United States

Foreign direct investment inflows

Name: Foreign direct investment inflows data for United States
Creator: World Bank
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Net direct investment inflows from nonresidents.

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Source: World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS:US

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Foreign direct investment inflows - United States in United States was 1.03% on January 1, 2024, lower by 0.29% (-22.1%) from the prior observation. Charted from annual observations in % of gdp.

Latest1.03%

YoY-22.09%

10Y Avg1.63%

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

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Min0.07%

Mean1.17%

Max3.41%

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

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Tier 1 - critical

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BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS:US

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Stored · 2024-01-01

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ComparabilityReal, nominal, and chain measures are not interchangeable: Use real growth for cycle analysis, nominal levels for revenue/size questions, and PPP or per-capita variants for welfare comparisons.Seasonal-adjustment status needs attention: Prefer same-adjustment comparisons, or transform to year-over-year changes before cross-series comparison.Provider comparability note: Check provider dimensions, units, and methodological notes before using this series as a model input.

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QualitySource authority: 100/100. Source kind is classified as official multilateral.Methodology completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 90/100. 55 observations available; latest observation 2024-01-01; platform fetch 2026-06-14T23:22:38.951Z; release status none; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 35/100. This provider currently exposes only the latest published values in Macro by Mark.

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CitationForeign direct investment inflows - United States (World Bank Indicators: BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS, United States, retrieved Jun 14, 2026)

Retrieved Jun 14, 2026

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SourceInternational Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, International Monetary Fund (IMF); International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB); World Bank GDP estimates, World Bank (WB); OECD GDP estimates, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

CategoryEconomy & Growth; Financial Sector ; Climate Change

FrequencyAnnual

Unit% of GDP

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

Platform last fetchJune 14, 2026

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Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)

The reading right now

As of January 2024, Foreign direct investment inflows for United States stood at 1.03%. That is down 0.29 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 1.36%, ranging from a low of 0.65% in January 2020 to a high of 2.05% in January 2021. The current reading sits 0.6 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 1.63%.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.