Global immediate and ultimate FDI in the United Kingdom 2018, by continent
This statistic illustrates the leading inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United Kingdom in 2018, by global ultimate investing continent. As of 2018, European countries were the largest investors in the United Kingdom (UK) with a total of over 800 billion British pounds in immediate foreign direct investment and approximately 587 billion British pounds in ultimate FDI. The Americas was the second largest source of foreign direct investment into the United Kingdom, of which the U.S was the majority source on both an immediate and ultimate basis.
