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Foreign Investment. By geographical areas

Foreign Investment. By geographical areas Catalonia Value
Total OECD European Union (EU-27) North America Latin America Rest of America Asia and Oceania Africa Tax havens
Q4/2023 2,486.9 2,340.6 2,215.2 70.7 76.1 0.0 4.4 5.2 1.0
Q3/2023 1,283.7 1,173.3 1,148.8 20.2 18.8 4.7 16.6 0.1 4.9
Q2/2023 419.8 371.5 183.4 43.7 3.4 0.0 39.9 0.8 1.1
Q1/2023 453.6 387.0 238.7 25.1 4.8 4.2 52.8 0.0 4.5
Q4/2022 1,158.3 1,100.5 475.7 107.5 14.2 1.4 6.8 0.0 2.8
Q3/2022 953.8 871.7 724.2 43.6 10.3 0.0 36.2 0.3 4.7
Q2/2022 1,134.1 476.5 342.3 24.3 6.9 6.6 638.6 0.1 7.2
Q1/2022 681.5 591.0 406.4 162.8 16.0 7.3 16.0 0.0 7.4
Q4/2021 909.9 791.1 585.5 18.7 4.0 1.5 82.3 0.3 4.3
Q3/2021 563.9 495.2 337.6 36.0 97.3 0.0 66.5 0.2 0.0
Q2/2021 440.0 401.5 361.8 24.9 19.2 1.0 5.5 0.0 2.0
Q1/2021 974.7 877.4 722.3 113.4 2.2 67.9 11.2 0.0 72.0
Q4/2020 1,278.9 1,253.0 965.7 52.1 4.8 1.0 11.2 0.1 0.3
Q3/2020 558.8 479.2 367.8 3.6 2.4 0.0 68.7 0.1 0.0
Q2/2020 585.6 541.1 166.1 13.2 15.2 0.3 18.5 0.0 12.8
Q1/2020 698.0 641.9 281.1 12.4 10.3 0.0 362.7 0.5 3.5
Q4/2019 1,509.3 1,283.4 349.3 14.7 35.5 0.0 160.9 4.1 3.5
Q3/2019 475.8 441.8 336.9 11.2 20.5 2.6 8.4 1.5 3.7
Q2/2019 1,121.6 1,085.3 472.6 12.9 549.3 0.0 47.5 0.0 4.4
Q1/2019 739.9 685.5 567.4 11.0 3.9 0.5 96.0 6.5 6.8
Q4/2018 1,165.2 1,064.8 840.9 35.2 68.0 0.3 8.8 0.0 0.6
Q3/2018 2,133.8 2,097.3 1,970.6 36.1 4.1 2.3 56.9 1.0 3.7
Q2/2018 724.8 702.0 604.1 8.6 36.8 4.6 15.2 0.1 4.1
Q1/2018 396.5 347.2 275.8 18.2 7.0 0.1 29.4 0.1 0.0
Q4/2017 1,090.4 846.2 464.6 13.6 107.4 7.0 27.9 155.1 13.9
Q3/2017 543.9 517.6 339.8 16.4 11.6 2.5 27.4 0.8 2.0
Q2/2017 768.5 634.1 544.2 17.5 142.4 8.3 13.2 0.1 11.9
Q1/2017 1,030.8 937.4 879.9 4.7 7.5 0.0 1.9 0.7 3.3
Q4/2016 1,811.5 1,729.9 1,281.3 48.8 301.2 0.0 70.1 2.4 2.3
Q3/2016 5,124.1 4,973.2 4,079.9 43.8 746.0 0.0 140.3 0.0 7.0
Q2/2016 826.1 755.6 632.9 32.2 61.1 4.5 18.8 0.9 4.5
Q1/2016 543.5 502.6 422.4 35.1 19.5 5.3 12.6 2.2 4.3
Q4/2015 1,733.2 1,050.7 853.9 62.6 148.7 19.3 509.6 3.0 5.2
Q3/2015 1,185.5 1,027.2 975.2 16.2 20.6 1.1 119.2 5.0 0.9
Q2/2015 1,875.1 1,817.1 1,267.6 53.6 195.3 2.9 33.2 3.2 6.3
Q1/2015 701.2 530.9 410.4 46.0 17.1 0.1 120.4 1.0 0.8
