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Ireland vs Spain: Foreign direct investment, net outflows

Ireland
67.14 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Spain
46.38 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Ireland rank
11th
Spain rank
14th

Foreign direct investment, net outflows over time

  • Ireland
  • Spain
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How they compare

Ireland currently reports 67.14 billion BoP, current US$ against 46.38 billion BoP, current US$ in Spain, a difference of 20.76 billion BoP, current US$.

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

The two have swapped places 12 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Spain ahead.

Globally, Ireland ranks 11th and Spain ranks 14th of 191 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (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
238 places, 10,019 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an 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. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.