From 2016 to mid-2025, the volume of foreign direct investment (FDI) rose from $29.9 billion to $68 billion.
The authors of the study emphasize that the growth in capital inflow, which averaged about 10% per year from 2016 to the first half of 2025, is contributing to Central Asia's transformation into an investment hub in the Eurasian market.
Since the beginning of 2023, a particularly noticeable increase has been observed, with the region's share in total investments from external partners reaching 50%. By 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 space
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Source: EDB FDI database
Note:
In the study, Asian countries include: Afghanistan, Vietnam, India, Iran, Indonesia, China, Turkey, as well as Gulf states — Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, and Saudi Arabia.
Central Asia consists of five countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
