Germany vs Spain: Foreign direct investment, net

Germany
12.94 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Spain
18.29 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Germany rank
10th
Spain rank
9th

Foreign direct investment, net over time

  • Germany
  • Spain
-150.0B-100.0B-50.0B050.0B100.0B197119982025

How they compare

Spain currently reports 18.29 billion BoP, current US$ against 12.94 billion BoP, current US$ in Germany, a difference of 5.36 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.4 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Germany ahead.

Globally, Germany ranks 10th and Spain ranks 9th 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.