In 2023, foreign investment in Slovenia grew by 9.1%

The volume of investments in Slovenia has grown. The volume of foreign direct investments (FDI) in Slovenia increased by 9.1% over the year and amounted to EUR 22.1 billion at the end of 2023, mainly due to reinvested profits, according to preliminary data from the central bank.

The largest investor in Slovenia was Austria (21.6% of total investments), with main assets in manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, and the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.

It was followed by Luxembourg (13.1%), whose main assets were in financial and insurance activities, and Switzerland (11.0%), whose main investments were in manufacturing.

German investments accounted for 8.7% of the total, and Croatian investments amounted to 7.6%.

The volume of investments in Slovenia has grown. The main driver of the overall increase in FDI was reinvested earnings (EUR 0.8 billion), followed by equity investments (EUR 0.5 billion) and transactions that increased debt financing (EUR 0.2 billion).

Slovenia’s outward foreign direct investments (FDI) also increased slightly faster than investments in Slovenia itself, by 9.7%, to EUR 9.4 billion, with reinvested profits accounting for half of the increase.

The largest holdings of Slovenian investors were in Croatia (35.4% of the total), where investments were mainly in real estate owned by Slovenian households, as well as investments in wholesale and retail trade.

This was followed by Serbia (20.4%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (6.7%), and North Macedonia (5.9%). In these three countries, the majority of investments were concentrated in finance and insurance.

About 5.6% of investments were in Russia, where the largest holdings of Slovenian investors were in manufacturing.

Source: https://sloveniatimes.com/40628/slovenias-inward-fdi-up-9-to-22-billion-in-2023