Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 60,000 | 3,286,049 | 22,203,341 | 36,501,033 | 79,000,231 | 109,998,256 | 286,004,468 | 152,998,239 | 143,832,186 | 159,997,974 | 164,929,862 | 170,000,000 | 174,999,015 | 158,230,011 | 166,750,131 | 187,022,848 | 137,009,451 | 67,819,948 | |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 680,000 | 734,000,000 | 1,235,000,000 | 5,375,600,000 | 6,385,600,000 | -482,700,000 | 2,797,700,000 | 4,192,200,000 | 4,612,200,000 | 6,925,200,000 | 8,106,800,000 | 7,408,700,000 | 8,141,300,000 | 9,010,100,000 | 5,851,800,000 | 5,122,300,000 | 11,399,900,000 | 9,840,600,000 | |
| Libya | 317,220,000 | 158,911,105 | 141,000,000 | 1,038,000,000 | 1,784,000,000 | 1,425,000,000 | 702,000,000 | 603,000,000 | 702,000,000 | 794,700,000 | |||||||||
| Tunisia | 16,000,000 | 77,419,355 | 750,720,444 | 712,714,847 | 1,334,497,695 | 432,666,012 | 1,554,269,129 | 1,058,622,582 | 1,024,754,444 | 970,521,889 | 622,569,482 | 810,936,483 | 991,385,678 | 815,012,991 | 623,075,276 | 547,411,354 | 643,213,141 | 727,083,940 | |
| Burundi | 100,000 | 1,255,435 | 11,683,250 | 584,702 | 780,582 | 3,354,999 | 604,920 | 116,727,137 | 91,728,105 | 7,360,448 | 55,457 | 221,005,514 | 6,663,532 | 30,289,709 | 21,226,213 | 22,377,442 | 25,285,988 | 34,127,984 | |
| Comoros | 393,003 | 93,640 | 558,866 | 8,350,407 | 23,118,441 | 10,375,197 | 4,231,640 | 4,684,559 | 4,936,700 | 3,569,824 | 3,919,473 | 5,672,348 | 4,300,804 | 3,875,846 | 4,024,772 | 4,128,667 | 5,352,755 | ||
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 6,430,000 | -14,460,000 | 94,190,400 | 180,000,000 | 2,742,300,000 | 1,596,024,304 | 2,891,607,809 | 1,697,585,831 | 1,499,572,152 | 1,165,720,010 | 932,374,669 | 1,047,979,483 | 1,407,563,588 | 1,350,994,226 | 1,498,084,808 | 1,677,673,790 | 1,409,373,842 | 2,375,258,887 | |
| Eritrea | 27,870,110 | 1,431,550 | 91,000,000 | 39,000,000 | 41,358,000 | 43,859,000 | 46,511,000 | 49,323,000 | 52,305,000 | 55,468,000 | 61,015,000 | -60,671,910 | -30,349,590 | -31,228,190 | -32,045,670 | 2,070,380 | |||
| Ethiopia | 134,640,000 | 265,111,675 | 288,271,568 | 628,624,806 | 278,562,822 | 1,343,876,024 | 1,855,052,154 | 2,626,517,918 | 4,142,937,496 | 4,017,159,565 | 3,360,419,369 | 2,548,743,427 | 2,395,799,881 | 4,259,445,795 | 3,669,991,332 | 3,262,966,284 | |||
| Kenya | 13,800,000 | 57,081,096 | 110,904,550 | 21,211,685 | 178,064,607 | 1,450,474,757 | 1,380,173,662 | 1,118,825,000 | 820,937,598 | 619,724,465 | 469,533,311 | 1,346,085,345 | 767,761,507 | 469,940,267 | -5,403,752 | 419,719,613 | 791,581,760 | 728,766,609 | |
| Madagascar | 10,000,000 | 22,387,360 | 82,952,581 | 85,428,624 | 912,287,180 | 815,534,455 | 814,789,935 | 565,848,886 | 372,872,463 | 328,059,306 | 540,842,780 | 464,856,590 | 612,036,371 | 474,311,425 | 358,467,141 | 357,536,665 | 467,848,664 | 414,540,970 | |
