Foreign Direct Investment in Dnipropetrovsk region during wartime: trends in 2024

In 2024, the volume of accumulated foreign direct investment in Dnipropetrovsk region reached $5,236.7 million. The region remains the leader among all regions of Ukraine in terms of FDI attraction, accounting for 13.8% of the total Ukrainian volume.

The bulk of the investment went to industry — $3,691.1 million, which is 70.5% of the total foreign capital in the region. In particular, $1,356.1 million was invested in the processing industry, and $2,110.7 million — in the extractive industry. The region’s share in the country’s industrial sector is almost 30%.

The second place in terms of investment volume is occupied by the service sector, which attracted $966.7 million, or 18.5% of the total volume, which is 2.2% more than in 2023. The largest amount of funds came from real estate deals (US$608.2 million), transportation and warehousing (US$267.1 million).

Despite the ongoing military aggression by the russian federation, a number of industries are seeing growth in investment activity, in particular:

  • in real estate, investments increased by 37% to $608.2 million;
  • in healthcare and social assistance — by 11.2% ($10.9 million);
  • in the transport sector — by 3.3%.

Trade received $486.5 million in investments (9.3% of the total).

$90.9 million was invested in the agro-industrial complex, and only $1.5 million in construction.

Cyprus, the Netherlands, and Germany are consistently among the leading investor countries. In total, investments came from 50 countries around the world, 95% of which came from European Union countries — $4,972.6 million.

During 2024, foreign investors invested $429.7 million in the region’s economy, which is 12.9% of the total for Ukraine. Of this amount, $175.8 million was invested in equity instruments and $253.9 million in reinvestment of income. The main areas of investment remain the extractive and processing industries, as well as real estate transactions.