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China vs France: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

China
79.98 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
France
73.03 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
China rank
5th
France rank
8th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows over time

  • China
  • France
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How they compare

China currently reports 79.98 billion BoP, current US$ against 73.03 billion BoP, current US$ in France, a difference of 6.95 billion BoP, current US$.

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

The two have swapped places 7 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1979 it was France ahead.

Globally, China ranks 5th and France ranks 8th of 201 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), note: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and D
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
248 places, 12,232 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. 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 ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.