{"id":128147,"date":"2025-02-28T14:56:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T11:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/128147\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"bielstat-foreign-investment-down-31-percent-since-2019","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/128147\/","title":{"rendered":"Bie\u0142stat: foreign investment down 31 percent since 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 28, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Foreign companies\u2019 investments in Belarus\u2019 economy dropped 30.9 percent over the past five years to $6.9 billion in 2024, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>\u2019s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foreign direct investment fell 28.5 percent to $5.2 billion in five years, while short-term portfolio investments plunged from $6.7 million to just $72,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 investments abroad dropped 13.5 percent since 2019 to $4.9 billion in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka warned private company executives against withdrawing funds abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied announced additional measures to stop the capital flight from Belarus to countries that Minsk considers \u201cunfriendly,\u201d claiming that \u201chundreds of millions of dollars\u201d were uncontrollably withdrawn from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/no-money_pixabay-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/no-money_pixabay-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/no-money_pixabay-734x487.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/no-money_pixabay-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/no-money_pixabay-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/no-money_pixabay.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Prosecutor general slams government for failure to prevent capital flight<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 27, Pozirk. Authorities are drafting additional measures to stop the capital flight from Belarus to countries that Minsk considers \u201cunfriendly,\u201d Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied told the joint meeting of the National Assembly yesterday. It is alarming that &quot;hundreds of &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/128004\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 28, Pozirk. Foreign companies\u2019 investments in Belarus\u2019 economy dropped 30.9 percent over the past five years to $6.9 billion in 2024, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data. Foreign direct investment fell 28.5 percent to $5.2 billion in five years, while short-term portfolio investments plunged from $6.7 million to just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63996,"template":"","rubric":[17],"class_list":["post-128147","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bie\u0142stat: foreign investment down 31 percent since 2019 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 28, Pozirk. 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