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 net inflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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| Mozambique | 300,000 | 9,200,000 | 139,300,000 | 122,413,756 | 1,258,453,097 | 3,663,937,118 | 5,635,092,659 | 6,697,422,432 | 4,998,799,334 | 3,868,353,885 | 3,128,149,929 | 2,319,071,971 | 1,678,061,192 | 3,379,329,136 | 3,187,942,207 | 5,295,396,105 | 3,022,175,565 | 2,683,506,271 | 3,508,626,212 |
| South Africa | 334,599,866 | -75,722,412 | 968,831,356 | 6,522,098,178 | 3,693,271,715 | 4,139,289,123 | 4,626,029,122 | 8,232,518,816 | 5,791,659,020 | 1,521,139,945 | 2,215,307,020 | 2,058,579,911 | 5,569,462,350 | 5,116,098,443 | 3,153,552,569 | 40,658,789,145 | 9,238,990,828 | 3,442,331,506 | 2,424,808,366 |
| Namibia | 29,567,265 | 196,350,763 | 389,850,790 | 287,528,974 | 803,600,585 | 1,041,555,413 | 777,073,646 | 445,582,248 | 838,879,063 | 358,727,050 | 280,476,975 | 234,372,725 | -176,478,262 | -150,172,761 | 840,286,916 | 1,056,043,503 | 2,294,376,189 | 2,060,784,122 | |
| Nigeria | 205,000,000 | 587,882,971 | 1,140,167,556 | 4,982,533,930 | 6,026,253,091 | 8,841,062,051 | 7,069,908,428 | 5,562,857,987 | 4,693,828,632 | 3,064,168,904 | 3,453,258,408 | 2,412,974,916 | 775,247,400 | 2,305,099,812 | 2,385,277,666 | 3,313,210,000 | -186,792,429 | 1,872,520,530 | 1,080,310,701 |
| Gambia, The | 100,000 | 14,120,000 | 43,520,000 | 53,650,280 | 37,140,888 | 36,077,136 | 41,183,458 | 68,340,322 | 23,014,092 | 71,976,052 | 69,830,172 | 64,338,516 | 81,805,007 | 71,083,306 | 189,576,191 | 251,822,629 | 231,488,000 | 205,541,474 | 232,357,064 |
| Cabo Verde | 252,601 | 34,202,238 | 80,513,541 | 116,200,564 | 102,246,382 | 128,009,965 | 89,297,444 | 180,589,795 | 96,071,473 | 126,312,006 | 111,711,634 | 103,550,533 | 122,921,295 | 67,619,884 | 91,456,883 | 122,015,529 | 158,735,895 | 107,665,271 | |
| Djibouti | 60,000 | 3,286,049 | 22,203,341 | 36,501,033 | 79,000,231 | 109,998,256 | 286,004,468 | 152,998,239 | 143,832,186 | 159,997,974 | 164,929,862 | 170,000,000 | 174,999,015 | 158,230,011 | 166,750,131 | 187,022,848 | 137,009,451 | 67,819,948 | |
| Lesotho | 16,478,707 | 32,403,928 | 27,438,280 | 9,508,669 | 61,173,319 | 56,652,703 | 50,427,513 | 94,460,147 | 113,220,010 | 79,234,566 | 42,168,766 | 40,874,067 | 35,732,596 | 28,001,667 | -12,372,200 | -7,820,069 | -25,647,819 | -12,520,535 | |
| Angola | 2,400,000 | -334,800,000 | 878,620,000 | -1,303,836,930 | -3,227,211,182 | -3,023,770,966 | -1,464,627,991 | -7,120,017,424 | 3,657,514,667 | 10,028,215,163 | -179,517,619 | -7,397,295,409 | -6,456,076,413 | -4,098,478,748 | -1,866,468,113 | -4,355,116,553 | -6,598,652,652 | -2,119,632,186 | -135,788,883 |
