 | Bahrain |
| 1994 | 0.06 | Comoros |
| 1999 | 0.07 | Comoros |
| 2000 | 0.03 | Comoros |
| 2005 | 0.09 | Comoros |
| 1990 | 1.71 | Egypt |
| 1995 | 0.99 | Egypt |
| 2002 | 0.76 | Egypt |
| 2008 | 5.83 | Egypt |
| 2020 | 1.52 | Egypt |
| 2021 | 1.21 | Egypt |
| 1994 | 0 | Iraq |
| 1998 | 0.04 | Iraq |
| 2000 | 0 | Iraq |
| 2013 | -1 | Iraq |
| 2016 | -3.75 | Iraq |
| 2019 | -1.32 | Iraq |
| 1996 | 0.22 | Jordan |
| 2008 | 12.48 | Jordan |
| 2009 | 9.83 | Jordan |
| 2014 | 5.91 | Jordan |
| 2019 | 1.64 | Jordan |
| 1993 | 0.06 | Kuwait |
| 1998 | 0.23 | Kuwait |
| 2003 | -0.14 | Kuwait |
| 2006 | 0.12 | Kuwait |
| 2020 | -0.53 | Kuwait |
| 1991 | 0.03 | Lebanon |
| 1994 | 0.24 | Lebanon |
| 1997 | 11.42 | Lebanon |
| 2000 | 5.76 | Lebanon |
| 2001 | 8.24 | Lebanon |
| 2003 | 14.24 | Lebanon |
| 2018 | 4.84 | Lebanon |
| 1995 | -0.35 | Libya |
| 2004 | 1.08 | Libya |
| 2006 | 3.43 | Libya |
| 2012 | 1.54 | Libya |
| 2016 | 0 | Libya |
| 2018 | 0 | Libya |
| 2019 | 0 | Libya |
Arab Region | Foreign direct investment, net inflows, percent of GDP (Arab countries,1990–2022)
Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
668
Source