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.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 189,599,849 | -13,379,913,178 | 127,916,379,256 | -92,742,954,100 | -12,327,098,017 | 53,821,554,015 | -34,727,249,184 | -8,222,267,228 | -172,805,792,106 | -105,510,499,553 | -291,904,952,185 | 46,685,075,527 | -3,576,693,950 | -41,289,065,813 | -140,797,136,683 | 155,692,535,405 | 79,991,422,960 | 16,417,597,433 | 64,801,535,028 |
| Canada | -896,964,281 | -2,351,322,580 | -21,653,038,994 | 1,727,389,339 | 6,626,667,134 | 11,756,393,310 | 12,879,466,786 | -12,563,236,013 | 805,191,688 | 23,927,632,715 | 33,404,095,513 | 52,829,985,895 | 20,156,533,320 | 26,965,431,145 | 18,306,166,114 | 44,539,542,427 | 38,444,704,430 | 46,703,138,162 | 27,783,990,499 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | -109,411,765 | -654,300,035 | -598,700,000 | -549,400,000 | 26,164,348 | 2,093,764,923 | 1,192,470,203 | -679,121,152 | -48,490,372 | -1,741,016 | 458,846,327 | 765,227,465 | -69,813,770 | -957,958,341 | 1,704,232,757 | 2,267,569,398 | 2,086,156,065 | 1,255,394,919 | |
| Solomon Islands | -10,439,803 | -12,969,325 | -17,004,372 | -163,629,407 | -116,360,707 | -21,340,127 | -50,409,459 | -20,348,945 | -27,508,877 | -35,978,191 | -35,861,541 | -15,937,008 | -28,739,379 | -5,653,418 | -23,030,118 | -38,366,300 | -72,472,772 | 19,910,801 | |
| Tonga | -99,521 | -6,005,490 | -4,661,006 | -7,641,552 | 841,514 | -2,893,640 | -12,411,564 | -14,831,416 | -16,616,626 | 16,243,486 | -22,555,816 | 7,577,274 | -2,746,117 | -317,271 | -2,503,068 | -3,784,837 | 13,333,126 | ||
| 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 | 25,647,817 | 12,572,108 | |
| Samoa | -3,763,664 | -336,435 | -14,590,674 | -9,538,724 | -13,693,018 | -18,520,800 | -23,162,686 | 12,841,696 | -9,120,707 | -16,676,164 | 6,495,440 | -2,890,992 | -8,231,876 | -4,889,536 | -2,396,342 | -1,691,134 | |||
| St. Kitts and Nevis | -48,785,185 | -86,182,464 | -54,167,390 | -122,217,624 | -84,967,878 | -107,920,198 | -132,642,493 | -151,252,837 | -133,211,670 | -124,446,944 | -41,894,713 | -11,947,153 | -50,165,767 | 1,109,897 | -34,394,080 | -50,712,949 | -31,875,628 | -19,466,205 | |
| Brunei Darussalam | -175,068,517 | -479,520,596 | -703,751,751 | -859,107,110 | -778,412,341 | -573,906,641 | -171,289,168 | 150,550,827 | -467,927,550 | -516,202,621 | -373,256,767 | -565,542,275 | -206,462,739 | 290,169,985 | 55,927,970 | -29,063,019 | |||
| Dominica | -12,888,889 | -17,724,044 | -19,654,149 | -58,690,487 | -52,068,895 | -57,930,574 | -34,258,318 | -14,096,987 | -18,664,593 | -41,382,234 | -23,740,834 | -78,227,492 | -62,985,653 | -23,223,654 | -26,008,317 | -17,650,168 | -47,211,441 | -36,377,088 | |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -7,666,667 | -54,029,601 | -39,734,219 | -95,009,176 | -83,174,251 | -131,133,646 | -160,182,649 | -119,253,178 | -115,778,056 | -79,064,647 | -144,639,803 | -32,643,882 | -63,651,435 | -63,460,939 | -168,325,800 | -66,615,780 | -74,366,305 | -74,046,902 | |
| Bahamas, The | 17,200,000 | -250,250,000 | -563,414,700 | -871,970,000 | -666,621,000 | -526,171,000 | -382,252,000 | -251,277,429 | -76,075,925 | -390,400,036 | -304,587,573 | -491,404,689 | -369,231,399 | -374,764,298 | -298,391,476 | -316,430,192 | -97,100,072 | -77,610,341 | |