Q4/2014 1,974.4 1,910.8 1,056.3 19.8 512.6 16.9 113.4 0.1 15.1
Q3/2014 577.4 545.5 514.1 4.7 6.2 3.5 5.9 0.0 0.7
Q2/2014 245.5 229.5 181.8 34.2 3.4 1.8 7.1 0.0 1.7
Q1/2014 267.3 247.1 211.1 9.9 2.9 0.8 24.3 0.2 0.3
Q4/2013 1,536.6 1,467.7 1,185.2 155.0 26.8 13.9 14.2 1.6 1.6
Q3/2013 743.1 586.3 573.0 3.3 3.4 129.8 14.0 0.0 1.6
Q2/2013 905.0 876.1 656.6 14.3 95.2 4.8 5.8 0.7 0.1
Q1/2013 478.2 438.7 203.6 112.9 4.5 0.0 54.0 0.1 0.2
Q4/2012 1,360.3 1,267.9 1,128.6 27.1 46.8 5.3 17.8 0.0 9.1
Q3/2012 178.4 130.8 104.9 0.5 44.4 1.2 11.1 0.0 0.1
Q2/2012 902.3 848.0 512.4 3.4 5.2 16.3 17.1 0.0 9.6
Q1/2012 300.7 182.9 177.1 10.1 23.0 3.3 17.1 0.0 44.0
Q4/2011 1,494.7 1,453.9 1,413.3 10.8 5.7 14.9 3.2 0.0 1.3
Q3/2011 171.2 149.0 138.4 0.7 7.9 2.3 2.5 0.0 4.2
Q2/2011 692.1 575.4 499.2 4.6 5.0 39.7 16.4 0.3 27.2
Q1/2011 774.1 757.9 299.6 2.7 4.6 1.8 6.6 0.6 1.2
Q4/2010 1,157.5 1,134.0 1,031.4 13.0 9.8 5.0 1.6 0.0 1.2
Q3/2010 2,850.8 2,841.3 2,378.5 7.6 1.5 0.5 2.5 0.2 1.0
Q2/2010 693.5 667.1 643.7 7.4 9.5 1.1 1.0 0.5 1.2
Q1/2010 188.7 161.9 91.5 33.8 0.2 2.0 1.3 1.8 2.1
Q4/2009 792.2 760.5 569.9 13.6 9.1 3.8 5.4 0.0 5.4
Q3/2009 185.0 149.0 101.6 19.4 6.5 0.3 4.9 1.7 0.4
Q2/2009 409.8 392.3 323.9 9.4 5.8 1.1 6.4 0.0 2.9
Q1/2009 192.0 157.7 134.6 7.0 21.7 2.5 4.0 4.6 2.6
Q4/2008 838.6 774.7 705.4 4.8 34.8 3.8 10.5 0.0 15.3
Q3/2008 425.1 392.4 372.2 5.7 8.4 0.1 4.5 0.0 0.5
Q2/2008 1,078.9 1,057.4 1,002.6 8.8 16.9 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.0
Q1/2008 650.0 632.9 616.8 8.8 5.6 0.3 5.0 0.0 0.8
Q4/2007 1,052.8 1,010.7 935.1 40.3 5.2 2.6 8.3 1.6 10.0
Q3/2007 480.1 445.5 402.6 7.9 13.2 1.1 1.6 1.5 2.6
Q2/2007 364.5 355.4 265.5 33.5 3.4 1.0 0.5 0.1 1.1
Q1/2007 744.2 734.9 166.4 8.2 0.4 0.1 3.1 0.1 0.1
Q4/2006 459.5 441.3 295.3 4.5 10.5 0.0 19.2 0.1 0.0
Q3/2006 1,203.9 1,185.3 894.2 1.6 2.9 1.0 4.5 0.5 5.6
Q2/2006 417.7 409.0 220.5 3.0 1.9 1.6 0.1 0.0 1.7
Q1/2006 588.4 569.4 427.7 64.3 2.8 7.0 8.8 0.0 8.5
Q4/2005 700.1 667.1 599.2 15.5 12.7 1.1 0.3 0.4 9.3
Q3/2005 558.9 543.1 211.7 304.6 3.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.1
Q2/2005 503.4 483.8 439.9 4.4 11.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 1.5
