In 2023, about 10.3 percent of direct investment (FDI) from China to the 27 EU countries and the United Kingdom went to the UK, down from 29.8 percent in the previous year. In 2023, FDI from China in Europe was concentrated in Hungary, France, Germany, and UK.
Value distribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) to EU-27 and UK from China between 2017 and 2023, by country group
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Eastern Europe includes Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.
Southern Europe includes Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain.
Northern Europe includes Estonia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Sweden.
The source used transaction-based data to calculate FDI values. These figures vary from official Chinese outbound FDI data, but might be more representative for actual investment flows.
Figures for earlier years have been taken from previous publications.
Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.
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MERICS. (June 6, 2024). Value distribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) to EU-27 and UK from China between 2017 and 2023, by country group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 29, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084352/china-foreign-direct-investment-to-eu-by-region/
MERICS. "Value distribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) to EU-27 and UK from China between 2017 and 2023, by country group." Chart. June 6, 2024. Statista. Accessed April 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084352/china-foreign-direct-investment-to-eu-by-region/
MERICS. (2024). Value distribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) to EU-27 and UK from China between 2017 and 2023, by country group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084352/china-foreign-direct-investment-to-eu-by-region/
MERICS. "Value Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment (Fdi) to Eu-27 and Uk from China between 2017 and 2023, by Country Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084352/china-foreign-direct-investment-to-eu-by-region/
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