Data to 5 October 2026

Who is buying?

Foreign investors' share of listed India

15.9%
of market value, Jun 2026

Below its usual range of 16.7% to 20.2%. The low is 13.4%, in June 2009. Down from 17.0% a year ago.

201020152020202512.0%14.0%16.0%18.0%20.0%22.0%21.2%, Dec 2020usual range, 16.7% to 20.2%15.9%201020152020202512.0%14.0%16.0%18.0%20.0%22.0%21.2%, Dec 202013.4%, Jun 2009usual range, 16.7% to 20.2%15.9%201020152020202512.0%14.0%16.0%18.0%22.0%21.2%, Dec 202013.4%, Jun 2009usual range, 16.7% to 20.2%15.9%20102012201420162018202020222024202612.0%14.0%16.0%18.0%22.0%21.2%, Dec 202013.4%, Jun 2009usual range, 16.7% to 20.2%15.9%

What it is. The share of all NSE-listed companies' market value held by foreign portfolio investors.

How to read it. A slow-moving measure of how much of listed India foreign money owns. It changes through their buying and selling and through how their holdings perform.

Source: PRIME Database Group, primeinfobase.com Method Data

The numbers

Latest15.9%Jun 2026
A week ago16.1%
A month ago16.1%
A year ago17.0%
Usual range16.7% to 20.2%
Median18.9%
Lowest13.4%30 Jun 2009
Highest21.2%31 Dec 2020
Percentile, full history20
Percentile, last 5 years5

The usual range is the middle half of readings since 2009. A percentile is the share of the 69 readings since 30 Jun 2009 that were below today's. Data: statistics, history (JSON); history as CSV. Data: PRIME Database (primeinfobase.com). Reproduced as charts with credit; the source file is not redistributed.

To cite: tipsheet, “Foreign investors' share of listed India”, data to Jun 2026, https://tipsheet.markets/i/fii-ownership/

Read it with

Mutual funds' net equity purchases ₹24,685 crbelow its record
Domestic institutions' share 19.1%above usual
SIP stoppage ratio 81%above usual
Mutual funds' share 11.6%record high
Monthly SIP inflow ₹32,297 crrecord high

the usual range: the middle half of all readingstodayEach line runs from the lowest reading ever to the highest.