The chart illustrates foreign investment in the economies of China and India between 2014 and 2019.
Overall, China’s capital expenditure steadily decreased throughout the period, but India’s fluctuated. However, China’s expenditure was greater than India’s.
In 2014, China’s expenditure was below $80 billion. In 2015, it slightly decreased to $40 billion. In 2016, it rose above $60 billion. In 2017, it fell sharply to $50 billion. In 2018, there was a massive increase in expenditure to over $100 billion. This was the highest expenditure throughout the period in China. Finally, it sharply declined to $50 billion in 2019.
In India, expenditure was just over $20 billion in 2014. After that, it gradually increased to above $60 billion in 2015. This was more expenditure than China’s throughout the period. In 2016, it slightly decreased to $60 billion. After that, it fell sharply to $25 billion in 2017. There was a gradual increase to $50 billion in 2018. Finally, it decreased to $30 billion in 2019.