Foreign direct investment flows still influenced by the crisis

EU Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is still affected by the global financial and economic crisis. In 2010, EU outward flows decreased for the third consecutive year, down 62% compared with 2009. At the same time, EU inward flows decreased by 75%. Compared with the record peaks reached in 2007, outward flows have decreased five-fold and inward flows eight-fold. This publication gives an overview of EU FDI statistics for year-end stocks, annual flows and income. The analysis mainly covers 2007 to 2009, but in the case of flows provisional data for 2010 are included, based on annualised quarterly figures.