Q1/2005 496.6 488.4 415.8 2.9 3.4 0.3 1.4 0.1 0.4
Q4/2004 474.5 462.8 402.9 13.2 4.3 0.0 0.5 1.5 0.7
Q3/2004 424.4 237.7 216.1 3.9 183.8 0.6 11.9 0.2 0.5
Q2/2004 403.7 364.5 203.1 135.0 16.4 0.2 17.3 0.2 0.6
Q1/2004 295.0 283.0 177.4 69.9 2.2 0.6 12.3 0.5 1.6
Q4/2003 342.1 304.8 243.4 6.5 23.7 1.0 1.8 0.0 1.7
Q3/2003 310.0 297.8 224.7 20.7 8.5 0.5 44.7 0.1 0.6
Q2/2003 301.8 289.0 227.6 45.2 8.7 0.7 1.1 0.0 1.3
Q1/2003 367.1 346.4 285.1 24.9 14.9 1.1 0.4 0.0 1.2
Q4/2002 561.4 524.5 342.8 16.1 17.0 1.0 26.5 0.5 1.3
Q3/2002 349.5 324.6 297.9 10.5 2.7 1.3 1.1 0.0 19.1
Q2/2002 445.2 427.8 385.8 13.3 8.0 1.0 0.7 0.0 0.6
Q1/2002 786.7 773.8 728.5 5.0 7.8 1.4 0.4 0.0 2.1
Q4/2001 1,157.0 1,128.4 1,004.2 52.0 12.2 0.2 10.0 0.0 3.7
Q3/2001 603.0 597.4 526.1 32.3 2.4 1.0 0.1 0.1 1.5
Q2/2001 886.0 873.6 830.7 6.8 4.5 1.2 7.8 0.6 3.7
Q1/2001 678.6 667.1 628.5 7.1 2.7 1.0 4.4 3.0 3.4
Q4/2000 1,030.7 1,008.4 740.3 28.5 8.5 1.8 9.9 0.5 3.2
Q3/2000 546.6 531.7 390.0 91.4 30.5 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.5
Q2/2000 815.9 802.5 698.3 6.2 9.0 0.5 2.1 0.5 2.1
Q1/2000 284.8 275.7 251.7 4.9 2.2 1.3 1.7 1.2 2.4
Q4/1999 475.4 461.9 324.7 3.8 3.6 3.1 2.8 0.0 5.2
Q3/1999 261.0 246.7 187.5 21.3 4.5 0.7 1.4 0.1 3.1
Q2/1999 652.7 627.9 483.5 67.2 2.5 16.2 8.4 0.0 12.8
Q1/1999 481.7 473.5 373.5 6.8 3.7 2.0 3.1 0.0 2.3
Q4/1998 625.3 608.7 459.6 4.7 1.9 2.2 29.0 0.5 9.7
Q3/1998 295.8 254.6 172.9 8.5 4.0 0.6 0.3 0.2 32.9
Q2/1998 504.8 483.3 396.7 12.5 3.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 10.5
Q1/1998 538.9 532.4 298.7 24.4 1.2 0.1 175.7 0.1 1.1
Q4/1997 388.0 369.7 264.6 55.7 6.7 1.1 19.2 0.4 2.5
Q3/1997 654.8 627.2 510.8 79.6 3.1 1.6 0.4 0.1 19.9
Q2/1997 283.5 275.4 179.7 65.9 4.9 0.1 6.2 0.0 0.7
Q1/1997 160.5 153.6 71.9 6.9 3.8 0.1 2.4 0.0 1.4
Q4/1996 424.2 411.1 209.1 12.5 5.7 0.3 149.7 0.0 1.7
Q3/1996 317.1 310.6 252.9 22.8 1.1 0.0 11.0 0.0 2.6
Q2/1996 304.2 299.2 230.2 9.7 1.8 0.0 9.7 0.0 1.5
Q1/1996 360.9 355.6 258.5 67.4 1.3 0.1 1.1 0.0 1.5
Q4/1995 349.6 338.1 218.3 40.0 1.4 2.8 12.2 0.0 2.0
Q3/1995 334.1 320.6 245.6 9.9 0.5 5.3 0.5 0.0 8.3
Q2/1995 287.0 276.8 109.9 38.1 3.1 0.7 1.8 0.0 1.3
Q1/1995 245.1 239.3 131.7 23.1 1.9 1.4 4.9 0.0 0.7
Q4/1994 420.7 412.8 294.2 15.7 3.9 1.9 10.1 0.0 0.9
