Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) 1982 - 2023

Description	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 FDI. In BPM6, financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities. Net FDI outflows are assets and net FDI inflows are liabilities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Unit of measure	$

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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 FDI. In BPM6, financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities. Net FDI outflows are assets and net FDI inflows are liabilities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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Source: International Monetary Fund

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	China
1982	-386,000,000
1983	-543,000,000
1984	-1,124,000,000
1985	-1,030,000,000
1986	-1,425,000,000
1987	-1,669,000,000
1988	-2,344,000,000
1989	-2,613,000,000
1990	-2,657,000,000
1991	-3,453,000,000
1992	-7,156,000,000
1993	-23,115,000,000
1994	-31,787,000,000
1995	-33,849,200,000
1996	-38,066,000,000
1997	-41,674,000,000
1998	-41,117,000,000
1999	-36,978,000,000
2000	-37,483,300,000
2001	-37,357,000,000
2002	-46,789,569,179
2003	-49,444,853,744
2004	-60,144,670,468
2005	-90,379,127,564
2006	-100,150,000,000
2007	-139,095,000,000
2008	-114,792,000,000
2009	-87,167,067,370
2010	-185,750,000,000
2011	-231,652,000,000
2012	-176,250,000,000
2013	-217,958,000,000
2014	-144,968,000,000
2015	-68,098,649,765
2016	41,674,876,170
2017	-27,790,987,920
2018	-92,338,473,352
2019	-50,259,822,365
2020	-99,374,807,720
2021	-165,277,000,000
2022	19,846,371,667
2023	142,574,000,000

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Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) 1982 - 2023

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