Net inflows of foreign direct investment (investors taking a lasting stake in Indian businesses), balance-of-payments basis, in billions of US dollars by financial year.
| Period | Value | Status | Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 40.8 | ||
| 2024-25 | 27.1 | ||
| 2023-24 | 28.1 | ||
| 2022-23 | 49.9 | ||
| 2021-22 | 44.7 | ||
| 2020-21 | 64.4 | ||
| 2019-20 | 50.6 | ||
| 2018-19 | 42.1 | ||
| 2017-18 | 40.0 | ||
| 2016-17 | 44.5 | ||
| 2015-16 | 44.0 | ||
| 2014-15 | 34.6 | ||
| 2013-14 | 28.2 | ||
| 2012-13 | 24.0 | ||
| 2011-12 | 36.5 | ||
| 2010-11 | 27.4 | ||
| 2009-10 | 35.6 | ||
| 2008-09 | 43.4 | ||
| 2007-08 | 25.2 | ||
| 2006-07 | 20.0 | ||
| 2005-06 | 7.3 | ||
| 2004-05 | 5.4 | ||
| 2003-04 | 3.7 | ||
| 2002-03 | 5.2 | ||
| 2001-02 | 5.1 | ||
| 2000-01 | 3.6 | ||
| 1999-00 | 2.2 | ||
| 1998-99 | 2.6 | ||
| 1997-98 | 3.6 | ||
| 1996-97 | 2.4 | ||
| 1995-96 | 2.1 | ||
| 1994-95 | 1.0 | ||
| 1993-94 | 0.6 | ||
| 1992-93 | 0.3 | ||
| 1991-92 | 0.1 | ||
| 1990-91 | 0.2 | ||
| 1989-90 | 0.3 | ||
| 1988-89 | 0.1 | ||
| 1987-88 | 0.2 | ||
| 1986-87 | 0.1 | ||
| 1985-86 | 0.1 | ||
| 1984-85 | 0.0 | ||
| 1983-84 | 0.0 | ||
| 1982-83 | 0.1 | ||
| 1981-82 | 0.1 | ||
| 1980-81 | 0.1 | ||
| 1979-80 | 0.0 | ||
| 1978-79 | 0.0 | ||
| 1977-78 | 0.0 | ||
| 1976-77 | 0.0 | ||
| 1975-76 | 0.0 | ||
| 1974-75 | 0.1 | ||
| 1973-74 | 0.0 | ||
| 1972-73 | 0.0 | ||
| 1971-72 | 0.0 | ||
| 1970-71 | 0.0 |
FDI brings capital, technology and management, and is steadier than money that moves in and out of shares.
Net of money taken out by foreign owners, so a year of large exits can show a low figure. It is not the same as the gross FDI figures the government announces.