Foreign direct investment surged in Jordan last year as the GCC maintains its leading position as the biggest investor in the country in 2025.
FDI soared from $1.7B (2024) to $2.1B (2025), marking an uptick of $0.4B in investment equivalent to 23.5% from 2024.
The surge comes as the GCC accounts for 29% of the 2025 FDI flow.
KSA leads investment, with 19% of inflows inbound for Jordan whilst Kuwait contributed 4%, and the UAE 3.7% of overall FDI.
Up to 62% of FDI came from Arab countries, mainly the GCC, whilst European countries contributed 13.6% according to the Central Bank of Jordan.
Most noticeably, investments in Jordan’s mineral sector made up nearly 7% of FDI inflows whilst investments in the industrial sector totalled 10%. Investments totalled up to 34% in the financial sector.
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