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Foreign Direct Investment by African country

2025

Net foreign direct investment inflows, in current US dollars.

Africa, 202553 of 54 countries
$69.51bntotal across the countries with a figure
Highest in 2025Egypt · $15.45bnLowest in 2025South Africa · −$2.31bnReported in 202553 of 54 countries surveyed
All 54, ranked. Pinned countries are drawn in vermilion.
$−8.00bn0$6.50bn$21.00bn$35.50bn$50.00bnEgypt$15.45bnGuinea$7.76bnMozambique$5.69bnNigeria$4.01bnEthiopia$3.80bnUganda$3.36bnMorocco$3.34bnKenya$3.20bnCote d'Ivoire$2.03bnGhana$1.91bnDemocratic Republic of the Congo$1.87bnTanzania$1.72bnAlgeria$1.53bnNamibia$1.45bnZambia$1.29bnTunisia$1.17bnAngola$1.15bnRwanda$967.5mZimbabwe$965.0mMali$843.7mSomalia$834.0mLibya$827.6mMauritius$804.4mMauritania$634.1mCameroon$598.9mRepublic of the Congo$596.3mLiberia$500.0mBenin$481.7mMalawi$451.6mGabon$378.8mSeychelles$339.8mBurkina Faso$311.9mMadagascar$304.5mEquatorial Guinea$293.9mGambia$266.6mNiger$257.1mTogo$221.3mSierra Leone$177.0mCabo Verde$153.1mDjibouti$149.0mEritrea$82.4mSouth Sudan$73.0mBurundi$67.6mEswatini$45.4mCentral African Republic$43.8mSenegal$36.6mGuinea-Bissau$33.6mSao Tome and Principe$9.5mComoros$9.2mChad$4.3mLesotho−$5.8mBotswana−$653.8mSouth Africa−$2.31bnSudanno data
20142025
UNCTAD · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Summed across the countries with a figure, so a region’s total is only as complete as its coverage.
Eastern Africa18 of 18 countries$24.10bn
Northern Africa5 of 6 countries$22.32bn
Western Africa16 of 16 countries$19.62bn
Middle Africa9 of 9 countries$4.94bn
Southern Africa5 of 5 countries−$1.48bn
Africaall 54 countries · 53 with a 2025 figure$69.51bn

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
One country has no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Sudan is hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Foreign Direct InvestmentNet foreign direct investment inflows, in current US dollars.
SourceUNCTAD, with processing by Africa API
UnitUS$
Last updated19 Aug 2026
Next expected updateAug 2027
Date range1990–2025
Coverage53 of 54 countries · 53 reported, 0 modelled, 1 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 53 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Foreign Direct Investment". Data adapted from UNCTAD. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/fdi
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=fdi_net_inflows_usd&year=2025&limit=100

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Foreign Direct Investment: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

54 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryForeign Direct InvestmentPeriod
1Egypt$15.45B2025
2Guinea$7.76B2025
3Mozambique$5.69B2025
4Nigeria$4.01B2025
5Ethiopia$3.8B2025
6Uganda$3.36B2025
7Morocco$3.34B2025
8Kenya$3.2B2025
9Cote d'Ivoire$2.03B2025
10Ghana$1.91B2025
11Democratic Republic of the Congo$1.87B2025
12Tanzania$1.72B2025
13Algeria$1.53B2025
14Namibia$1.45B2025
15Zambia$1.29B2025
16Tunisia$1.17B2025
17Angola$1.15B2025
18Rwanda$967.46M2025
19Zimbabwe$965M2025
20Mali$843.75M2025
21Somalia$834M2025
22Libya$827.57M2025
23Mauritius$804.43M2025
24Mauritania$634.08M2025
25Cameroon$598.95M2025
26Republic of the Congo$596.29M2025
27Sudan$548.2M2023
28Liberia$500M2025
29Benin$481.66M2025
30Malawi$451.55M2025
31Gabon$378.81M2025
32Seychelles$339.78M2025
33Burkina Faso$311.88M2025
34Madagascar$304.45M2025
35Equatorial Guinea$293.85M2025
36Gambia$266.56M2025
37Niger$257.05M2025
38Togo$221.29M2025
39Sierra Leone$177.04M2025
40Cabo Verde$153.09M2025
41Djibouti$149.04M2025
42Eritrea$82.37M2025
43South Sudan$73M2025
44Burundi$67.59M2025
45Eswatini$45.42M2025
46Central African Republic$43.82M2025
47Senegal$36.58M2025
48Guinea-Bissau$33.57M2025
49Sao Tome and Principe$9.51M2025
50Comoros$9.2M2025
51Chad$4.3M2025
52Lesotho$-5.77M2025
53Botswana$-653.81M2025
54South Africa$-2.31B2025
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 54 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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