Dubai: The UAE attracted a record Dh177.3 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in 2025, a 6 per cent increase from the previous year, while the country's total FDI stock climbed to Dh1.17 trillion, according to the latest World Investment Report.Announcing the results in a post on X, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said the figures reflected the UAE's growing position as a global destination for investment and opportunity.The country also advanced to ninth place globally among FDI destinations, up from tenth in 2024, while retaining second place worldwide for the third consecutive year in the number of greenfield foreign direct investment projects, recording 1,562 projects in 2025.Sheikh Mohammed said the achievements marked further progress towards the objectives of the UAE's National Investment Strategy, which aims to increase the country's FDI stock to Dh2.2 trillion by 2031 and attract Dh240 billion in annual FDI inflows."These figures are not merely economic indicators," Sheikh Mohammed said. "They are the result of a national vision, the work of one team, and the confidence the world has placed in a country that has turned ambition into reality and opportunities into achievements. The best is yet to come for the UAE."According to the World Investment Report 2026, issued by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the manufacturing, telecommunications and real estate sectors accounted for the largest share of greenfield foreign direct investment projects in the UAE.