Iceland Foreign Direct Investment (% of GDP)
Long-term investment into the country by foreign companies and investors, such as building factories or buying a lasting stake in a business.
−2.2%
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1970 to 2025
Source: World Bank BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · foreign direct investment, net inflows, % of GDP, annual.
Iceland Foreign Direct Investment (% of GDP) in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Iceland, the foreign direct investment fell by 11.2pp in 2025, from 9.1% in 2024.
It is the lowest reading since 2020.
Over the past five years it has ranged from −4.0% in 2020 to 9.1% in 2024.
Its average since 1970 is 2.1%, and the latest reading is below that.
Iceland is 40th of 40 countries in our Foreign Direct Investment by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- World Bank
- Series
- BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2025
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-10-16. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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