Afghanistan Foreign Direct Investment 1970-2025

Afghanistan foreign direct investment for 2021 was 20.60 million US dollars, a 58.83% increase from 2020.
  • Afghanistan foreign direct investment for 2020 was 12.97 million US dollars, a 44.58% decline from 2019.
  • Afghanistan foreign direct investment for 2019 was 23.40 million US dollars, a 80.4% decline from 2018.
  • Afghanistan foreign direct investment for 2018 was 119.44 million US dollars, a 131.76% increase from 2017.
Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.