The chart illustrates the level of outside investment in the economis of India and China between 2014 and 2019
Overall, expenditure in China declined steadily throughout the period but fluctuated in India. Despite this, the total amount of money that flowed into China was more than India.
The Chinese economy received just under 80 billion dollars in 2014, which fell to around 60 billion in 2015 and 2016, after a slight decrease in 2017 there was a massive resurgence to a high point of more than 100 billion in 2018, before receding to just over 40 billion in 2019.
In 2014 foreign outlays into India’s economy reached more than 20 billion, then rose significantly to approximately 60 billion in 2015 and 2016 before falling back to 2014 levels in 2017. In 2018, there was another dramatic increase to just below 60 billion, before returning to around 20 billion in 2019. 2015 was the only year India’s levels of foreign investment exceeded China’s, with values of slightly over 60 billion and slightly below 60 billion, respectively.
