Value Added in Foreign Controlled Enterprises by country

Countries reporting
36
Highest
71.32
Ireland
Lowest
15.39
France
Median
29.53
Years covered
16
2008–2023
Data points
571

What the numbers show

Value Added in Foreign Controlled Enterprises is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 71.32 in Ireland; the lowest is 15.39 in France.

The median across all reporting countries is 29.53, and the mean is 32.06.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 96.9%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 22.7%).

Value Added in Foreign Controlled Enterprises: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 71.32 2023 up 24.9% rising
2 Luxembourg 60.65 2023 up 35.3% rising
3 Slovakia 50.29 2023 up 41.9% rising
3 Slovakia 50.29 2023 up 41.9% rising
5 Malta 44.66 2023 up 88.6% rising
6 Romania 41.25 2023 down 8.4% flat
7 Hungary 40.63 2023 down 22.2% falling
8 Czechia 40.15 2023 down 4.5% flat
9 Latvia 36.53 2023 up 13.9% rising
9 Latvia 36.53 2023 up 13.9% rising
11 Estonia 35.71 2023 down 13.2% falling
11 Estonia 35.71 2023 down 13.2% falling
13 Bulgaria 34.11 2023 up 9.5% rising
14 Croatia 31.75 2023 up 32.5% rising
14 Croatia 31.75 2023 up 32.5% rising
16 Lithuania 30.75 2023 up 11.3% rising
16 Lithuania 30.75 2023 up 11.3% rising
18 Poland 29.53 2023 down 15.1% rising
18 Poland 29.53 2023 down 15.1% rising
20 Portugal 29.31 2023 up 41.9% rising
21 Sweden 27.45 2023 up 3.2% flat
22 Slovenia 27.41 2023 up 24.9% rising
22 Slovenia 27.41 2023 up 24.9% rising
24 Netherlands 25.62 2023 down 7.4% flat
24 Netherlands 25.62 2023 down 7.4% flat
26 Finland 24.79 2023 up 18.3% rising
27 Austria 24.56 2023 down 1.1% rising
28 Norway 23.71 2023 down 8.9% falling
29 Spain 22.88 2023 up 9.2% rising
30 Belgium 22.15 2023 down 20.5% falling
31 Cyprus 21.66 2023 up 96.9% rising
32 Denmark 21.07 2023 down 8.0% falling
33 Germany 18.23 2023 down 22.7% falling
34 Greece 17.74 2023 up 55.5% rising
35 Italy 17.38 2023 up 22.1% rising
36 France 15.39 2023 down 2.2% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Value Added in Foreign Controlled Enterprises
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
37 places, 571 data points, 2008–2023
Last refreshed