Preliminary balance of payments data showed that foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to the Kingdom during the first half of 2025 reached approximately $1,050.0 million, representing 4.0% of GDP, achieving a growth of 36.4% compared to the same period in 2024, which recorded $769.8 million or 3.1% of GDP.
Arab countries accounted for 61.8% of the total inflows, led by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries with about 35.6% of these investments. Saudi Arabia ranked first with 26.0% of total inflows, followed by Bahrain (4.8%), then the United Arab Emirates (2.8%). Among other Arab countries, Iraq led with 12.1% of these investments.
European countries represented 16.9% of FDI inflows to the Kingdom during the first half of 2025, including 13.4% from European Union countries and 2.6% from the United Kingdom. The United States contributed 2.1%, while non-Arab Asian countries accounted for 2.5%, led by India with 1.3% and China with 0.8%. Other countries combined made up 16.7% of total FDI inflows during the first half of 2025.
Regarding the distribution of FDI by economic activity, the “Finance and Insurance” sector accounted for 37.5% of FDI inflows to the Kingdom during the first half of 2025, followed by “Real Estate” activities (11.5%), then “Transportation and Storage” (6.9%), followed by “Manufacturing” (6.7%), “Mining and Quarrying” (6.6%), and finally “Construction and Building” activities which formed 4.1% of total inflows.
Investments by non-Jordanian individuals in land and real estate represented 12.2% of total FDI inflows to the Kingdom during the first half of 2025.
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