The foreign direct investments (FDI) in Georgia amounted to USD 197.7 million in Q3 2024 (preliminary data), down by 55.2 percent from the adjusted data of Q3 2023. Decrease in equity and reinvestment is the main reason for the reduction of FDI. The low level of foreign direct investment is also associated with a reduction of debt instruments to the investor.
Equity amounted to USD 131.2 million in Q3 2024, which is 66.4 percent of the total foreign direct investment. The volume of reinvestment totaling USD 358.4 million, 13.6 percent down than the adjusted data of the previous year.
The Netherlands reaching USD 60.2 million in Q3 2024 (30.4 percent) was the major foreign direct investor country. Malta was the second with USD 58.3 million (29.5 percent), followed by the United Kingdom with USD 55.0 million (27.8 percent).
The share of the 3 largest investor countries is 87.7 percent of the total investment.
The largest share of FDI was registered in the manufacturing sector, reaching USD 63.6 million (32.2 percent) in Q3 2024, energy sector was the second with USD 43.0 million (21.8 percent), followed by the trade sector with USD 32.1 million (16.2 percent). The share of the 3 largest sectors is 70.2 percent of the total investment.