Q3/1994 632.9 619.0 493.1 24.6 0.7 2.5 15.5 0.0 2.0
Q2/1994 761.0 753.9 647.6 58.6 1.1 0.3 2.9 0.0 0.7
Q1/1994 347.5 338.1 174.3 14.7 5.8 1.3 2.3 0.0 1.3
Q4/1993 353.0 338.3 249.0 22.7 7.3 1.8 12.1 0.0 2.5
Q3/1993 381.1 369.7 274.5 8.7 0.5 0.0 10.0 0.1 0.8
Q2/1993 277.0 250.2 145.7 45.2 5.0 0.5 17.6 0.1 2.4
Q1/1993 384.8 380.9 230.1 15.9 2.0 0.6 33.0 0.2 1.2
Units: Millions of euros.
Source:
Q1/1993-Q3/2022: Idescat, based on data from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism.
Q4/2022-Q4/2023: Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business
Notes:
The total is not equal to the sum of the areas shown as some countries are in more than one area.
Provisional data.
Foreign Investment. By geographical areas Spain Value
Total OECD European Union (EU-27) North America Latin America Rest of America Asia and Oceania Africa Tax havens
Q4/2023 9,548.8 9,102.6 5,501.8 1,246.9 557.5 26.1 206.1 8.5 11.4
Q3/2023 6,282.7 6,000.6 4,739.3 137.8 204.5 43.4 98.9 3.7 49.7
Q2/2023 2,300.4 2,049.5 1,132.0 118.7 174.9 1.0 108.1 63.2 5.2
Q1/2023 10,083.0 9,869.9 8,826.3 143.3 442.3 22.4 138.8 15.7 19.5
Q4/2022 10,578.7 10,126.0 8,466.4 204.4 239.2 12.8 214.6 19.6 8.4
Q3/2022 7,444.3 7,329.0 5,565.6 150.7 80.7 52.4 93.3 8.8 64.1
Q2/2022 8,223.6 7,269.0 3,919.2 1,895.1 113.6 8.8 799.8 85.1 19.6
Q1/2022 8,247.3 8,097.4 5,386.9 720.8 79.0 19.2 174.8 1.7 17.3
Q4/2021 15,253.4 14,796.1 12,679.4 215.6 486.9 12.6 305.3 16.6 16.4
Q3/2021 6,508.0 5,956.9 4,638.1 146.7 586.3 2.3 693.7 1.0 15.6
Q2/2021 4,469.9 4,316.4 2,776.6 1,261.5 108.7 13.9 43.8 0.9 5.9
Q1/2021 3,911.5 3,747.2 2,940.0 167.2 55.4 68.1 48.0 4.9 82.6
Q4/2020 11,930.4 11,215.2 7,759.7 448.7 592.4 32.3 584.8 8.6 40.7
Q3/2020 5,432.3 5,143.1 2,758.3 79.3 179.5 1.9 223.2 0.9 6.1
Q2/2020 6,384.4 6,018.4 1,817.9 148.4 82.0 0.3 503.1 0.1 19.9
Q1/2020 3,444.8 3,229.7 2,234.9 83.0 89.4 12.7 619.9 3.9 16.2
Q4/2019 7,499.8 6,829.4 4,708.5 249.5 259.1 4.9 359.5 5.9 34.1
Q3/2019 4,612.0 4,275.4 3,288.0 312.5 93.4 9.6 320.4 70.2 11.2
Q2/2019 5,274.1 5,074.8 3,303.2 241.1 864.8 26.3 151.1 0.6 62.9
Q1/2019 7,451.0 7,179.3 5,901.1 98.6 353.7 6.0 156.7 8.3 19.2
Q4/2018 14,853.0 12,594.4 8,379.2 414.5 450.3 57.2 4,646.2 122.5 47.3
