Japan (2025)
1
% of GDP
+0.5pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.5pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
50
years of data

Data

Japan FDI Net Inflows (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2025 1 +0.5pp
2024 0.5 unchanged
2023 0.5 -0.6pp
2022 1.1 +0.4pp
2021 0.7 -0.5pp
2020 1.2 +0.4pp
2019 0.8 +0.3pp
2018 0.5 +0.1pp
2017 0.4 -0.4pp
2016 0.8 +0.7pp
2015 0.1 -0.3pp
2014 0.4 +0.2pp
2013 0.2 +0.2pp
2012 0 unchanged
2011 unchanged -0.1pp
2010 0.1 -0.1pp
2009 0.2 -0.3pp
2008 0.5 unchanged
2007 0.5 +0.6pp
2006 -0.1 -0.2pp

About this Dataset

Japan recorded 1 % of GDP in 2025. The latest change was +0.5pp. Across 1976–2025 the series ranges from -0.1 in 2006 to 1.2 in 2020.

This page tracks foreign direct investment net inflows as a share of GDP in Japan from 1990 to present. FDI is the primary channel of long-term cross-border capital allocation.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks foreign direct investment net inflows as a share of GDP in Japan from 1990 to present. FDI is the primary channel of long-term cross-border capital allocation. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1976–2025 (50 observations).

The series peaked at 1.2 % of GDP in 2020 and reached its lowest recorded value of -0.1 in 2006. The latest reading of 1 in 2025 represents a change of +0.5pp.