Austria - Foreign direct

investment
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of
GDP)
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP) in Austria was 6.27 as of 2011. Its highest value
over the past 6 years was 26.72 in 2005, while its lowest value was -4.07 in 2010.

Definition: 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 longterm capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net
outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world and is divided by GDP.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments
databases, World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

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2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012

-4.1
2.7
9.5
16.2
23.0

29.8
Year Value
2005

26.72

2006

2.88

2007

20.19

2008

6.77

2009

3.92

2010

-4.07

2011

6.27

Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current

US$)
The latest value for Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) in Austria was $10,466,740,000
as of 2011. Over the past 6 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between
$22,934,100,000 in 2008 and $193,822,300 in 2005.

Definition: 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 longterm capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows total net,
that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy
to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

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2004
2005
2006
2007

2008
2009
2010
2011
2012

0.0
5,045,502,000.0
10,091,004,000.0
15,136,506,000.0
20,182,008,000.0
25,227,510,000.0

Year Value
2005

$193,822,300

2006

$4,542,481,000

2007

$7,610,185,000

2008 $22,934,100,000
2009

$385,247,200

2010

$9,970,598,000

2011 $10,466,740,000

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP,

current US$)
The latest value for Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) in Austria was
$15,733,930,000.00 as of 2011. Over the past 41 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated
between $81,287,910,000.00 in 2005 and ($25,304,170,000.00) in 2010.

Definition: 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 longterm capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net
inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors.
Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.

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1970
1976
1982
1988
1993
1999
2005
2011

-25,304,170,000.0
-1,853,912,400.0
21,596,345,200.0
45,046,602,800.0
68,496,860,400.0
91,947,118,000.0

Year Value
1970

$112,653,800.00

1971

$142,730,400.00

1972

$145,403,000.00

1973

$160,757,800.00

1974

$177,044,800.00

1975

$79,114,410.00

1976

$91,232,470.00

1977

$96,814,160.00

1978

$142,389,700.00

1979

$187,429,400.00

1980

$239,303,900.00

1981

$327,520,100.00

1982

$207,917,600.00

1983

$216,121,500.00

1984

$115,236,800.00

1985

$173,105,900.00

1986

$186,540,900.00

1987

$409,526,100.00

1988

$435,699,400.00

1989

$587,351,000.00

1990

$653,220,200.00

1991

$360,071,600.00

1992

$1,442,438,000.00

1993

$1,129,076,000.00

1994

$2,116,582,000.00

1995

$1,900,497,000.00

1996

$4,414,663,000.00

1997

$2,623,779,000.00

1998

$4,643,267,000.00

1999

$3,008,320,000.00

2000

$8,525,406,000.00

2001

$5,905,881,000.00

2002

$318,132,400.00

2003

$7,098,252,000.00

2004

$3,892,055,000.00

2005

$81,287,910,000.00

2006

$4,830,704,000.00

2007

$68,110,680,000.00

2008

$5,121,819,000.00

2009

$14,642,970,000.00

2010 ($25,304,170,000.00)
2011

$15,733,930,000.00

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of

GDP)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in Austria was 3.77 as of 2011. Its highest value
over the past 41 years was 26.65 in 2005, while its lowest value was -6.71 in 2010.

Definition: 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 longterm capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net
inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors,
and is divided by GDP.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments
databases, World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

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1970
1976
1982
1988
1993
1999
2005
2011

-6.7
0.6
8.0
15.3
22.6
30.0

Year Value
1970

0.74

1971

0.81

1972

0.67

1973

0.55

1974

0.51

1975

0.20

1976

0.21

1977

0.19

1978

0.23

1979

0.26

1980

0.29

1981

0.47

1982

0.29

1983

0.30

1984

0.17

1985

0.25

1986

0.19

1987

0.33

1988

0.33

1989

0.45

1990

0.40

1991

0.21

1992

0.75

1993

0.60

1994

1.05

1995

0.80

1996

1.88

1997

1.26

1998

2.18

1999

1.42

2000

4.44

2001

3.08

2002

0.15

2003

2.80

2004

1.34

2005

26.65

2006

1.49

2007

18.16

2008

1.24

2009

3.82

2010

-6.71

2011

3.77

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Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators