Dubai records $6.7bn FDI with 455 projects in 2020 DUBAI, 5 hours, 9 minutes ago Dubai recorded exceptional inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2020 with 455 projects worth AED24.7 billion ($6.7 billion), a report said. An estimated 18,325 new jobs were created by inbound FDI in 2020, reported state news agency Wam, citing data from the Dubai FDI Monitor released by the Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI), an agency of Dubai Economy. This performance places Dubai among the top global FDI locations in 2020, ranking first in the Mena region and fourth globally in attracting greenfield FDI capital, according to the Financial Times’ fDi Markets, the leading global source of data on greenfield FDI.