Foreign Direct Investment (“FDI”): The World Investment Report 2014

The most recent World Investment Report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (click here for the Overview) highlights positive developments in the global economies – including Germany.

According to the report, after declining in 2012, global FDI-flows rose in 2013 by 9% to reach US$ 1.45 trillion, which growth is projected to continue over the next three years. Meanwhile, global FDI inward stocks reportedly rose by the same percentage, reaching US$ 25.5 trillion.

FDI flows into Germany rebounded sharply in 2013 after an atypically low volume in 2012, reaching almost US$ 27 billion, placing the country in 15th place worldwide. For FDI-outflows, Germany took 7th place, with US$ 58 billion. Germany had a total of US$ 851.5 billion in inward stock in 2013 (projected value), - over three times as much as in 2000 - as well as US$ 1.71 trillion in outward stock.

Moreover, transnational corporations (TNCs) ranked Germany 6th among prospective host economies for the 2014-2016 period, while investment promotion agencies (IPAs) ranked it in 5th place.

(Source: GTAI)