Latin America and Caribbean Compared by Economy > Foreign direct investment > Net > BoP > Current US$ > Per capita

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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Antigua and Barbuda	1.37 million BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
2	Aruba	1.13 million BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
3	The Bahamas	1.12 million BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
4	Saint Kitts and Nevis	981,558.75 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
5	Trinidad and Tobago	863,362.76 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2004
6	Saint Lucia	653,802.09 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
7	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	466,995.66 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
8	Belize	428,812.54 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
9	Dominica	361,882.78 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
10	Panama	317,808.87 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
11	Chile	277,424.2 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
12	Grenada	247,261.32 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
13	Jamaica	219,051.42 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
14	Uruguay	216,305.66 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
15	Costa Rica	208,910.72 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
16	Barbados	195,877.67 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
17	Colombia	127,962.73 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
18	Ecuador	124,439.88 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
19	Mexico	119,294.86 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
20	Dominican Republic	108,045.74 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
21	Guyana	102,233.97 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
22	Argentina	92,369.01 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
23	Peru	90,058.83 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
24	Brazil	68,004.76 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
25	Honduras	64,388.32 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
26	Suriname	62,105.17 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
27	Venezuela	56,326.9 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
28	Nicaragua	46,880.06 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
29	El Salvador	43,620.42 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
30	Guatemala	16,507.98 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
31	Paraguay	9,747.99 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
32	Haiti	1,116.35 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005
33	Bolivia	-30,453.011 BoP $ per 1,000 people	2005

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