Inflows of foreign investment in Arab countries decrease slightly in 2018

Source: Reuters

The Arab Investment Guarantee and Export Credit Organization announced on Sunday that foreign direct investment flows to Arab countries had decreased slightly in 2018, while the value of investments they had made in context of declining attractiveness of the region for investors.

Investment in the region fell by 0.34 percent to $ 31.2 billion in 2018, up from $ 31.3 billion in 2017, the Kuwait-based company said in its annual climate report. of investment in the Arab countries in 2019.

Foreign direct investment flows from Arab countries increased 27.4 percent to $ 47.8 billion in 2018 and a global total of $ 1,014 billion, the report said.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates top the list of capital inflows in the region, respectively, with 76% in 2018.

The report indicates that Arab countries have fallen on investment attractiveness index for the year 2019, where it has fallen to fifth place in the world over seven geographical groups.