Spain among the top ten countries worldwide receiving foreign direct investment, according to the UNCTAD

Last year, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Spain grew by 52.4% as compared to investments received in 2012, reaching USD 39.167 billion (around EUR 28.823 billion). According to these statistics, during 2013, Spain received the most foreign investment from Europe, followed by the UK, Ireland, Luxembourg, Germany and the Netherlands.

Furthermore, Spain is one of the top ten countries receiving foreign direct investment worldwide. So it was shown in the World Investment Report 2014 presented by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on 24 June, as revealed by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Spain ranks ninth on the global list, having climbed three places since last year.
With these figures, the accumulated stock of foreign investment received by Spain added up to USD 716 billion, which represents roughly 52% of the GDP. This indicator created by the UNCTAD, which links the volume of foreign investment a country receives to its GDP, reflects how important Spain is becoming for foreign investors as a platform for business with third markets.  
These results have been registered in Spain amid a scenario of overall international growth in foreign investment flows. Global FDI flows rose by 9% in 2013 to reach a sum of USD 1.45 trillion. This surge in international investment has been shown in the statistics of every single geographical region.
Foreign direct investment flows received by countries in the area of Latin America and the Caribbean, for instance, grew by 14%. Growth was also registered, though less so, in Africa (4%) and Asia (2.6%). The influx received by the more developed countries in Europe and North America saw growth rates of up to 9%. For the second year running, foreign investment flows received by developing countries were greater than those of developed countries, thus consolidating a trend that began in 2012. In fact, five of the top ten receivers of FDI worldwide were developing countries (China, Hong Kong, Brazil, Singapore and Mexico).
Spain was the fourth highest recipient of FDI from among the OECD countries, only coming in behind countries size of the United States, Canada and Australia, as reported by the UNCTAD in 2013.
Furthermore, Spain was the destination for 10% of the investment from all greenfield projects received by the EU.
Spain was also the world's fourteenth issuer of foreign investment in 2013. Indeed, last year, Spanish companies invested a sum equivalent to USD 26.035 billion in foreign countries.

Fuente InvestinSpain