France Foreign Direct Investment

France foreign direct investment for 2024 was 52.05 billion US dollars, a 188.35% increase from 2023.
  • France foreign direct investment for 2023 was 18.05 billion US dollars, a 83.92% decline from 2022.
  • France foreign direct investment for 2022 was 112.30 billion US dollars, a 14.57% increase from 2021.
  • France foreign direct investment for 2021 was 98.01 billion US dollars, a 406.03% increase from 2020.
Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars. The full historical dataset is available for download here: France Foreign Direct Investment | Historical Data | 1970 - 2024.