Monthly Report No. 5/2025 - FDI in Central, East and Southeast Europe

Alexandra Bykova and Olga Pindyuk

No 2025-05, wiiw Monthly Reports from The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw

Abstract: ​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

Keywords: FDI inflows; FDI outflows; greenfield FDI; FDI stocks; FDI by instrument of financing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages including 10 Tables and 19 Figures
Date: 2025-05
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