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Global Investment Trends Monitor
January 30 , 2026
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- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released the report Global Investment Trends Monitor for 2024.
- Global foreign direct investment (FDI) rose 14% in 2025 to $1.6 trillion.
- More than $140 billion of the increase in global FDI came from higher flows through global financial centres.
- FDI flows to developed economies jumped 43% to $728 billion in 2025.
- The European Union recorded a 56% increase.
- But flows to developing economies declined by 2% to $877 billion, accounting for 55% of global FDI.
- UNCTAD is a UN body established in 1964 with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
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