Foreign direct investment flows to agriculture (2013–2022)

Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) is defined as an investment which aims to acquire a lasting management influence (10 percent or more of voting power) in an enterprise operating in a foreign economy. FDI creates stable and long-lasting links between economies. The latest FAOSTAT update includes data on foreign direct investment flows to agriculture for the period 2013–2022. During this period, total FDI inflows decreased marginally from USD 1.36 trillion to USD 1.35 trillion and total FDI outflows increased by 7.2 percent from USD 1.40 trillion to USD 1.50 trillion.

Main findings:

• The marginal decrease in global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows between 2013 and 2022 (to USD 1.35 trillion) masks an overall decline from the peak of USD 2.16 trillion in 2015. Global FDI outflows increased by 7.2 percent from USD 1.40 trillion to USD 1.50 trillion after dipping to USD 0.74 trillion in 2020.
• The Americas, Asia and Europe received most of total FDI inflows and at the same time provided almost all of total FDI outflows between 2013 and 2022. 
• Indonesia was the top recipient of FDI inflows to between 2018 and 2022, with USD 888 million per year on average. Brazil was second, with USD 635 million per year, followed by the United States of America (USD 621 million per year).
• China was the top country providing FDI outflows to agriculture from 2018 to 2022, with USD 1.71 billion per year on average. Norway was second (USD 567 million per year), followed by the United States of America (USD 496 million per year).