| Belize | -17,200,000 | -23,340,762 | -125,927,476 | -95,328,800 | -94,715,508 | -193,325,682 | -91,563,206 | -138,362,417 | -58,649,340 | -31,014,601 | -31,574,437 | -121,323,274 | -91,791,685 | -71,774,622 | -123,958,319 | -139,707,559 | -13,782,459 | -125,269,203 | |
| Jamaica | -137,900,000 | -394,000,000 | -581,471,996 | -169,451,030 | -143,677,171 | -323,447,006 | -469,978,339 | -522,668,741 | -890,764,825 | -657,890,736 | -854,503,648 | -761,949,860 | -219,424,710 | -258,407,891 | -264,325,079 | -258,446,000 | -380,413,918 | -163,531,495 | |
| St. Lucia | -44,785,185 | -120,719,349 | -103,242,102 | -190,337,224 | -91,514,236 | -137,358,866 | -13,936,473 | -99,727,886 | -128,965,525 | -149,201,221 | -95,694,490 | -54,799,198 | -30,625,230 | -123,341,294 | -108,257,895 | -77,359,067 | -153,435,018 | -187,496,461 | |
| Grenada | -12,874,074 | -57,413,369 | -81,373,159 | -53,292,024 | -79,685,989 | -42,864,727 | -124,341,349 | -76,923,085 | -135,207,148 | -92,776,089 | -149,767,152 | -167,987,731 | -184,171,297 | -163,935,543 | -161,592,704 | -153,212,042 | -221,812,853 | -223,011,683 | |
| Gambia, The | -53,650,280 | -37,155,533 | -94,342,123 | -51,171,215 | -73,181,700 | -35,234,966 | -74,230,000 | -71,169,846 | -71,000,000 | -85,490,000 | -72,710,000 | -193,060,000 | -251,822,629 | -231,488,000 | -205,541,474 | -232,357,064 | |||
| Antigua and Barbuda | -60,607,407 | -88,721,557 | -119,923,757 | -79,059,860 | -45,628,082 | -99,309,488 | -68,875,853 | -39,930,998 | -99,949,131 | -59,449,394 | -139,634,744 | -203,375,783 | -141,185,108 | -114,408,704 | -299,622,309 | -303,828,566 | -309,533,729 | -252,758,909 | |
| Nigeria | -587,882,971 | -1,140,167,556 | -4,967,898,853 | -5,114,533,233 | -8,024,302,188 | -5,539,784,716 | -4,335,423,789 | -3,079,534,132 | -1,628,965,268 | -3,117,793,414 | -2,102,144,197 | -209,678,288 | -2,019,780,966 | -911,945,229 | -1,495,300,005 | 119,729,341 | -1,616,677,181 | -672,356,993 | |
| Bangladesh | -3,238,781 | -280,384,630 | -811,382,056 | -1,165,816,161 | -967,290,774 | -1,295,344,530 | -2,056,085,293 | -2,497,421,016 | -2,771,250,741 | -2,292,208,318 | -1,683,653,529 | -2,402,416,194 | -1,884,983,625 | -1,520,504,559 | -1,640,672,069 | -1,603,289,893 | -1,387,217,991 | -1,508,392,908 | |
| New Zealand | -2,633,023,383 | -2,547,518,164 | 746,956,269 | -1,498,708,888 | -3,937,555,731 | -1,344,655,283 | -1,829,175,239 | 57,648,273 | -2,772,739,977 | -2,470,087,076 | -1,872,342,297 | -4,474,410,771 | -3,413,149,095 | -5,609,121,605 | -7,488,667,460 | -3,823,509,508 | -1,637,357,196 | ||
| Namibia | -28,214,514 | -184,282,057 | -400,239,973 | -282,623,621 | -790,120,662 | -1,030,405,591 | -771,817,947 | -423,354,599 | -734,559,244 | -366,550,502 | -346,959,547 | -137,552,727 | 185,463,746 | 201,566,886 | -822,440,243 | -1,045,154,430 | -2,601,783,072 | -2,019,872,268 | |
| Pakistan | -243,314,681 | -297,000,000 | -2,156,000,000 | -1,975,000,000 | -1,264,000,000 | -782,000,000 | -1,121,000,000 | -1,765,000,000 | -1,648,000,000 | -2,524,000,000 | -2,444,000,000 | -1,758,000,000 | -2,319,000,000 | -2,102,000,000 | -1,905,000,000 | -305,000,000 | -2,016,000,000 | -2,484,000,000 | |
| Malaysia | -2,332,455,289 | -1,761,578,947 | -993,682,960 | 4,463,611,679 | 2,988,958,790 | 8,001,103,526 | 2,111,932,222 | 5,440,442,809 | 684,808,753 | -3,372,772,123 | -3,760,088,630 | -2,539,145,749 | -1,626,970,695 | -762,778,047 | -7,460,181,234 | -3,216,658,619 | 46,861,438 | -2,554,721,616 | |
