Net purchases of Indian shares by foreign investors (below the 10% threshold that makes an investment direct), in billions of US dollars by financial year.
| Period | Value | Status | Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | −18.5 | ||
| 2024-25 | −0.8 | ||
| 2023-24 | 21.4 | ||
| 2022-23 | −16.6 | ||
| 2021-22 | 5.2 | ||
| 2020-21 | 24.9 | ||
| 2019-20 | 13.8 | ||
| 2018-19 | −4.4 | ||
| 2017-18 | 5.9 | ||
| 2016-17 | 2.3 | ||
| 2015-16 | 1.9 | ||
| 2014-15 | 12.4 | ||
| 2013-14 | 19.9 | ||
| 2012-13 | 22.8 | ||
| 2011-12 | −4.0 | ||
| 2010-11 | 30.4 | ||
| 2009-10 | 24.7 | ||
| 2008-09 | −15.0 | ||
| 2007-08 | 32.9 | ||
| 2006-07 | 9.5 | ||
| 2005-06 | 12.2 | ||
| 2004-05 | 9.1 | ||
| 2003-04 | 8.2 | ||
| 2002-03 | 1.1 | ||
| 2001-02 | 2.9 | ||
| 2000-01 | 2.5 | ||
| 1999-00 | 2.3 | ||
| 1998-99 | −0.6 | ||
| 1997-98 | 2.6 | ||
| 1996-97 | 4.0 | ||
| 1995-96 | 1.6 | ||
| 1994-95 | 5.5 | ||
| 1993-94 | 1.4 | ||
| 1992-93 | 0.3 | ||
| 1991-92 | 0.0 | ||
| 1990-91 | 0.0 | ||
| 1989-90 | 0.0 | ||
| 1988-89 | 0.0 | ||
| 1987-88 | 0.0 | ||
| 1986-87 | 0.0 | ||
| 1985-86 | 0.0 | ||
| 1984-85 | 0.0 | ||
| 1983-84 | 0.0 | ||
| 1982-83 | 0.0 | ||
| 1981-82 | 0.0 | ||
| 1980-81 | 0.0 | ||
| 1979-80 | 0.0 | ||
| 1978-79 | 0.0 | ||
| 1977-78 | 0.0 | ||
| 1976-77 | 0.0 | ||
| 1975-76 | 0.0 |
This is the volatile part of foreign money, the 'hot money' that left in 2008-09 and again in 2022-23. It is why a rise in US rates can shake the rupee.
Annual net figures hide big swings inside the year. The World Bank's balance-of-payments definition, not the depositories' daily FPI data.