Amman, Sep. 30 (Petra) – Preliminary data from the balance of payments indicate that foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Jordan during the first half of 2025 reached approximately $1.05 billion, equivalent to 4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). This reflects a 36.4 percent increase compared to $769.8 million, or 3.1 percent of GDP, in the same period of 2024.
Arab countries accounted for 61.8 percent of total FDI inflows, led by Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations, which represented 35.6 percent. Saudi Arabia contributed 26 percent, followed by Bahrain at 4.8 percent, the United Arab Emirates at 2.8 percent, while Iraq accounted for 12.1 percent of the total from other Arab states.
European countries contributed 16.9 percent of the FDI, including 13.4 percent from European Union members, 2.6 percent from the United Kingdom, and 2.1 percent from the United States. Non-Arab Asian countries represented 2.5 percent, led by India with 1.3 percent and China with 0.8 percent. Other countries combined accounted for 16.7 percent of the total inflows.
By economic sector, finance and insurance led the FDI with 37.5 percent of inflows, followed by real estate at 11.5 percent, transportation and storage at 6.9 percent, manufacturing at 6.7 percent, mining and quarrying each at 6.7 percent and 6.6 percent respectively, and construction at 4.1 percent. Non-Jordanian individual investments in land and real estate accounted for 12.2 percent of total FDI inflows.
//Petra// AJ