| Malawi | 8,600,000 | 23,300,000 | 25,999,996 | 139,696,403 | 97,010,559 | 812,751,770 | -8,885,976 | 451,362,407 | 598,086,538 | 287,746,689 | 115,700,000 | 90,200,000 | 77,012,306 | 55,227,832 | 252,179,040 | 129,497,085 | 198,726,519 | 203,252,808 | |
| Mauritius | 1,600,000 | 41,040,224 | 265,641,239 | 41,776,996 | 429,941,790 | 433,331,010 | 589,018,300 | 293,369,160 | 455,562,150 | 216,455,190 | 378,764,430 | 479,995,890 | 460,511,370 | 444,077,760 | 224,668,080 | 253,189,250 | 579,773,450 | 759,821,260 | |
| Rwanda | 60,000 | 7,660,000 | 8,100,000 | 7,960,000 | 216,192,557 | 112,127,536 | 269,615,550 | 233,763,794 | 313,997,163 | 162,083,821 | 279,747,328 | 274,025,991 | 366,192,316 | 263,172,335 | 152,614,121 | 211,896,129 | 305,101,863 | 459,166,412 | |
| Seychelles | 2,200,000 | 20,239,899 | 24,326,997 | 80,729,739 | 159,795,375 | 143,240,665 | 613,208,776 | 57,289,066 | 108,355,443 | 105,893,597 | 68,346,744 | 197,311,244 | 305,172,394 | 257,086,352 | 80,053,481 | 111,955,764 | 189,827,389 | 239,706,294 | |
| Somalia | 4,500,000 | 5,590,000 | 270,000 | 24,000,000 | 112,000,000 | 102,000,000 | 107,330,000 | 258,000,000 | 261,000,000 | 303,000,000 | 330,000,000 | 369,000,000 | 408,000,000 | 447,000,000 | 534,000,000 | 601,000,000 | 636,000,000 | 676,500,000 | |
| Sudan | 1,660,000 | -31,130,000 | 392,200,000 | 1,561,689,997 | 2,063,730,998 | 1,734,376,994 | 2,311,460,740 | 1,687,884,179 | 1,251,280,889 | 1,728,373,403 | 1,063,767,535 | 1,065,298,481 | 1,135,787,164 | 825,354,992 | 716,939,711 | 522,869,617 | 573,504,495 | ||
| Eswatini | 30,108,365 | 90,658,006 | -45,850,345 | 135,660,414 | 98,708,322 | 26,480,002 | 81,790,158 | 25,782,635 | 31,498,094 | 26,852,078 | -57,647,593 | 31,130,827 | 127,970,922 | 38,787,633 | 112,865,288 | 13,350,248 | 28,132,551 | ||
| Uganda | 4,200,000 | -5,910,000 | 160,700,000 | 379,808,341 | 543,872,727 | 894,293,858 | 1,205,388,488 | 1,096,000,000 | 1,058,564,540 | 737,652,140 | 625,704,362 | 802,704,141 | 1,055,353,353 | 1,303,000,000 | 1,191,480,000 | 1,648,240,000 | 2,952,960,000 | 2,991,180,000 | |
| Zambia | 9,520,000 | 202,700,000 | 121,700,000 | 356,940,000 | 1,729,300,000 | 1,108,500,000 | 1,731,500,000 | 2,099,800,000 | 1,507,800,000 | 1,582,666,667 | 662,813,935 | 1,107,519,805 | 408,438,492 | 547,967,910 | 245,205,491 | 394,217,415 | -65,118,863 | 85,907,330 | |
| Zimbabwe | 18,670,000 | -12,205,848 | 23,200,000 | 102,800,000 | 122,586,667 | 344,300,000 | 349,850,000 | 373,050,000 | 472,800,000 | 399,200,000 | 343,013,813 | 307,187,739 | 717,865,322 | 249,500,000 | 150,360,000 | 237,480,368 | 336,761,000 | 557,873,000 |