Q3/2018 12,272.3 11,854.1 10,856.7 389.6 79.0 17.3 258.8 123.1 18.5
Q2/2018 20,530.0 19,565.0 18,450.8 51.6 302.2 153.9 660.8 44.4 157.9
Q1/2018 7,916.5 6,467.5 5,999.3 143.3 73.0 128.1 1,105.0 12.8 147.0
Q4/2017 8,664.9 7,404.4 5,133.2 167.4 472.2 11.5 698.7 197.7 16.5
Q3/2017 5,228.6 5,057.0 4,326.6 89.4 127.3 3.1 58.2 4.4 9.6
Q2/2017 6,548.8 5,080.1 4,410.4 51.3 1,055.7 23.1 162.1 105.6 25.3
Q1/2017 7,916.3 7,675.0 4,982.7 1,813.2 226.6 10.5 47.5 0.9 15.2
Q4/2016 8,790.6 7,649.5 5,265.7 138.9 616.8 30.0 1,383.8 4.8 12.3
Q3/2016 8,205.6 7,649.3 6,046.6 88.5 1,074.1 30.8 180.5 32.0 33.5
Q2/2016 6,467.6 6,210.9 5,127.6 203.6 656.7 19.1 103.5 12.7 63.1
Q1/2016 3,652.5 3,167.3 2,511.0 232.3 172.8 23.8 321.7 7.0 26.2
Q4/2015 8,192.7 6,477.7 5,735.1 109.8 819.3 68.2 801.3 7.0 78.9
Q3/2015 7,639.6 7,280.8 6,585.9 207.6 201.3 24.5 334.9 5.7 20.6
Q2/2015 6,985.0 6,689.6 5,199.5 85.0 636.5 69.5 402.3 4.9 64.1
Q1/2015 2,617.7 2,364.2 1,816.3 103.2 175.6 11.7 138.7 1.5 16.4
Q4/2014 8,605.8 7,819.8 5,607.8 482.4 751.4 56.2 600.7 9.5 42.4
Q3/2014 6,546.7 4,914.8 4,160.2 49.9 1,964.5 12.6 178.5 0.2 35.8
Q2/2014 3,373.0 3,113.5 2,255.8 355.4 141.7 16.8 90.9 27.3 54.7
Q1/2014 2,401.5 1,973.7 1,432.6 98.4 286.3 14.2 398.6 1.0 38.6
Q4/2013 7,036.2 6,229.3 4,880.3 358.8 399.7 63.2 67.2 107.8 290.6
Q3/2013 3,440.2 3,126.3 2,811.3 42.0 81.3 164.3 148.6 4.2 23.6
Q2/2013 4,430.0 3,957.5 3,250.4 40.2 370.5 20.0 69.9 138.6 22.9
Q1/2013 2,383.0 2,273.6 1,752.6 129.6 95.5 17.4 65.1 1.7 7.7
Q4/2012 6,287.0 5,511.1 4,363.1 90.8 1,135.5 12.9 66.8 10.7 28.9
Q3/2012 1,973.5 1,673.7 1,303.5 164.4 173.0 3.0 149.1 0.3 13.0
Q2/2012 3,018.8 2,880.1 1,801.1 266.0 49.8 24.7 400.7 12.2 32.3
Q1/2012 3,636.1 2,686.4 2,569.4 24.8 798.5 19.0 70.2 6.2 61.3
Q4/2011 4,850.3 4,637.3 4,212.3 37.0 63.8 33.0 46.0 6.8 31.1
Q3/2011 8,368.1 3,934.4 2,654.4 56.4 67.7 7.1 4,225.7 1.1 37.2
Q2/2011 5,028.3 4,769.3 2,939.7 235.2 89.7 53.5 52.4 0.3 56.4
Q1/2011 10,871.0 10,672.4 5,482.1 19.3 36.2 51.1 80.0 4.1 54.6
Q4/2010 4,036.6 3,707.8 3,263.7 45.2 125.5 17.1 25.6 1.3 13.9
Q3/2010 3,952.9 3,864.0 3,137.0 75.9 88.9 11.6 64.2 1.6 46.8
Q2/2010 1,971.7 1,856.9 1,705.6 72.3 60.6 5.0 34.1 1.0 20.6
Q1/2010 2,653.3 2,547.4 1,751.0 122.5 76.1 11.1 54.4 2.9 13.5
