Despite the fact that in 2013 European economy has just returned to growth, the number of new FDI projects has increased by 4% year on year.
Poland and Germany were the most attractive locations in their parts of the continent. 31% of investors describe Poland as the best in Central and Eastern Europe region. The country scored about 20% votes more than the Czech Republic, located on the second position. Next there were: Romania, Hungary, Ukraine and Turkey. On the other hand, according to 40% of respondents, Germany was the best in the Western Europe region in attracting investments. Thus Poland and Germany together they can be called as the “central European investment magnet”.
In 2013, Poland attracted 107 new investments and reached the 10th position in Europe in terms of the number of new projects, decreasing by 3 positions year on year. However, in terms of creating new jobs, Poland maintained the 3rd position, after the UK, and France. It is worth noting that Poland was the first in the EU and the second in the whole Europe – after Serbia – in terms of new jobs created thanks to FDI. The average foreign investment in Poland delivered about 130 new jobs.
As far as the attractiveness of the various regions of the world, for the first time Western Europe overtook China reaching 45% votes. It means that since the economic collapse in 2012, the West improved by 12%. The third place went to South America (31% of votes) and Central Eastern Europe was the next.
Source: Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
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