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DEFINITION
Foreign direct investment is 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.
Economy Statistics > Foreign direct investment, net > BoP, current US$ (1981) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
15,570,000,000 BoP $
1981
American Economy
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
6,498,136,000 BoP $
1981
Saudi Economy
# 3
Mexico :
3,078,000,000 BoP $
1981
Mexican Economy
# 4
Brazil :
2,313,000,000 BoP $
1981
Brazilian Economy
# 5
Singapore :
1,674,641,000 BoP $
1981
Singapore Economy
# 6
Australia :
1,613,774,000 BoP $
1981
Australian Economy
# 7
Belgium :
1,490,231,000 BoP $
1981
Belgian Economy
# 8
Spain :
1,435,580,000 BoP $
1981
Spanish Economy
# 9
Malaysia :
1,264,688,000 BoP $
1981
Malaysian Economy
# 10
Argentina :
944,000,000 BoP $
1981
Argentine Economy
# 11
Egypt :
746,571,500 BoP $
1981
Egyptian Economy
# 12
Nigeria :
542,327,300 BoP $
1981
Nigerian Economy
# 13
Greece :
520,000,000 BoP $
1981
Greek Economy
# 14
Norway :
498,676,200 BoP $
1981
Norwegian Economy
# 15
Chile :
383,000,000 BoP $
1981
Chilean Economy
# 16
Panama :
303,200,000 BoP $
1981
Panamanian Economy
# 17
Tunisia :
293,638,700 BoP $
1981
Tunisian Economy
# 18
Thailand :
288,221,900 BoP $
1981
Thai Economy
# 19
Trinidad and Tobago :
258,083,300 BoP $
1981
Tobagonian Economy
# 20
Colombia :
228,000,000 BoP $
1981
Colombian Economy
# 21
Ireland :
203,451,700 BoP $
1981
Irish Economy
# 22
Venezuela :
184,000,000 BoP $
1981
Venezuelan Economy
# 23
Philippines :
172,000,000 BoP $
1981
Philippine Economy
# 24
New Zealand :
171,005,100 BoP $
1981
New Zealand Economy
# 25
Portugal :
158,035,300 BoP $
1981
Portuguese Economy
# 26
Kuwait :
150,653,600 BoP $
1981
Kuwaiti Economy
# 27
Bolivia :
148,800,000 BoP $
1981
Bolivian Economy
# 28
Jordan :
147,797,600 BoP $
1981
Jordanian Economy
# 29
Cameroon :
135,759,000 BoP $
1981
Cameroonian Economy
# 30
Indonesia :
133,000,000 BoP $
1981
Indonesian Economy
# 31
Guatemala :
127,100,000 BoP $
1981
Guatemalan Economy
# 32
Peru :
125,000,000 BoP $
1981
Peruvian Economy
# 33
Austria :
116,575,800 BoP $
1981
Austrian Economy
# 34
Pakistan :
108,084,800 BoP $
1981
Pakistani Economy
# 35
Turkey :
95,000,000 BoP $
1981
Turkish Economy
# 36
Botswana :
88,558,150 BoP $
1981
Motswana -Batswana Economy
# 37
Papua New Guinea :
85,562,020 BoP $
1981
Papua New Guinean Economy
# 38
Dominican Republic :
79,700,000 BoP $
1981
Dominican Economy
# 39
Cyprus :
78,304,680 BoP $
1981
Cypriot Economy
# 40
Costa Rica :
66,200,000 BoP $
1981
Costa Rican Economy
# 41
Oman :
62,536,190 BoP $
1981
Omani Economy
# 42
Suriname :
61,700,000 BoP $
1981
Surinamese Economy
# 43
Ecuador :
60,000,000 BoP $
1981
Ecuadorian Economy
# 44
Morocco :
58,581,340 BoP $
1981
Moroccan Economy
# 45
Korea, South :
54,500,000 BoP $
1981
Korean Economy
# 46
Iceland :
53,000,000 BoP $
1981
Icelandic Economy
# 47
Sri Lanka :
49,264,560 BoP $
1981
Sri Lankan Economy
# 48
Uruguay :
48,600,000 BoP $
1981
Uruguayan Economy
# 49
Gabon :
47,473,340 BoP $
1981
Gabonese Economy
# 50
Malta :
39,048,270 BoP $
1981
Maltese Economy
# 51
Saint Lucia :
38,200,000 BoP $
1981
Saint Lucian Economy
