World Investment Report 2025: International Investment in the Digital Economy (Marketing Jurnali)

Summary

• Global foreign direct investment fell by 11% in 2024, to $1.5 trillion.p.5
• Reported FDI rose 4 per cent, from $1.45 trillion to $1.51 trillion, but excluding conduit flows it fell 11 per cent, from $1.67 trillion to $1.49 trillion.p.19
• FDI to developing countries remained stable at $867 billion, or 57 per cent of global FDI.p.21
• International project finance fell by 26 per cent, the steepest decline among FDI components.p.6
• More than $500 billion of greenfield investment in the digital economy went to developing countries over the past five years, heavily concentrated in a few countries.p.7
• Cross-border M&As increased by 14 per cent in 2024 to reach $443 billion, still below the long-term average.p.21
• Project values rose 107% in the digital economy and 140% in semiconductors.p.18

Key insights

1. Investment in energy and gas supply fell by 28 per cent in 2024, while project finance in renewable energy declined by 16 per cent.p.6
2. FDI inflows to Africa grew 75 per cent, driven by a single $35 billion development megaproject in Egypt.p.21
3. Greenfield project value stood at $1.3 trillion, the second-highest level on record.p.21
4. Europe's FDI inflows fell by 58% while North America's rose by 23%.p.22
5. The United States remained the largest home country of FDI outflows despite a 26 per cent decline.p.24
6. FDI outflows from Chinese MNEs declined by 8 per cent in 2024, falling to $163 billion.p.26
7. Global M&A deal value including domestic transactions rose by approximately 10 per cent to about $3 trillion.p.32
8. Projected capital expenditure in extractive greenfield projects almost halved in 2024 to $41 billion.p.32
9. Technology firms now account for more than 20 percent of the revenues of the top 100 MNEs.p.17
10. Among the top 10 highest-value greenfield projects announced in 2024, 4 were in semiconductor manufacturing, 3 of them in the United States.p.28