The bar chart illustrates the level of outside investment in the economies 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 higher than in India.
The Chinese economy received just under 80$ billion 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 over 40$ billion in 2019.
In 2014, foreign outlays not India’s economy reached more than 20$ billion, than 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. The 2015 was the only year India’s levels of foreign investment exceeded China’s with values of slightly 60$ billion and slightly below 60$ billion respectively