Once again, Poland proves its leading position in Central - Eastern Europe. According to UNCTAD "World Investment Report" (WIR) published on 22 June, Poland maintained the leading position in the region in the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in terms of the value. In 2015, the total value of global FDI went up by 38% y/y and reached the level of $1,76 trillion. That's the highest results since the crisis of 2008/9.

As shown in the WIR report, the table of global giants reshuffled. Occupying third place in the previous year, the United States, now jumped to the first place, thanks to almost four-fold increase of FDI inflows (from 107 to 380mld $). The US swapped places with China, which currently is the third, with the total inflow of investment reaching $136bn. In contrast, Hong Kong maintained its second position of FDI receiver, globally. In the top five there are also: Ireland, that has moved up from 11th place, as well as the Netherlands that made a jump up by 30 positions.

The last two examples show that 2015 was a very successful time in investments for Europe. The continent reported a total increase of value of FDI from $306bn to $504bn. However, according to WIR, in 2015, Central and Eastern Europe was slightly slowing down when it comes to the value of capital invested there. Large declines were reported in Poland’s main competitors: the Czech Republic, where the total value of projects fell by 78%, and Hungary, with a decrease reaching 83%. Although, Poland also noted a decline of the total value of FDI projects (in total by 40%), the level of FDI was the highest in the CEE region and amounted to $7.5bn.

Poland is the most attractive country for investment in Central - Eastern Europe. Three categories clearly proves this thesis. The country is the number one in the total value of FDI, as well as new jobs created due to investments (almost 20,000). It is worth noting that in terms of new jobs, Poland has the second best results in the whole Europe. The country has also managed to attract the biggest number of FDI in Central Eastern Europe (211 FDI in 2015), winning the 6th place across the Europe. The number of new jobs and as well as the number of new FDI has been surveyed in EY’s Investment Attractiveness report, European edition. The report was issued in June 2016. (UNCTAD / PAIiIZ)

Read the UNCTAD WIR: http://unctad.org/en/pages/PublicationWebflyer.aspx?publicationid=1555

Source: http://www.paiz.gov.pl/index/?id=e896db75d35788e14104e4eb490e725b#61