In 2023, the U.S. investments made in Germany were valued at approximately 193.18 billion U.S. dollars. The total direct position of the United States abroad amounted to 6.68 trillion U.S. dollars in that year.
Foreign direct investment position of the United States in Germany from 2000 to 2023
(in billion U.S. dollars, on a historical-cost basis)
Characteristic
Direct investments in billion U.S. dollars
2023
193.18
2022
178.6
2021
162.11
2020
152.28
2019
139.46
2018
134.79
2017
132.6
2016
129.99
2015
120.52
2014
114.42
2013
111.72
2012
121.07
2011
119.65
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In accounting, historical cost is the original monetary value of an economic item. Historical cost is based on the stable measuring unit assumption. In some circumstances, assets and liabilities may be shown at their historical cost, as if there had been no change in value since the date of acquisition.
U.S. direct investment abroad is defined as ownership by a U.S. investor of at least 10 percent of a foreign business. The direct investor is known as a U.S. parent, and the U.S.-owned foreign business is known as a foreign affiliate. International transactions statistics cover the foreign affiliates’ transactions with their U.S. parents, so these statistics focus on the U.S. parent’s share, or interest, in its affiliates rather than on the affiliates’ overall size or level of operations. The major items include capital flows, which measure the funds that U.S. parents provide to their foreign affiliates, and income, which measures the return on those funds. Direct investment position statistics are stocks and are cumulative; they measure the total outstanding level of U.S. direct investment abroad at year end.
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BEA. (August 1, 2024). Foreign direct investment position of the United States in Germany from 2000 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars, on a historical-cost basis) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/188615/united-states-direct-investments-in-germany-since-2000/
BEA. "Foreign direct investment position of the United States in Germany from 2000 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars, on a historical-cost basis)." Chart. August 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188615/united-states-direct-investments-in-germany-since-2000/
BEA. (2024). Foreign direct investment position of the United States in Germany from 2000 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars, on a historical-cost basis). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188615/united-states-direct-investments-in-germany-since-2000/
BEA. "Foreign Direct Investment Position of The United States in Germany from 2000 to 2023 (in Billion U.S. Dollars, on a Historical-cost Basis)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188615/united-states-direct-investments-in-germany-since-2000/
BEA, Foreign direct investment position of the United States in Germany from 2000 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars, on a historical-cost basis) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188615/united-states-direct-investments-in-germany-since-2000/ (last visited May 15, 2025)
Foreign direct investment position of the United States in Germany from 2000 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars, on a historical-cost basis) [Graph], BEA, August 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/188615/united-states-direct-investments-in-germany-since-2000/
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