Spain ranked 13th in the list of regions receiving foreign investment in 2022, up 6 places from 19th place the previous year. According to the latest report on global investment released this Wednesday by United Nations Trade and Development Agencyo (UNCTAD) Spain increased its market share in attracting foreign investment by 58.5% to $34,811 million in 2022, while worldwide this flow fell 12.4% (about $1.3 trillion). The UN agency expects the “downward pressure” of foreign direct investment to continue around the world by 2023.
Regions attracting the most foreign investment in 2022 United States of America (285,057 million), Chinese (189.132 million), Singapore (141.211 million) and Hong Kong (117,725 million). They are followed on the list Brazil, Australia, Canada, India, Sweden, British Virgin Islands, France (36.413 million), Mexican (35,291 million) and Spain ($34,811.1 million). Thus, in 2022, it succeeded in getting ahead of countries such as Spain. Korea, Japan, Luxembourg, Cayman Islands, Poland, Russia, Germany or South AfricaReceiving more foreign investment from the Spanish economy in 2021. Actually, in 2022, Germany barely attracted $11,053 million in foreign investment (four times less than in the previous year), and Russia In the year the war broke out in Ukraine, it had an outflow of 18,681 million (after receiving more than 38,000 million in 2021).
Infrastructures and energy
After the sharp decline in 2020 and the strong recovery in 2021, global foreign direct investment (FDI) declined by 12.4% in 2022 to $1.3 trillion, according to the UNCTAD report. The slowdown was due to: global polycrisis: war Ukrainehigh prices food and energyand prints debt. The financing of international projects and cross-border mergers and acquisitions were particularly affected by the tightening of financing conditions. increase in interest rates and uncertainty in capital markets.
In addition, from a sectoral perspective, the document shows an increase in the number of projects in Turkey. infrastructures and industries facing restructuring pressure, supply chainlike electronics, automotive and machinery. In response to the global semiconductor shortage, three of the top five investment projects have been announced in semiconductors. microprocessors. investment in industries digital economy It slowed down after the boom in 2020 and 2021.
The fact that the figures for energy investment projects remain stable removes fears that the downward trend in fossil fuel investments may change due to the energy crisis. international investment renewable energy It has nearly tripled since the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015. developed countries. According to the UNCTAD report, “More than 30 developing countries have yet to register a single international renewable energy investment project at the service scale.”