Insights
Data stories on global investment
Short, chart-led analysis of foreign direct investment. Every number is computed from the same open data that powers the rest of FDIstats, and updates when the data does.
Global trends
Fifty years of global FDI in five charts
From a trickle in 1970 to trillion-dollar years — and why the recent record is choppier than the headline peaks suggest.
FDIstats Research7 min read
Country focus
Australia's FDI profile: steady magnet, careful gatekeeper
How much foreign direct investment Australia attracts, how it compares with similar economies, and the screening regime that governs it.
Australia FDI net inflows, 1990–2024 FDIstats Research8 min read
Capital flows
Remittances, FDI and aid: which flow matters most for developing economies?
For low- and middle-income economies, money sent home by migrant workers now rivals or exceeds foreign direct investment — and it is far steadier.
Remittances to low- and middle-income economies, 1990–2024 FDIstats Research6 min read
Insights are written by FDIstats Research. Figures are drawn from the World Bank World Development Indicators and OECD FDI statistics — see sources & methods for definitions and caveats.