May 2021
ASEAN in Numbers
The amount of foreign direct investment (FDI) from Korea to ASEAN in 2020 was recorded as USD 9.2 billion. Investment to Singapore was recorded as USD 3.8 billion (41.4% of Korea’s total FDI to ASEAN), exceeding its investment to Viet Nam, which reached USD 2.7 billion (29.3% of Korea’s total FDI to ASEAN). The number of Korean enterprises that were newly registered in 2020 was 786, which is less than the previous year’s 1,394.