FDI flows to Arab countries amounted to $ 28.7 billion in 2017, decreased by 11.5 percent compared to $ 32.4 billion in 2016, despite the slight improvement in the attractiveness of the Arab countries in the investment attractiveness index this year compared to the previous year's index, according to the Arab Investment & Export Credit Guarantee (Daman).
According to the 33rd annual report of the investment climate in the Arab countries, Gulf countries ranked first in the Arab groups performance while the Arab East Countries ranked second and the Arab West countries ranked third and last low performing countries, with the performance of the four groups in the index improving slightly Compared to 2017.
The report also showed that Investment in Arab countries accounted for 2 percent of the world's total of $ 1430 billion in 2017, while foreign direct investment in a limited number of Arab countries continued to focus in 2017, with both the UAE and Egypt accounting for 62 percent of the total.
The FDI inflows to Arab countries rose to $ 871.3 billion and accounted for 2.8 percent of the global total of $ 31.5 trillion in 2017. In contrast, foreign direct investment flows from Arab countries recorded a decline of 11.7 percent to 32 percent Billion in 2017, with a 2.2 percent share of the world's $ 1430 billion.
The UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia respectively accounted for 86.6 percent of total inflows from the region in 2017. As for the FDI balances from Arab countries stood at $ 369.2 billion at the end of 2017, accounting for 1.2 percent of the world total, of $ 30.8 trillion last year.