| Algeria | 80,120,000 | 334,915 | 280,100,000 | 1,156,000,000 | 2,300,369,124 | 2,571,237,025 | 1,500,402,453 | 1,691,886,708 | 1,502,206,171 | -537,792,921 | 1,638,263,954 | 1,230,243,451 | 1,466,116,068 | 1,381,200,050 | 1,143,918,160 | 869,194,073 | 932,987,842 | 1,216,010,864 | |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 680,000 | 734,000,000 | 1,235,000,000 | 5,375,600,000 | 6,385,600,000 | -482,700,000 | 2,797,700,000 | 4,192,200,000 | 4,612,200,000 | 6,925,200,000 | 8,106,800,000 | 7,408,700,000 | 8,141,300,000 | 9,010,100,000 | 5,851,800,000 | 5,122,300,000 | 11,399,900,000 | 9,840,600,000 | |
| Libya | 317,220,000 | 158,911,105 | 141,000,000 | 1,038,000,000 | 1,784,000,000 | 1,425,000,000 | 702,000,000 | 603,000,000 | 702,000,000 | 794,700,000 | |||||||||
| Morocco | 20,000,000 | 165,122,978 | 426,553,284 | 1,670,609,689 | 1,240,625,859 | 2,521,362,081 | 2,841,954,371 | 3,360,909,924 | 3,525,384,612 | 3,252,913,902 | 2,153,363,905 | 2,680,109,856 | 3,544,387,229 | 1,720,825,003 | 1,418,713,119 | 2,264,148,625 | 2,294,356,059 | 1,095,981,206 | |
| Tunisia | 16,000,000 | 77,419,355 | 750,720,444 | 712,714,847 | 1,334,497,695 | 432,666,012 | 1,554,269,129 | 1,058,622,582 | 1,024,754,444 | 970,521,889 | 622,569,482 | 810,936,483 | 991,385,678 | 815,012,991 | 623,075,276 | 547,411,354 | 643,213,141 | 727,083,940 | |
| Benin | 6,700,000 | -2,954,844 | -12,794,844 | -8,788,860 | 53,507,088 | 161,302,391 | 281,548,556 | 360,343,380 | 405,737,369 | 149,755,663 | 131,790,854 | 200,902,719 | 194,073,683 | 218,207,872 | 174,019,952 | 345,985,236 | 375,988,902 | 442,960,064 | |
| Botswana | 95,889,963 | 57,171,341 | 420,854,175 | 218,379,838 | 293,208,060 | 146,084,155 | 67,136,806 | 515,184,471 | 378,554,182 | 142,522,598 | 260,575,129 | 285,955,062 | 93,607,130 | 31,792,610 | -319,055,858 | 709,624,140 | 665,417,580 | ||
| Burkina Faso | 400,000 | 460,000 | 23,107,520 | 52,130,041 | 38,870,701 | 143,845,512 | 329,281,976 | 490,403,411 | 357,296,974 | 231,901,704 | 390,622,353 | 2,572,690 | 268,414,908 | 162,970,140 | -98,777,856 | -79,957,355 | 669,738,241 | 109,438,755 | |
| Burundi | 100,000 | 1,255,435 | 11,683,250 | 584,702 | 780,582 | 3,354,999 | 604,920 | 116,727,137 | 91,728,105 | 7,360,448 | 55,457 | 221,005,514 | 6,663,532 | 30,289,709 | 21,226,213 | 22,377,442 | 25,285,988 | 34,127,984 | |
| Cameroon | 16,000,000 | -112,831,337 | 159,708,006 | 243,601,637 | 536,265,313 | 653,266,627 | 527,363,936 | 547,404,750 | 725,854,541 | 694,336,735 | 663,893,595 | 814,458,941 | 765,092,013 | 1,024,779,238 | 675,186,994 | 963,531,503 | 925,681,549 | 821,546,383 | |
| Central African Republic | 1,200,000 | 697,850 | 889,070 | 10,100,000 | 61,520,000 | 36,908,460 | 70,035,160 | 1,852,790 | 3,475,010 | 3,000,000 | 7,256,090 | 6,888,750 | 18,003,540 | 25,601,160 | 1,737,360 | 5,409,980 | 24,047,720 | 38,742,450 | |
| Chad | 600,000 | 9,400,000 | 115,172,420 | -99,342,520 | 313,000,000 | 281,900,000 | 579,793,040 | 520,200,750 | -675,545,920 | 559,642,020 | 244,682,120 | 363,381,640 | 460,890,510 | 566,638,950 | 557,692,500 | 705,100,760 | 614,018,510 | 913,332,720 | |