# 52
Fiji :
37,759,180 BoP $
1981
Fijian Economy
# 53
Bahamas, The :
34,400,000 BoP $
1981
Bahamian Economy
# 54
Côte d'Ivoire :
32,752,930 BoP $
1981
Ivoirian Economy
# 55
Paraguay :
31,900,000 BoP $
1981
Paraguayan Economy
# 56
Swaziland :
31,719,110 BoP $
1981
Swazi Economy
# 57
Congo, Republic of the :
30,842,950 BoP $
1981
Congolese Economy
# 58
Antigua and Barbuda :
22,400,000 BoP $
1981
Barbudan Economy
# 59
Senegal :
19,614,950 BoP $
1981
Senegalese Economy
# 60
Rwanda :
19,205,990 BoP $
1981
Rwandan Economy
# 61
Ghana :
16,263,750 BoP $
1981
Ghanaian Economy
# 62
Poland :
15,000,000 BoP $
1981
Polish Economy
# 63
Netherlands Antilles :
14,444,440 BoP $
1981
Dutch Antillean Economy
# 64
Mauritania :
12,444,140 BoP $
1981
Mauritanian Economy
# 65
Togo :
10,193,890 BoP $
1981
Togolese Economy
# 66
Haiti :
8,340,000 BoP $
1981
Haitian Economy
# 67
Kenya :
8,289,585 BoP $
1981
Kenyan Economy
# 68
Sierra Leone :
7,505,834 BoP $
1981
Sierra Leonean Economy
# 69
Barbados :
7,200,000 BoP $
1981
Barbadian Economy
# 70
Central African Republic :
5,781,444 BoP $
1981
Central African Economy
# 71
Lesotho :
4,786,170 BoP $
1981
Basotho Economy
# 72
Mali :
3,680,104 BoP $
1981
Malian Economy
# 73
Zimbabwe :
3,550,093 BoP $
1981
Zimbabwean Economy
# 74
Seychelles :
2,843,013 BoP $
1981
Seychellois Economy
# 75
Burkina Faso :
2,406,788 BoP $
1981
Burkinabe Economy
# 76
Gambia, The :
2,280,797 BoP $
1981
Gambian Economy
# 77
Benin :
2,060,858 BoP $
1981
Beninese Economy
# 78
Malawi :
1,116,945 BoP $
1981
Malawian Economy
# 79
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
900,000 BoP $
1981
Nevisian Economy
# 80
Israel :
800,000 BoP $
1981
Israeli Economy
# 81
Mauritius :
671,400.7 BoP $
1981
Mauritian Economy
# 82
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
500,000 BoP $
1981
Saint Vincentian Economy
# 83
Solomon Islands :
229,841.1 BoP $
1981
Solomon Islander Economy
# 84
Chad :
-110,403.1 BoP $
1981
Chadian Economy
# 85
Algeria :
-1,390,238 BoP $
1981
Algerian Economy
# 86
Guyana :
-1,777,778 BoP $
1981
Guyanese Economy
# 87
Honduras :
-3,600,000 BoP $
1981
Honduran Economy
# 88
Niger :
-5,516,476 BoP $
1981
Nigerien Economy
# 89
El Salvador :
-5,720,000 BoP $
1981
Salvadoran Economy
# 90
Jamaica :
-11,500,000 BoP $
1981
Jamaican Economy
# 91
Finland :
-29,255,700 BoP $
1981
Finnish Economy
# 92
Zambia :
-38,400,000 BoP $
1981
Zambian Economy
# 93
Denmark :
-39,337,840 BoP $
1981
Danish Economy
# 94
Italy :
-264,720,600 BoP $
1981
Italian Economy
# 95
Sweden :
-644,245,600 BoP $
1981
Swedish Economy
# 96
Libya :
-769,460,100 BoP $
1981
Libyan Economy
# 97
France :
-2,079,000,000 BoP $
1981
French Economy
# 98
Netherlands :
-2,727,545,000 BoP $
1981
Dutch Economy
# 99
Germany :
-4,182,452,000 BoP $
1981
German Economy
# 100
Japan :
-4,710,000,000 BoP $
1981
Japanese Economy
# 101
Canada :
-4,881,836,000 BoP $
1981
Canadian Economy
# 102
United Kingdom :
-6,274,065,000 BoP $
1981
British Economy
Total :
16,813,211,817.7 BoP $
Weighted average:
164,835,410.0 BoP $
DEFINITION: Foreign direct investment is 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.
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