Foreign Direct Investment Flows to Jordan Increase by 27.7% During the First Three Quarters of 2025

SadaNews - The Central Bank of Jordan announced that foreign direct investment inflows into the Kingdom reached approximately 1.525 billion dollars during the first three quarters of 2025, marking a growth of 27.7% compared to the same period in 2024, when they amounted to 1.194 billion dollars.

According to preliminary balance of payments data, Arab countries accounted for 62% of the total inflows, led by the Gulf Cooperation Council countries at 29.4%. Saudi Arabia ranked first with 18.8%, followed by Kuwait (4.1%) and the UAE (3.7%). Among other Arab countries, Iraq topped the list with 11.5%.

Regarding European investments, they constituted 13.6% of the total foreign direct investment inflows, with 9.4% from EU countries and 2.9% from the United Kingdom, while the United States contributed 3.1%, and non-Arab Asian countries contributed 2.3%, with India leading at 1.5% and China at 0.3%.

In terms of sector distribution, the financial and insurance sector captured the largest share of foreign direct investments at 34.4%, followed by the manufacturing sector (10.7%), and transport, storage, and real estate activities at 7.4% each, and finally, the mining and quarrying sector (7.3%).

Investments by non-Jordanians in land and real estate amounted to approximately 202.8 million dollars, accounting for 13.3% of the total foreign direct investment inflows during the same period.