| Comoros | 393,003 | 93,640 | 558,866 | 8,350,407 | 23,118,441 | 10,375,197 | 4,231,640 | 4,684,559 | 4,936,700 | 3,569,824 | 3,919,473 | 5,672,348 | 4,300,804 | 3,875,846 | 4,024,772 | 4,128,667 | 5,352,755 | ||
| Congo, Rep. | 5,100,000 | 22,551,560 | -98,141,674 | 801,314,934 | 1,522,228,646 | 298,678,855 | -69,249,948 | 1,878,859,499 | 2,891,102,397 | 4,279,839,199 | 50,608,700 | 4,416,953,730 | 4,315,250,920 | -1,427,679,257 | -1,983,178,867 | -320,209,518 | 532,256,250 | 626,473,710 | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 30,700,000 | 48,434,430 | 234,701,730 | 349,059,587 | 358,468,317 | 301,972,463 | 330,255,521 | 407,592,122 | 439,356,961 | 494,408,756 | 577,871,524 | 975,014,999 | 620,330,654 | 848,881,139 | 712,915,894 | 1,392,435,143 | 1,599,115,749 | 1,752,557,290 | |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 6,430,000 | -14,460,000 | 94,190,400 | 180,000,000 | 2,742,300,000 | 1,596,024,304 | 2,891,607,809 | 1,697,585,831 | 1,499,572,152 | 1,165,720,010 | 932,374,669 | 1,047,979,483 | 1,407,563,588 | 1,350,994,226 | 1,498,084,808 | 1,677,673,790 | 1,409,373,842 | 2,375,258,887 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 11,073,779 | 154,499,590 | 769,146,190 | 2,734,000,000 | 1,975,000,000 | 985,256,410 | 582,948,700 | 167,875,180 | 1,187,699,010 | 1,755,302,290 | 384,833,210 | -144,465,770 | 821,413,130 | -9,072,490 | 561,595,620 | 1,388,191,640 | 141,780,890 | ||
| Eritrea | 27,870,110 | 1,431,550 | 91,000,000 | 39,000,000 | 41,358,000 | 43,859,000 | 46,511,000 | 49,323,000 | 52,305,000 | 55,468,000 | 61,015,000 | -60,671,910 | -30,349,590 | -31,228,190 | -32,045,670 | 2,070,380 | |||
| Ethiopia | 134,640,000 | 265,111,675 | 288,271,568 | 628,624,806 | 278,562,822 | 1,343,876,024 | 1,855,052,154 | 2,626,517,918 | 4,142,937,496 | 4,017,159,565 | 3,360,419,369 | 2,548,743,427 | 2,395,799,881 | 4,259,445,795 | 3,669,991,332 | 3,262,966,284 | |||
| Gabon | -700,000 | 73,457,902 | 278,061,232 | 326,161,878 | 523,939,106 | 1,123,536,919 | 677,327,366 | 324,032,442 | 1,263,109,047 | 41,707,702 | 1,243,660,160 | 1,314,029,330 | 1,379,070,820 | 1,553,136,880 | 1,716,511,510 | 1,529,221,080 | 1,104,592,040 | 1,150,733,280 | |
| Ghana | 67,800,000 | 14,800,000 | 165,900,000 | 144,970,000 | 2,527,350,000 | 3,247,588,000 | 3,294,520,000 | 3,227,000,000 | 3,363,389,444 | 3,192,320,531 | 3,485,333,369 | 3,254,990,000 | 2,989,035,000 | 3,879,831,470 | 1,875,782,953 | 2,533,586,462 | 1,428,411,737 | 1,319,315,615 | |
| Guinea | 17,860,000 | 9,942,000 | 105,000,000 | 956,060,000 | 605,560,000 | 190,000 | -73,758,604 | 53,272,458 | 1,618,447,260 | 577,590,000 | 352,760,000 | 44,400,000 | 176,350,000 | 197,610,000 | 658,300,000 | 1,307,980,000 | |||
| Guinea-Bissau | 2,020,000 | 702,270 | 8,692,468 | 26,240,200 | 25,024,047 | 6,624,917 | 19,639,704 | 28,852,728 | 18,575,499 | 23,998,591 | 15,691,198 | 20,563,818 | 71,658,680 | 20,989,722 | 18,529,723 | 21,658,004 | 25,133,301 | ||
