Foreign Direct Investment: UK Inward and Outward Flows by Country and Industry

Office for National Statistics data provides a detailed breakdown of UK foreign direct investment flows, positions, and earnings. The dataset covers both inward and outward investment, segmented by country, component, and industry. It is designated as National Statistics and last updated in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling bilateral investment relationships based on country-level breakdowns
• Analyzing sectoral investment trends based on industry segmentation
• Tracking the stock and flow of international capital based on FDI positions and earnings data
• Benchmarking UK investment performance against specific partner countries

Strengths

• Data is designated as National Statistics, indicating official status and quality assurance.
• Provides breakdowns by country, component, and industry for multi-dimensional analysis.
• Covers both inward and outward investment flows, positions, and earnings.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:26.623197

Geography

United Kingdom, with partner country breakdowns