France vs Iraq: Foreign direct investment, net

France
7.24 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Iraq
8.09 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
France rank
18th
Iraq rank
17th

Foreign direct investment, net over time

  • France
  • Iraq
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How they compare

Iraq currently reports 8.09 billion BoP, current US$ against 7.24 billion BoP, current US$ in France, a difference of 843.71 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2005 it was France ahead.

Globally, France ranks 18th and Iraq ranks 17th of 196 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
197 places, 7,300 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Foreign 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 voting power is evidence of a direct investment relationship. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.