Italy vs Switzerland: Foreign direct investment, net

Italy
22.02 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Switzerland
37.60 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Italy rank
7th
Switzerland rank
5th

Foreign direct investment, net over time

  • Italy
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 37.60 billion BoP, current US$ against 22.02 billion BoP, current US$ in Italy, a difference of 15.58 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.7 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Italy ahead.

Globally, Italy ranks 7th and Switzerland ranks 5th 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.