| Kenya | 13,800,000 | 57,081,096 | 110,904,550 | 21,211,685 | 178,064,607 | 1,450,474,757 | 1,380,173,662 | 1,118,825,000 | 820,937,598 | 619,724,465 | 469,533,311 | 1,346,085,345 | 767,761,507 | 469,940,267 | -5,403,752 | 419,719,613 | 791,581,760 | 728,766,609 | |
| Liberia | 57,140,000 | 225,240,000 | 20,800,000 | 82,802,111 | 2,064,680,994 | 2,086,006,933 | 2,309,981,241 | 1,998,675,366 | 501,870,829 | 232,679,832 | 311,699,760 | 247,842,983 | 129,129,755 | 86,681,700 | 737,967,947 | 535,582,906 | 960,192,469 | 744,581,110 | |
| Madagascar | 10,000,000 | 22,387,360 | 82,952,581 | 85,428,624 | 912,287,180 | 815,534,455 | 814,789,935 | 565,848,886 | 372,872,463 | 328,059,306 | 540,842,780 | 464,856,590 | 612,036,371 | 474,311,425 | 358,467,141 | 357,536,665 | 467,848,664 | 414,540,970 | |
| Malawi | 8,600,000 | 23,300,000 | 25,999,996 | 139,696,403 | 97,010,559 | 812,751,770 | -8,885,976 | 451,362,407 | 598,086,538 | 287,746,689 | 115,700,000 | 90,200,000 | 77,012,306 | 55,227,832 | 252,179,040 | 129,497,085 | 198,726,519 | 203,252,808 | |
| Mali | 5,729,716 | 60,331,623 | 160,281,953 | 371,932,365 | 556,875,895 | 397,842,480 | 307,940,911 | 144,214,831 | 275,525,536 | 356,476,592 | 560,747,464 | 467,295,391 | 859,091,549 | 536,851,813 | 639,944,165 | 715,469,995 | 702,559,730 | ||
| Mauritania | 800,000 | 6,736,221 | 40,096,000 | 811,869,180 | 130,528,390 | 588,749,560 | 1,386,098,851 | 1,126,004,760 | 502,589,834 | 501,726,766 | 271,134,845 | 588,217,195 | 772,890,480 | -883,561,116 | 927,916,266 | 1,070,252,545 | 1,401,620,462 | 848,351,730 | |
| Mauritius | 1,600,000 | 41,040,224 | 265,641,239 | 41,776,996 | 429,941,790 | 433,331,010 | 589,018,300 | 293,369,160 | 455,562,150 | 216,455,190 | 378,764,430 | 479,995,890 | 460,511,370 | 444,077,760 | 224,668,080 | 253,189,250 | 579,773,450 | 759,821,260 | |
| Niger | 2,720,000 | 40,809,537 | 15,767,212 | 49,753,597 | 796,636,158 | 1,067,186,136 | 841,227,437 | 719,338,470 | 822,967,023 | 529,476,871 | 301,332,481 | 338,710,710 | 466,042,273 | 717,147,639 | 360,653,575 | 594,829,132 | 965,975,261 | 1,025,552,444 | |
| Rwanda | 60,000 | 7,660,000 | 8,100,000 | 7,960,000 | 216,192,557 | 112,127,536 | 269,615,550 | 233,763,794 | 313,997,163 | 162,083,821 | 279,747,328 | 274,025,991 | 366,192,316 | 263,172,335 | 152,614,121 | 211,896,129 | 305,101,863 | 459,166,412 | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 3,800,000 | 15,664,000 | 50,600,000 | 32,152,349 | 22,471,527 | 12,162,345 | 26,489,982 | 27,924,059 | 23,331,087 | 34,208,489 | 23,698,321 | 24,191,800 | 47,112,185 | 59,000,133 | 126,744,196 | 18,442,030 | |||
| Senegal | 5,000,000 | 56,893,145 | 81,643,690 | 167,944,231 | 272,092,888 | 338,661,996 | 276,159,533 | 311,366,769 | 403,098,056 | 409,166,126 | 472,409,800 | 588,292,998 | 847,841,575 | 1,065,461,344 | 1,845,665,273 | 2,588,127,208 | 2,928,675,555 | 4,789,996,739 | |
