In 2019, Portugal was disinvesting from the rest of the EU, while the rest of the EU invested slightly less than a year before into Portugal. FDI stocks increased.
| Intra-EU FDI flows | Intra-EU FDI stocks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inward | outward | inward | outward | |
| Year-on-year percentage change 2017 – 18 | -0.01 | -1.10 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
Similarly, Portugal was also disinvesting from non-EU countries in 2019, albeit at lower level than in 2018. Non-EU countries' FDI into Portugal increased. The stock value of foreign FDI increased substantially, while Portugal's FDI stock remained unchanged.
| Extra-EU FDI flows | Extra-EU FDI stocks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inward | outward | inward | outward | |
| Year-on-year percentage change 2017 – 18 | 1.19 | -0.42 | 0.11 | 0.00 |