Foreign direct investments as a share of GDP rose 99.1% to 0.037% in Germany in 2020, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign direct investments as a share of GDP in Germany reached an all time high of 0.127% in 2000 and an all time low of -0.007% in 2004. When compared to Germany's main peers, foreign direct investments as a share of GDP in Austria amounted to -0.042%, -0.033% in Belgium, 0.006% in France and 0.029% in Poland in 2020.
Germany has been ranked 41st within the group of 166 countries we follow in terms of foreign direct investments as a share of GDP, 61 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Foreign Direct Investments (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Austria | % | -0.021% | -0.073% | 0.032% | -0.063% | -0.030% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | -0.042% | 0.121% | -0.074% | -0.077% | -0.056% | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | 0.009% | 0.055% | 0.051% | 0.033% | 0.043% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 0.018% | 0.013% | 0.014% | 0.028% | 0.020% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 0.019% | 0.019% | 0.030% | 0.042% | 0.018% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | -0.042% | 0.542% | -0.085% | -0.401% | 0.601% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 0.007% | 0.014% | 0.006% | 0.021% | 0.016% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | ... | 0.756% | 0.283% | -0.417% | -0.367% | 0.183% | |||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 0.421% | 0.298% | 0.254% | -0.377% | -0.037% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 0.032% | 0.039% | 0.022% | 0.030% | 0.028% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 0.005% | 0.025% | 0.018% | 0.005% | 0.019% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 0.019% | 0.036% | 0.024% | 0.041% | 0.018% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 0.171% | 0.242% | 0.206% | -0.221% | 0.012% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | -0.002% | 0.044% | 0.033% | 0.038% | 0.038% |
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