Canada's foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) was US$70.13 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 16.92% from US$59.99 billion in 2015 (1.58% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$70.13 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$29.12 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$59.99 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$120.45 billion | 2007 |
| Lowest | US$90.06 million | 1982 |
| Average since 2016 | US$46.83 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$1.83 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Canada's foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) rose 11.2% on 2024 (from US$63.05 billion to US$70.13 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +69.5% and a typical year strayed about 306.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5,028.2% in 1983 and the biggest yearly fall was 88.6% in 1981. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$3.82 billion a year. A straight line explains 61% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Canada had the 8th highest value of the 198 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | US$70.13 billion | 2025 |
| World | US$1.8 trillion | 2025 |
| North America | US$376.97 billion | 2025 |
| High income | US$1.31 trillion | 2025 |
Closest to Canada in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Limitations: FDI data do not give a complete picture of international investment in an economy. Balance of payments data on FDI do not include capital raised locally, an important source of investment financing in some developing countries. In addition, FDI data omit nonequity cross-border transactions such as intra-unit flows of goods and services. The volume of global private financial flows reported by the World Bank generally differs from that reported by other sources because of differences in sources, classification of economies, and method used to adjust and disaggregate reported information.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 56 values
| Year | Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 70,134,322,394 |
| 2024 | 63,052,828,220 |
| 2023 | 43,897,082,060 |
| 2022 | 50,764,048,301 |
| 2021 | 60,189,690,112 |
| 2020 | 29,123,011,879 |
| 2019 | 48,942,300,762 |
| 2018 | 42,603,762,049 |
| 2017 | 25,357,801,000 |
| 2016 | 34,201,872,161 |
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Bermuda — −US$179.73 million (2025)
- United States — US$307.02 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Canada
- Trade in services (% of GDP) — 14.75% (2025)
- Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) — 48.08% (2025)
- Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) — US$196.83 billion (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$, BoP) — US$747.73 billion (2025)
- Goods imports (current US$, BoP) — US$577.62 billion (2025)
- Service imports (current US$, BoP) — US$170.11 billion (2025)
- Imports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP) — US$944.56 billion (2025)
- Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) — 16.84% (2025)
- Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) — 25.55% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Canada's foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)?
- US$70.13 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 3,739% from US$1.83 billion in 1970 (6.86% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$120.45 billion in 2007 and the lowest US$90.06 million in 1982.
- How does Canada rank?
- 8th highest of 198 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) unusual for Canada?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original 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 Development and official national sources.; UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); Official… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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