Monthly Report No. 5/2025 - FDI in Central, East and Southeast Europe
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Alexandra Bykova and Olga Pindyuk
wiiw Monthly Report No. 5, May 2025
35 pages including 10 Tables and 19 Figures
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FDI in Central, East and Southeast Europe
- Data availability and preliminary results for 2024
by Alexandra Bykova
According to preliminary data, FDI inflows to the CESEE region overall declined by around 25% last year. However, five EU-CEE countries, Western Balkans and Turkey attracted more investment than a year previously. Preliminary FDI data for 2024 are available from the wiiw FDI Database as a first FDI data release this year. Final FDI data for 2024 and the breakdown by partner and by economic activity for all countries will be released in November.
- An increasingly bleak outlook
by Olga Pindyuk
In 2024, the CESEE region experienced a sharper decline in inward FDI flows than the world on average. Turkey and the Western Balkans performed better than the rest of the region in attracting FDI. However, greenfield investment project announcements point to growing pessimism among investors in most of CESEE. Austria, Germany and China appear to be losing interest in investing in the region.
- Forecasts of main economic indicators for Central, East and Southeast Europe for 2025-2027
Reference to wiiw databases: wiiw Annual Database, wiiw Monthly Database, wiiw FDI Database
Keywords: FDI inflows, FDI outflows, greenfield FDI, FDI stocks, FDI by instrument of financing
Countries covered: Austria, CESEE, China, Germany
Research Areas: International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI