Foreign Direct Investment in Slovenia

The stock of inward FDI in Slovenia was EUR 12.9bn at the end of 2016, up 11.5% from the end of 2015. There was an inflow of EUR 938.1m of equity in 2016, the largest were inward investments in financial and insurance activities and in manufacturing. Foreign owners have provided net financing to Slovenian firms throughout the 1994 to 2016 horizon. Firms with foreign owners record a total of EUR 1,118.4m in overall profits in 2016, up EUR 177.5m or 18.9% on 2015. The most important investor countries were Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy and Germany.
 The increase in inward FDI in Slovenia was mostly attributable to transactions (EUR 1,139.5m), and less to other changes (EUR 198.2m). The largest inflows in 2016 were in the form of equity transactions, which amounted to EUR 938.1m. The largest factors in the increase were foreign investment in financial and insurance activities and in manufacturing (EUR 643.1m). In addition to equity inflows, reinvested earnings contributed EUR 577.4m to the increase in 2016, while transactions in debt instruments reduced net debt to foreign owners by EUR 375.9m in 2016. Net debt thus amounted to EUR 1,407.4m at the end of 2016, down 22.2% on the end of the previous year.
EU Member States prevail among investor countries, accounting for 84.7% of all inward FDI, in value terms, at the end of 2016. The most important of these investors is Austria, which accounted for 24.7% of all inward FDI, followed by Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy and Germany. Even though investments form Luxembourg recorded the highest increase in 2016, these investments generally do not involve capital of Luxembourg origin. In terms of ultimate investing countries, the Top 5 investors come from Germany, the United States, Austria, Italy and Switzerland.