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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.
| Date |
Amount |
Rank |
| 2003 |
535,685,700 |
#47 |
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| 2002 |
4,100,939,000 |
#11 |
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| 2000 |
2,030,972,000 |
#25 |
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| 1999 |
730,400,700 |
#41 |
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| 1998 |
417,252,700 |
#53 |
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| 1997 |
78,462,070 |
#89 |
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| 1996 |
303,169,200 |
#47 |
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| 1995 |
226,045,900 |
#53 |
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| 1994 |
256,015,800 |
#43 |
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| 1993 |
138,198,400 |
#47 |
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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.
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