ICSID: ICSID Releases 2025 Caseload Statistics

The newest edition of The ICSID Caseload - Statistics provides detailed data on case developments at ICSID in 2025 and an overview of trends spanning all ICSID cases since 1972. Reflecting robust and sustained demand for ICSID’s services, this edition presents statistics on newly registered cases, the geographic origin of investors, the sectoral breakdowns of new cases, and arbitration outcomes and awards. As of December 31, 2025, ICSID had registered 1,085 arbitration and conciliation cases under the ICSID Convention and Additional Facility Rules. This total includes 63 new cases in 2025, the second-highest number in a calendar year in its history. Most new cases (58%) invoked ICSID jurisdiction via a bilateral investment treaty (BIT), followed by State-investor contracts (15%) and domestic investment laws (6%). Of the 63 new cases in 2025, 56 are arbitrations under the ICSID Convention, 6 are arbitrations under the ICSID Additional Facility, and 1 is an ICSID Convention…