Q4/2009 3,521.2 3,361.7 2,618.3 49.9 109.7 21.9 81.6 9.0 44.5
Q3/2009 5,189.0 1,586.0 1,361.7 101.7 225.2 11.8 3,326.4 5.1 25.2
Q2/2009 2,738.9 2,579.0 2,311.5 22.3 140.0 10.6 26.4 1.2 20.2
Q1/2009 1,332.9 1,228.3 980.2 22.8 87.8 4.0 116.6 5.0 10.5
Q4/2008 2,277.9 2,115.8 1,842.6 56.4 75.0 16.9 43.1 1.1 38.5
Q3/2008 1,826.7 1,689.4 1,502.4 22.9 54.5 4.3 22.3 39.6 8.6
Q2/2008 10,049.7 9,874.4 9,492.0 76.0 55.1 5.5 21.3 100.2 19.4
Q1/2008 16,057.5 15,959.3 2,908.4 19.9 39.1 9.4 23.1 3.2 23.1
Q4/2007 22,755.7 22,521.1 21,217.1 96.2 73.3 15.6 18.1 103.0 34.7
Q3/2007 3,102.0 3,008.2 2,369.3 42.8 79.4 2.1 14.4 4.7 12.7
Q2/2007 2,399.7 2,342.2 2,107.9 91.9 22.8 8.7 9.7 3.1 20.1
Q1/2007 1,957.2 1,755.3 966.8 101.1 216.8 6.0 17.5 0.6 13.7
Q4/2006 2,729.6 2,381.5 1,999.7 101.1 218.2 22.6 45.6 82.9 37.3
Q3/2006 2,393.2 2,287.7 1,614.7 11.7 80.3 17.1 9.7 2.9 24.3
Q2/2006 1,749.9 1,690.5 1,273.4 30.3 47.5 6.2 7.7 0.4 8.8
Q1/2006 2,999.5 2,909.8 2,340.3 368.6 42.5 23.0 19.8 1.0 45.4
Q4/2005 9,153.4 9,035.6 8,201.0 195.7 117.2 17.8 7.1 1.5 38.6
Q3/2005 2,354.9 2,248.8 1,445.5 603.0 79.5 3.6 16.5 1.3 12.3
Q2/2005 1,223.5 1,131.3 857.9 58.5 50.2 6.0 10.3 2.8 41.6
Q1/2005 1,174.2 1,113.8 886.0 27.3 31.6 13.2 38.5 5.0 20.8
Q4/2004 3,971.9 3,854.0 3,487.8 128.8 50.6 5.0 31.0 5.9 52.1
Q3/2004 1,617.5 1,352.6 1,118.6 93.2 228.5 4.4 36.4 1.9 30.5
Q2/2004 3,184.5 3,067.5 1,213.7 147.2 70.6 12.7 26.2 1.7 22.9
Q1/2004 1,411.4 1,337.6 934.0 228.8 39.6 12.5 18.5 4.0 21.3
Q4/2003 2,566.1 2,456.3 2,109.9 155.2 76.0 13.2 4.8 4.1 28.8
Q3/2003 1,289.2 1,228.5 1,039.6 56.8 39.7 2.5 57.9 0.3 20.7
Q2/2003 2,177.7 2,046.1 1,723.4 147.2 43.8 29.4 42.4 0.4 52.5
Q1/2003 3,865.5 3,790.7 1,500.6 147.8 36.1 8.9 16.8 0.1 38.6
Q4/2002 3,109.1 2,963.6 2,507.2 64.9 103.4 13.2 44.4 3.7 34.9
Q3/2002 3,135.3 3,000.6 2,627.0 94.6 29.3 6.6 136.5 0.4 43.7
Q2/2002 2,424.3 2,345.2 1,492.3 68.3 44.1 8.4 5.2 3.3 20.0
Q1/2002 2,963.4 2,911.3 2,683.4 72.0 34.5 7.6 3.8 0.2 12.4
Q4/2001 3,851.3 3,674.6 2,602.6 162.7 60.3 5.6 30.9 1.6 106.2
Q3/2001 2,270.6 2,219.6 1,324.4 96.9 28.0 7.6 1.4 1.2 19.1
Q2/2001 4,239.5 4,158.6 3,743.1 261.7 38.7 26.4 23.9 2.0 42.2
Q1/2001 5,179.8 5,078.6 4,758.2 137.6 41.4 22.3 17.2 15.5 38.4
