Khaberni - Preliminary data from the balance of payments shows that direct foreign investment flows to Jordan during the first half of this year amounted to about 1,050.0 million dollars, representing 4.0% of Gross Domestic Product, achieving a growth of 36.4% compared with the same period last year, which recorded 769.8 million dollars or 3.1% of the Gross Domestic Product.
Arab countries accounted for 61.8% of these flows, led by the Gulf Cooperation Council countries at about 35.6% of these investments. Saudi Arabia ranked first at 26.0% of total flows, followed by Bahrain (4.8%), then the United Arab Emirates (2.8%). Other Arab countries were led by Iraq, accounting for 12.1% of these investments.
As for European countries, they constituted 16.9% of direct foreign investment flows to the Kingdom during the first half of 2025, of which 13.4% are from European Union countries, and 2.6% from the United Kingdom. The United States contributed (2.1%), while non-Arab Asian countries constituted 2.5% of total flows, with India leading at 1.3% and China at 0.8%. Other countries combined accounted for 16.7% of total direct foreign investment flows during the first half of 2025.
In terms of the distribution of direct foreign investment by economic activity, the "Finance and Insurance" sector accounted for 37.5% of direct foreign investment flows to the Kingdom during the first half of 2025, followed by "Real Estate" activities (11.5%), followed by "Transportation and Storage" (6.9%), then "Manufacturing" (6.7%), followed by "Mining and Quarrying" (6.6%), and finally "Construction and Building" activities which constituted 4.1% of total flows.
Investments by non-Jordanian individuals in land and real estate constituted 12.2% of total direct foreign investment flows to the Kingdom during the first half of 2025.
