Based on estimates, from 2016 to mid-2025, the attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) increased from $29.9 billion to $68 billion.
“The average growth rate of capital inflow is about 10% per year from 2016 to the first half of 2025, which has contributed to transforming Central Asia into an important investment center in the Eurasian space,” the authors of the study note.
A particularly noticeable increase has been observed since 2023, when the region began to receive 50% of the total volume of investments from external partners. By the end of the first half of 2025, this figure increased to 57%.
The volume of accumulated investments from Asia in Central Asia and the region's share in the total volume of attracted investments in the Eurasian region
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Source: EDB FDI database
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In the report, the term "Asian countries" includes states such as: Afghanistan, Vietnam, India, Iran, Indonesia, China, Turkey, and the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf — Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Saudi Arabia.
Central Asia includes five countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