Q4/2000 16,359.6 16,256.0 2,197.5 226.4 60.8 35.5 29.3 4.4 33.7
Q3/2000 2,914.2 2,840.7 1,867.5 293.0 73.1 4.0 2.7 0.3 15.0
Q2/2000 4,207.8 3,973.9 2,992.2 229.8 29.2 142.6 16.1 2.4 201.6
Q1/2000 2,599.0 2,546.8 1,409.9 112.6 27.0 7.1 2.5 2.3 21.2
Q4/1999 4,111.3 3,972.8 2,432.8 1,010.5 71.0 41.9 19.8 2.4 52.1
Q3/1999 2,581.3 2,535.0 2,177.9 103.4 35.8 6.5 7.8 4.9 21.5
Q2/1999 2,914.8 2,852.7 1,271.0 127.9 31.5 25.5 9.3 0.8 29.6
Q1/1999 1,885.9 1,840.7 1,182.3 354.3 30.7 3.7 8.0 0.2 14.3
Q4/1998 2,975.2 2,818.3 2,127.5 145.8 118.8 7.1 55.6 7.7 48.7
Q3/1998 1,935.8 1,843.6 1,394.1 189.9 24.8 21.3 5.5 2.1 60.2
Q2/1998 2,187.0 2,111.9 1,798.8 85.9 33.1 2.7 5.9 0.7 36.0
Q1/1998 1,867.2 1,820.2 1,136.6 341.3 23.9 4.3 180.5 0.4 18.4
Q4/1997 2,406.2 2,324.8 1,901.5 167.4 47.6 8.8 28.2 1.0 33.3
Q3/1997 1,506.7 1,422.9 1,114.5 114.4 37.4 8.3 2.3 0.8 56.9
Q2/1997 1,140.2 1,093.2 805.1 156.5 32.2 9.4 19.2 0.6 11.3
Q1/1997 712.6 679.3 449.0 91.4 21.8 1.8 7.7 0.0 8.8
Q4/1996 2,265.3 2,216.2 1,585.3 208.0 28.2 3.1 152.4 0.4 15.8
Q3/1996 917.0 858.0 641.0 67.3 23.8 6.6 73.6 2.1 29.1
Q2/1996 1,356.5 1,292.1 873.2 134.6 25.1 11.3 31.9 3.2 30.2
Q1/1996 1,058.5 1,027.8 700.4 165.8 13.2 3.7 8.9 0.9 15.7
Q4/1995 2,391.6 2,283.9 1,871.0 169.0 48.8 24.4 21.8 2.1 33.8
Q3/1995 810.2 762.6 599.2 54.3 11.7 7.6 11.2 0.1 27.4
Q2/1995 984.6 932.6 608.7 126.6 30.2 4.8 8.1 1.7 14.3
Q1/1995 1,210.8 1,157.2 733.7 166.0 36.6 9.0 9.0 1.1 11.5
Q4/1994 1,811.2 1,745.6 1,281.6 149.0 40.3 10.4 23.5 0.2 22.5
Q3/1994 1,572.0 1,497.7 1,028.4 107.1 27.4 20.7 42.6 0.1 18.6
Q2/1994 1,884.3 1,839.6 1,437.4 142.3 18.0 12.4 81.2 1.1 20.1
Q1/1994 1,198.3 1,129.1 769.8 112.9 24.8 18.3 9.4 0.5 17.7
Q4/1993 1,620.8 1,519.0 957.9 105.2 52.6 15.1 26.9 10.5 39.3
Q3/1993 1,354.3 1,311.7 896.6 112.0 27.3 5.5 28.3 0.2 10.5
Q2/1993 1,216.3 1,167.3 797.4 121.3 36.6 3.9 32.3 2.3 12.7
Q1/1993 1,229.8 1,183.6 664.8 207.2 24.8 10.9 63.2 1.0 20.7
Units: Millions of euros.
Source:
Q1/1993-Q3/2022: Idescat, based on data from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism.
Q4/2022-Q4/2023: Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business
Notes:
The total is not equal to the sum of the areas shown as some countries are in more than one area.
Provisional data.

