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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Economy > Trade > Balance of payments > Foreign direct investment, net inflows > BoP, current US$

DEFINITION: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$). 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 (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Nigeria $7.10 billion 2012
2 Mozambique $5.24 billion 2012
3 South Africa $4.64 billion 2012
4 Ghana $3.29 billion 2012
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo $2.89 billion 2012
6 Republic of the Congo $2.76 billion 2012
7 Sudan $2.49 billion 2012
8 Equatorial Guinea $2.12 billion 2012
9 Uganda $1.72 billion 2012
10 Tanzania $1.71 billion 2012
11 Liberia $1.35 billion 2012
12 Mauritania $1.20 billion 2012
13 Zambia $1.07 billion 2012
14 Madagascar $894.66 million 2012
15 Niger $793.35 million 2012
16 Gabon $702.41 million 2012
17 Guinea $605.40 million 2012
18 Sierra Leone $548.07 million 2012
19 Cameroon $525.75 million 2012
20 Cote d'Ivoire $478.40 million 2012
21 Zimbabwe $399.50 million 2012
22 Mauritius $360.93 million 2012
23 Namibia $357.49 million 2012
24 Senegal $337.67 million 2012
25 Chad $323.49 million 2012
26 Mali $310.46 million 2012
27 Botswana $292.52 million 2012
28 Ethiopia $278.56 million 2012
29 Kenya $258.61 million 2012
30 Lesotho $197.76 million 2012
31 Togo $166.32 million 2012
32 Rwanda $159.81 million 2012
33 Benin $158.59 million 2012
34 Malawi $129.49 million 2012
35 Djibouti $110.00 million 2012
36 Somalia $107.33 million 2012
37 Swaziland $89.72 million 2012
38 Cape Verde $74.06 million 2012
39 Eritrea $73.67 million 2012
40 Central African Republic $71.18 million 2012
41 Burkina Faso $40.09 million 2012
42 The Gambia $33.52 million 2012
43 Sao Tome and Principe $22.47 million 2012
44 Comoros $16.97 million 2012
45 Guinea-Bissau $16.23 million 2012
46 Seychelles $11.60 million 2012
47 Burundi $604,919.65 2012
48 Angola $-6,897,954,558.90 2012

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