Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Net foreign direct investment in current prices (US dollars)

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Japan34,339,324,66646,205,395,35072,215,534,552117,685,915,139117,085,390,235145,036,160,640118,172,189,795133,162,791,214137,656,207,444154,947,985,696134,928,938,194218,323,780,73687,533,471,953174,664,675,618126,789,609,309175,256,747,442191,046,455,351
China-2,657,000,000-37,483,300,000-90,379,127,564-185,749,835,192-231,651,578,090-176,250,481,637-217,957,551,784-144,967,626,759-68,098,649,76541,674,876,170-27,790,987,920-92,338,473,352-50,259,822,365-99,374,807,720-165,277,237,08019,846,371,667174,330,476,010153,687,573,951
Korea, Rep.87,600,000-6,667,300,000-5,313,200,00018,724,200,00019,874,700,00021,102,800,00015,551,200,00018,724,900,00019,583,000,00017,785,200,00016,156,500,00026,037,800,00025,604,700,00026,067,500,00043,940,200,00040,754,300,00013,129,600,00033,363,000,000
Brunei Darussalam-175,068,517-479,520,596-703,751,751-859,107,110-778,412,341-573,906,641-171,289,168150,550,827-467,927,550-516,202,621-373,256,767-565,542,275-206,462,739290,169,98555,927,970-29,063,019
Thailand-2,303,372,618-3,388,964,331-7,664,201,699-6,615,343,9224,702,082,8501,361,534,446-3,814,466,006766,299,563-3,936,528,3449,906,454,5655,896,855,3323,380,091,9614,629,404,01922,900,023,1994,020,198,102-4,049,298,7607,159,400,751-2,429,233,515
Malaysia-2,332,455,289-1,761,578,947-993,682,9604,463,611,6792,988,958,7908,001,103,5262,111,932,2225,440,442,809684,808,753-3,372,772,123-3,760,088,630-2,539,145,749-1,626,970,695-762,778,047-7,460,181,234-3,216,658,61946,861,438-2,554,721,616
Cambodia-141,910,548-374,902,191-1,383,735,373-1,509,718,402-1,951,922,775-2,006,202,368-1,771,407,708-1,735,043,113-2,396,841,375-2,673,226,255-3,088,669,837-3,561,195,452-3,497,632,099-3,391,043,981-3,428,345,015-3,807,381,868-4,222,818,310
Philippines-530,000,000-2,115,000,000-869,882,7031,641,779,592342,490,414957,805,177-90,422,4431,014,348,569-99,650,561-5,882,813,657-6,951,710,900-5,832,900,584-5,320,429,168-3,260,102,017-9,732,242,739-5,630,950,417-5,400,018,725-6,058,204,033
Indonesia-1,093,000,0004,550,355,286-5,271,257,208-11,106,333,135-11,528,394,762-13,716,225,988-12,170,055,179-14,733,198,283-10,704,478,317-16,135,916,019-18,502,038,861-12,510,610,514-20,531,070,566-14,142,473,958-17,286,354,128-18,067,207,971-14,417,410,831-14,851,819,437
Vietnam-1,298,000,000-1,889,000,000-7,100,000,000-6,480,000,000-7,168,000,000-6,944,000,000-8,050,000,000-10,700,000,000-11,600,000,000-13,620,000,000-14,902,000,000-15,635,000,000-15,420,000,000-15,341,000,000-15,226,000,000-20,050,000,000-19,570,000,000
Singapore-3,540,955,569-8,666,947,673-6,763,528,544-19,915,243,153-17,255,458,936-34,830,382,359-19,110,684,888-16,220,985,754-24,551,342,898-25,255,033,720-36,968,336,441-60,162,954,634-37,356,514,090-34,966,328,238-72,667,592,949-89,386,218,569-93,547,898,617-96,683,787,762
Lao PDR-6,000,000-33,890,000-27,720,000-278,805,903-300,743,507-634,614,172-709,968,686-860,588,564-1,038,062,947-920,111,854-1,683,379,973-1,358,019,506-755,524,124-967,706,086-1,071,913,716-726,273,736-1,781,176,779
Myanmar-161,144,560-254,789,765-234,904,379-901,133,535-2,519,813,313-1,333,856,137-2,254,603,965-2,175,015,284-4,083,839,112-3,278,096,410-4,804,272,487-1,768,195,523-1,735,589,413