| Seychelles | 2,200,000 | 20,239,899 | 24,326,997 | 80,729,739 | 159,795,375 | 143,240,665 | 613,208,776 | 57,289,066 | 108,355,443 | 105,893,597 | 68,346,744 | 197,311,244 | 305,172,394 | 257,086,352 | 80,053,481 | 111,955,764 | 189,827,389 | 239,706,294 | |
| Sierra Leone | 8,200,000 | 32,434,699 | 39,000,825 | 90,731,670 | 238,404,209 | 950,477,791 | 722,447,405 | 429,664,580 | 375,089,629 | 252,435,829 | 138,517,340 | 413,724,601 | 185,646,292 | 121,782,194 | 51,000,000 | 214,000,000 | 145,000,000 | 241,000,000 | |
| Somalia | 4,500,000 | 5,590,000 | 270,000 | 24,000,000 | 112,000,000 | 102,000,000 | 107,330,000 | 258,000,000 | 261,000,000 | 303,000,000 | 330,000,000 | 369,000,000 | 408,000,000 | 447,000,000 | 534,000,000 | 601,000,000 | 636,000,000 | 676,500,000 | |
| South Sudan | 161,000,000 | -793,000,000 | 1,035,826 | 150,000 | -7,850,000 | 1,420,000 | 60,140,000 | -2,210,000 | 17,500,000 | 67,500,000 | 121,500,000 | -6,335,000 | |||||||
| Sudan | 1,660,000 | -31,130,000 | 392,200,000 | 1,561,689,997 | 2,063,730,998 | 1,734,376,994 | 2,311,460,740 | 1,687,884,179 | 1,251,280,889 | 1,728,373,403 | 1,063,767,535 | 1,065,298,481 | 1,135,787,164 | 825,354,992 | 716,939,711 | 522,869,617 | 573,504,495 | ||
| Eswatini | 30,108,365 | 90,658,006 | -45,850,345 | 135,660,414 | 98,708,322 | 26,480,002 | 81,790,158 | 25,782,635 | 31,498,094 | 26,852,078 | -57,647,593 | 31,130,827 | 127,970,922 | 38,787,633 | 112,865,288 | 13,350,248 | 28,132,551 | ||
| Tanzania | 3,070,000 | 10,000 | 463,400,859 | 935,520,592 | 1,813,200,000 | 1,229,361,018 | 1,799,646,137 | 2,087,261,310 | 1,416,088,065 | 1,506,024,896 | 864,040,000 | 937,700,000 | 971,576,866 | 1,217,235,252 | 943,765,262 | 1,190,507,399 | 1,437,575,169 | 1,627,034,507 | |
| Togo | 700,000 | 18,239,597 | 52,818,331 | 96,003,598 | 125,064,102 | 728,710,878 | 121,511,566 | 183,599,249 | 54,020,342 | 257,860,036 | -46,308,332 | 88,558,700 | -180,972,715 | 345,697,547 | -59,206,820 | -136,221,500 | -173,300,710 | 33,590,550 | |
| Uganda | 4,200,000 | -5,910,000 | 160,700,000 | 379,808,341 | 543,872,727 | 894,293,858 | 1,205,388,488 | 1,096,000,000 | 1,058,564,540 | 737,652,140 | 625,704,362 | 802,704,141 | 1,055,353,353 | 1,303,000,000 | 1,191,480,000 | 1,648,240,000 | 2,952,960,000 | 2,991,180,000 | |
| Zambia | 9,520,000 | 202,700,000 | 121,700,000 | 356,940,000 | 1,729,300,000 | 1,108,500,000 | 1,731,500,000 | 2,099,800,000 | 1,507,800,000 | 1,582,666,667 | 662,813,935 | 1,107,519,805 | 408,438,492 | 547,967,910 | 245,205,491 | 394,217,415 | -65,118,863 | 85,907,330 | |
| Zimbabwe | 18,670,000 | -12,205,848 | 23,200,000 | 102,800,000 | 122,586,667 | 344,300,000 | 349,850,000 | 373,050,000 | 472,800,000 | 399,200,000 | 343,013,813 | 307,187,739 | 717,865,322 | 249,500,000 | 150,360,000 | 237,480,368 | 336,761,000 | 557,873,000 |