Islamabad January 31 2025: Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Pakistan demonstrated a marked improvement of 20.0 percent in Jul-Dec FY2025, reaching USD 1.329 billion, up from USD 1.11 billion last year.
In December, FDI reached USD 0.169 billion, compared to USD 0.252 billion last year. The expansion in H1-FY25 was predominantly driven by significant net contributions from China (USD 0.535 billion), Hong Kong (USD 0.134 billion), and the United Kingdom (USD 0.130 billion). The power sector attracted largest share of inflows, amounting to USD 0.49 billion, followed by the financial business which received USD 0.353 billion.
In contrast, foreign private portfolio investment recorded a net outflow of USD 0.22 billion, against a modest inflow of USD 0.07 billion in Jul-Dec FY2024. Whereas foreign public portfolio investment recorded as USD 0.14 billion, an increase from the previous year. Consequently, total foreign investment inflows for Jul-Dec FY2025 amounted to USD 1.25billion, a rise from USD 1.179 billion last year.
