Spain attracted more than 34,178 million euros of foreign investment in gross terms in 2022, 13.9% more than in the previous year. According to Moncloa, it is the second highest data in the historical series of the DataInvex Foreign Investment Registry, dependent on the Secretary of State for Commerce, which started in 1993.
In net terms (foreign investments minus their liquidations), the volume reached 23,892 million euros, with a growth of 9.8% more than in 2021.
According to official data, more than 87% of foreign investments went to unlisted companies and The US was the main investor in Spain, removing the position from France, after registering an increase of more than 120%. The world’s leading power concentrated 27.7% of total investment flows, followed by the United Kingdom (with 17.8% of investment), Germany (14%), France (10%) and Australia (4%) .
By sectors, more than half of the total foreign investment in Spain (55.1%) went to the services sector, followed by the industry sector (42.2%) and, later, by construction (2.5%) and the primary sector (0.2%).
And if we look at the data by CCAA we discover that the Community of Madrid, the Basque Country, Catalonia, the Valencian Community and Andalusia accounted for 87.6% of all foreign investment received. Only Madrid captured more than half of the country’s total. On the other hand, Moncloa points out that Andalusia, Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha and the Basque Country have reached their best data in history.