Last update: March 21, 2024. Next update: June 20, 2024

Methodological note

The definition of direct foreign investment basically follows the recommendations of the International Monetary Fund (5th Balance of Payments Manual) and the OCDE (Benchmark Definition).

The data is based on that declared by investors pursuant to Act 19/2003, dated 4 July, on the legal system for capital movements and economic transactions abroad and measures to prevent money laundering, and the regulations that further implement it (Royal Decree 664/1999, Ministerial Order dated 28 May 2001 and Ministerial Ruling dated 21 February 2002). They do not include financing between companies, reinvested profits (save in the case of capitalisation of loans and/or profits) and investment in real estate.

Gross investment includes direct investment declared to the Foreign Investment Registry (FIR) of non-residents which entails:

  • holdings in unlisted Spanish companies
  • holdings of more than 10% in listed Spanish companies
  • setting up or expansion of branches of foreign companies
  • other forms of investment in organisations or contracts registered in Spain (foundations, cooperatives, economic interest groupings), in which invested capital is greater than EUR 3,005,060.52

Excluded from the data are foreign share holding companies (ETVEs). ETVEs are holding companies set up in Spain whose sole purpose is to hold shares in companies located abroad.

Data by geographical areas refer to the immediate country of origin of the investment. Immediate country means the place where the direct holder of the investment is resident.

Foreign investment is obtained from official data published by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism from the Statistics on Foreign Investment in Spain and Spanish Investment Abroad. The data are provisional, given that in the corresponding quarterly updates, information referring to previous periods is modified as a result of operations which were declared in the last period but carried out prior to this.

For each new period published, Idescat updates and reviews the information published by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism for the last 10 years.