CAPITAL ACROSS BORDERS
Bilateral FDI atlas
Explore where investment flows, compare country totals, and chart bilateral trends.
Foreign direct investment data provided by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Where investment flows
Explore bilateral investment connections across the world.
Country colors show net annual totals from available bilateral reports, including negative flows. These are partial totals, not complete national FDI totals. Flow-line visibility filters do not apply here. Click a country to explore its bilateral flows.
Partial totals for the selected countries and year, before sign and magnitude filters.
Global network
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Shaded countries have STCs in place in the selected year.
Europe detail
Same filters and node scale as the world map.
Bilateral relationships
Each row is one direction of investment. Click a row for its reports and history. Use the dropdown to inspect records hidden from the map.
| Investor | Recipient | Annual flow | Source |
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Magnitude ignores the sign. Annual flow keeps positive and negative values. Missing values appear last in numeric sorts.
RELATIONSHIP DETAIL
Select a connection
Click a line or table row to inspect its reports and annual history.
Country totals
Sorted by net total. Click a country to explore its bilateral flows. Reports shows available numeric partner reports / eligible partners.
| Country | Net FDI | Positive flows | Negative flows | Reports |
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Compare up to eight directed country pairs.
Bilateral FDI trends
View chart values and reporting sources
| Year | Investor | Recipient | Annual flow | Source |
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Geographic boundaries provided by Natural Earth.
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Applies to original atlas code, design, and explanatory text. FDI data are provided by UNCTAD; no ownership of those data is claimed. This notice does not extend to UNCTAD data, Natural Earth public-domain geography, or separately credited STC research.
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