| Mozambique | -107,853,319 | -1,020,588,233 | -3,580,348,639 | -5,626,241,536 | -6,175,124,643 | -4,901,790,089 | -3,866,831,987 | -3,093,429,233 | -2,293,088,454 | -1,703,366,072 | -3,410,215,326 | -3,034,562,056 | -5,101,667,955 | -2,458,453,111 | -2,509,403,270 | -3,552,735,848 | |||
| South Africa | 103,696,633 | -691,652,739 | -5,612,683,803 | -3,854,564,952 | -4,292,687,424 | -1,727,159,492 | -1,712,645,458 | 1,900,417,869 | 3,993,788,901 | 2,275,171,115 | 5,390,643,573 | -1,542,500,842 | -1,975,160,486 | -5,089,414,843 | -40,557,211,851 | -6,864,356,333 | -6,254,237,592 | -3,755,876,264 | |
| India | -3,074,684,332 | -4,628,652,265 | -11,428,785,746 | -23,890,659,988 | -15,442,447,343 | -26,388,082,470 | -22,890,162,761 | -36,495,216,491 | -39,411,278,940 | -28,875,941,053 | -30,699,661,201 | -37,469,945,322 | -53,239,697,391 | -27,488,543,123 | -35,408,008,686 | -14,200,416,754 | -3,840,512,082 | ||
| Cyprus | -122,031,108 | -682,782,317 | -614,353,041 | 667,593,032 | 7,401,234,932 | 5,890,507,964 | 7,953,898,434 | 8,911,909,839 | 11,529,771,272 | -6,342,296,071 | 11,693,896,680 | 25,857,996,181 | -1,813,066,213 | -22,149,474,239 | -4,264,495,548 | -5,481,961,859 | -12,227,000,273 | -5,579,767,747 | |
| Malta | -45,794,393 | -580,061,272 | -10,831,035,016 | -5,915,461,797 | -12,184,948,811 | -11,577,188,678 | -9,280,562,796 | -8,869,926,228 | -10,232,703,292 | -9,410,911,823 | -10,341,966,322 | 152,118,679 | -1,202,569,183 | 8,968,970,728 | -16,739,380,851 | -1,489,043,435 | -1,075,755,277 | -11,612,796,582 | |
| Australia | -7,824,698,719 | -10,797,958,705 | -7,620,252,751 | -17,487,902,843 | -57,328,676,980 | -51,807,636,530 | -55,242,404,632 | -40,637,704,364 | -38,634,724,990 | -46,078,869,964 | -38,193,755,825 | -59,654,884,661 | -29,844,985,008 | -10,577,683,984 | -24,337,208,093 | 54,381,972,493 | -18,881,404,657 | -39,560,149,067 | |
| 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 | |
| Barbados | -8,468,500 | -9,813,283 | -50,864,444 | -233,184,408 | -101,210,228 | 100,659,086 | -488,140,796 | -77,793,293 | -821,282,678 | -366,328,938 | -462,836,986 | -207,827,190 | |||||||
| Papua New Guinea | -155,386,699 | -95,931,144 | -31,756,310 | -28,529,690 | 277,801,181 | 64,013,853 | -17,781,427 | 29,796,538 | -38,653,556 | 331,415,712 | 547,928,329 | 268,835,279 | 879,648,074 | 883,766,223 | 1,645,866,952 | 1,263,272,946 | 240,725,089 | ||
| Guyana | -67,100,000 | -76,800,000 | -198,000,000 | -246,800,000 | -277,910,000 | -200,558,390 | -237,750,049 | -137,700,000 | -32,000,000 | -212,241,105 | -1,231,760,000 | -2,673,427,776 | -1,269,502,188 | -2,221,603,735 | 3,001,628,693 | 1,141,888,965 | |||
| Sri Lanka | -42,532,691 | -172,941,410 | -234,000,000 | -435,059,000 | -895,920,000 | -877,190,943 | -867,477,988 | -826,805,651 | -626,668,320 | -660,241,239 | -1,300,931,667 | -1,546,187,439 | -666,103,448 | -419,532,885 | -574,849,255 | -869,016,898 | -677,892,710 | ||
| Botswana | -88,526,216 | -54,918,606 | -363,607,720 | -217,483,477 | -302,916,735 | -138,128,417 | 17,496,214 | -403,817,442 | -195,308,867 | 27,171,118 | -261,440,939 | -203,876,266 | -113,402,015 | -100,018,096 | 286,135,722 | -699,506,126 | -655,929,875 | ||
| Ghana | -14,800,000 | -165,900,000 | -144,970,000 | -2,527,350,000 | -3,222,243,000 | -3,293,430,000 | -3,226,330,000 | -3,356,989,444 | -2,970,893,677 | -3,470,668,373 | -3,239,080,000 | -2,908,184,623 | -3,292,065,421 | -1,333,368,957 | -2,413,884,871 | -1,472,569,630 | -1,308,309,602 | ||
