FDI positions main aggregates, BMD4 — FDI positions - total in Ireland
Ireland: FDI positions main aggregates, BMD4 — FDI positions - total was 275.81 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ▼ Falling
FDI positions main aggregates, BMD4 — FDI positions - total in Ireland, 2012–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 275.81 Percentage of GDP for fdi positions main aggregates, bmd4 — fdi positions - total in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 11.2% on the previous year and down 42.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fdi positions main aggregates, bmd4 — fdi positions - total in Ireland peaked at 495.26 Percentage of GDP in 2016 and was at its lowest, 275.81 Percentage of GDP, in 2025.
That places Ireland 2nd out of 37 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 436.93 Percentage of GDP | 356.67 Percentage of GDP | 495.26 Percentage of GDP | 8 |
| 2020s | 342.39 Percentage of GDP | 275.81 Percentage of GDP | 413.31 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 1 Luxembourg 6,103 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 Switzerland 224.24 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Canada 148.78 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Belgium 142.62 Percentage of GDP compare
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0921 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 4.87 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 3.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.6 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 21.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.5015 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fdi positions main aggregates, bmd4 — fdi positions - total in Ireland?
- Fdi positions main aggregates, bmd4 — fdi positions - total in Ireland was 275.81 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest fdi positions main aggregates, bmd4 — fdi positions - total recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 495.26 Percentage of GDP in 2016.
- What is the lowest fdi positions main aggregates, bmd4 — fdi positions - total recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 275.81 Percentage of GDP in 2025.
- How does Ireland rank for fdi positions main aggregates, bmd4 — fdi positions - total?
- Ireland ranks 2nd out of 37 countries with data for 2025.
- Is fdi positions main aggregates, bmd4 — fdi positions - total rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of FDI positions main aggregates, BMD4 — FDI positions - total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
<b>This dataset <i>FDI positions main aggregates, BMD4</i> is updated every quarter and includes annual aggregate Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) positions for OECD member countries and for non-OECD G20 countries (Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and South Africa), which are included in International Investment Position (IIP) accounts.</b><p>FDI positions record the total level of direct investment at a given point in time, usually the end of a quarter or of a year.</p><p>In this dataset, FDI positions are presented on two different basis:</p><ul style="list-style-type=square"><li><b>the asset/liability presentation</b>: FDI statistics are organised according to whether the investment relates to an asset or a liability for the country compiling the statistics. The asset/liability presentation does not show the direction of influence as the directional presentation does.</li><li><b>the directional presentation</b>: FDI statistics are organised according to the direction of the investment for the reporting economy—either outward or inward.</li><p>For more details on the difference between the two presentations, see the OECD note <a href="http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/FDI-statistics-asset-liability-vs-directional-presentation.pdf">Implementing latest international standards-Asset liability versus directional presentation</a></p></ul><p>FDI positions aggregates in this dataset are measured in USD millions, in millions of national currency and as a share of GDP.</p><p>In 2014, many countries implemented the latest international standards for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) statistics:</p><ul style="list-style-type=square"> <li>the <a href="http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/investment-policy/fdibenchmarkdefinition.htm">OECD’s Benchmark Definition of FDI, 4th edition (BMD4);</a> and</li> <li>the <a href="http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/bop/2007/bopman6.htm">IMF’s Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, 6th edition (BPM6)</a></li></ul><p>This OECD database was launched in March 2015 which includes the data series reported by national experts according to BMD4. The data are for the most part based on balance of payments statistics published by Central Banks and Statistical Offices following the recommendations of the IMF’s BPM6 and the OECD’s BMD4. However, some of the data relate to other sources such as notifications or approvals.</p><p>Historical and unrevised series of FDI positions aggregates under the previous BMD3 methodology can be accessed in the archived dataset <a href="https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?lc=fr&df[ds]=DisseminateArchiveDMZ&df[id]=DF_FDI_BOP_IIP&df[ag]=OECD&df[vs]=1.0&av=true&pd=%2C&dq=INWARD%2BOUTWARD.USD.&to[TIME_PERIOD]=false&lo=5&lom=LASTNPERIODS&ly[cl]=SERIES_BOP%2CTIME_PERIOD&ly[rw]=COU&vw=tb&pg=0 ">FDI series of BOP and IIP aggregates</a></p>