Israel's foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) was US$26.24 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 131.49% from US$11.34 billion in 2015 (8.76% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$26.24 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$20.97 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$11.34 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$26.24 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | US$11 million | 1979 |
| Average since 2016 | US$18.77 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$49 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Israel's foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) rose 77.6% on 2024 (from US$14.78 billion to US$26.24 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +28.6% and a typical year strayed about 67.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above 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 363.6% in 1980 and the biggest yearly fall was 81.4% in 1982. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 20% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Israel had the 20th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Israel | US$26.24 billion | 2025 |
| World | US$1.8 trillion | 2025 |
| High income | US$1.31 trillion | 2025 |
Closest to Israel in the 2025 ranking
- Cayman Islands — 17th of 198: US$35.78 billion
- Saudi Arabia — 18th of 198: US$32.63 billion
- Spain — 19th of 198: US$28.61 billion
- Indonesia — 21st of 198: US$22.7 billion
- Viet Nam — 22nd of 198: US$21.99 billion
- Malaysia — 23rd of 198: US$21.62 billion
What this measures
Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Limitations: FDI data do not give a complete picture of international investment in an economy. Balance of payments data on FDI do not include capital raised locally, an important source of investment financing in some developing countries. In addition, FDI data omit nonequity cross-border transactions such as intra-unit flows of goods and services. The volume of global private financial flows reported by the World Bank generally differs from that reported by other sources because of differences in sources, classification of economies, and method used to adjust and disaggregate reported information.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 56 values
| Year | Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 26,242,100,000 |
| 2024 | 14,777,900,000 |
| 2023 | 16,170,300,000 |
| 2022 | 22,883,500,000 |
| 2021 | 18,949,900,000 |
| 2020 | 20,968,700,000 |
| 2019 | 17,362,500,000 |
| 2018 | 21,514,500,000 |
| 2017 | 16,892,500,000 |
| 2016 | 11,988,000,000 |
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — US$20.6 million (2021)
- Algeria — US$1.54 billion (2025)
- Bahrain — US$821.17 million (2025)
- Djibouti — US$149.04 million (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$15.45 billion (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$1.65 billion (2025)
- Iraq — −US$7.62 billion (2025)
- Jordan — US$2.02 billion (2025)
- Kuwait — US$413.09 million (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Israel
- Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$4.91 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$229.49 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$229.49 billion (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$) — US$145.39 billion (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current LCU) — 501.88 billion (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$) — US$102.07 billion (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (constant LCU) — 412.25 billion (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) — 23.8% (2025)
- Changes in inventories (current US$) — US$3.31 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Israel's foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)?
- US$26.24 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 53,455% from US$49 million in 1970 (12.1% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$26.24 billion in 2025 and the lowest US$11 million in 1979.
- How does Israel rank?
- 20th highest of 198 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) unusual for Israel?
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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