| Mauritius | -40,434,712 | -252,689,269 | 5,187,356 | -13,843,292,553 | 988,795,304 | -5,670,164,539 | -1,203,800,951 | -20,368,994,691 | -4,506,901,282 | -8,085,686,656 | -25,105,189,394 | -1,455,993,448 | -3,545,223,802 | 12,733,703,243 | 2,426,797,665 | 9,339,260,069 | 423,883,757 | ||
| Cameroon | 127,926,936 | -149,497,898 | -257,278,044 | -35,285,373 | -466,172,182 | -809,675,581 | -704,967,129 | -737,641,708 | -638,519,165 | -702,817,614 | -792,575,630 | -657,154,350 | -898,870,738 | -590,771,938 | -908,709,843 | -898,335,371 | -901,051,942 | ||
| Kenya | -57,081,096 | -110,904,550 | -11,524,456 | -176,486,732 | -1,364,485,299 | -1,141,800,837 | -920,213,200 | -745,818,769 | -377,731,883 | -352,628,513 | -1,236,175,275 | -770,978,668 | -432,713,367 | 387,156,923 | 383,613,638 | -250,399,759 | -228,284,631 | ||
| Malawi | -25,999,996 | -136,676,913 | -54,710,315 | -811,806,626 | 4,343,665 | -455,562,540 | -602,822,554 | -292,852,669 | -119,915,635 | -96,859,906 | -179,252,133 | -31,972,746 | -406,085,656 | -128,860,857 | -140,005,928 | -134,063,523 | |||
| Seychelles | -19,114,190 | -13,826,135 | -78,189,694 | -153,643,867 | -135,322,127 | -425,567,660 | -125,293,915 | -185,227,666 | -192,959,276 | -176,199,081 | 346,781,508 | -315,444,835 | -265,234,238 | -134,574,090 | -160,342,559 | -226,352,434 | -279,217,315 | ||
| Sierra Leone | -32,434,699 | -39,000,825 | -90,731,670 | -238,437,481 | -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 | ||
| Eswatini | -22,494,311 | -73,583,809 | 23,820,974 | -131,753,962 | -98,310,782 | -34,740,787 | -86,675,375 | -25,253,692 | -32,719,601 | -34,160,178 | 121,487,677 | -39,186,772 | -107,061,228 | -51,096,627 | -54,321,169 | -35,061,312 | -50,785,645 | ||
| Vanuatu | -13,111,197 | -20,256,090 | -12,482,591 | -62,140,007 | -60,321,227 | -59,999,937 | -58,996,717 | -12,324,992 | -29,733,140 | -42,884,853 | -36,901,872 | -36,255,050 | -51,496,552 | -39,693,810 | -42,838,588 | -9,205,107 | |||
| Zambia | -202,700,000 | -121,700,000 | -356,940,000 | -633,900,000 | -1,109,900,000 | -2,433,397,000 | -1,690,332,000 | -2,483,800,000 | -1,724,246,018 | -486,094,168 | -1,179,567,675 | -363,115,724 | 148,245,627 | -181,166,849 | -674,299,355 | -187,643,341 | 31,089,480 | ||
| Kiribati | -299,753 | 6,662,197 | 415,900 | 2,453,361 | -681,180 | -2,485,794 | 941,846 | -1,686,370 | -660,464 | 1,265,676 | 671,046 | -2,512,230 | -929,993 | -4,252,892 | -5,094,095 | ||||
| Uganda | -160,700,000 | -379,808,341 | -506,658,423 | -906,140,428 | -1,159,051,460 | -1,051,622,922 | -1,031,546,243 | -737,369,521 | -625,558,964 | -802,400,009 | -1,055,034,885 | -1,302,680,000 | -1,191,160,000 | -1,647,900,000 | -2,952,580,000 | -2,990,800,000 | |||
| Tanzania | -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 | |||
| Tuvalu | 11,417 | -455,234 | 119,088 | -1,325,043 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 481,804 | 1,996,395 | -3,432,262 | -1,427,622 | -915,228 | 0 | |||||
| Rwanda | -216,192,557 | -112,127,536 | -269,615,550 | -233,763,794 | -310,209,339 | -158,630,540 | -231,990,764 | -258,339,419 | -348,228,168 | -257,740,026 | -152,614,121 | -211,896,129 | -305,101,863 | -459,166,412 | |||||
| Nauru | 3,888,821 | 8,949,639 | 8,213,137 | 5,505,821 | -65,042,827 | 4,437,827 | 4,926,929 | 1,795,936 | -6,550,529 | -3,940,128 | 4,745,331 | 4,734,018 | 11,498,681 | 3,108,817 |