For 2025, 14 EU countries reported inward foreign direct investment (FDI) positions by the ultimate investing economy, which allows us to track complex ownership structures of the EU’s direct investment enterprises.
In 9 of 14 reporting countries, most of the foreign direct investment came from other EU countries. Czechia (75.1%), Romania (73.3%) and Estonia (64.8%) reported the highest shares of EU investment.
In 5 EU countries, most of the investment came from non-EU countries. Cyprus registered by far the largest share of foreign investment from non-EU countries (79.4%). Spain, Sweden, Greece and Denmark recorded non-EU investment shares between 51.0% and 55.1%.
Source dataset: bop_fdi6_pos
Top ultimate investing economies: the United States and Germany
Based on the data for 14 EU countries, the largest share of the total value of foreign direct investment in these countries originated from the United States (15.4%), Germany (11.5%), France (9.4%), the United Kingdom (9.3%) and Switzerland (5.8%).
