Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) 1971 - 2019

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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	Germany
1971	96,932,867.62
1972	-92,717,507.51
1973	-138,757,334.40
1974	-54,769,412.25
1975	1,490,736,257.00
1976	1,287,619,730.00
1977	1,457,079,065.00
1978	2,336,498,531.00
1979	3,282,971,189.00
1980	4,347,667,647.00
1981	4,182,452,428.00
1982	2,259,195,166.00
1983	1,945,566,942.00
1984	4,135,994,597.00
1985	4,964,708,241.00
1986	8,205,604,897.00
1987	6,640,908,620.00
1988	13,468,590,800.00
1989	8,162,668,023.00
1990	21,480,192,635.00
1991	18,555,313,747.00
1992	21,230,462,203.00
1993	17,161,584,361.00
1994	12,339,100,060.00
1995	27,778,316,539.00
1996	44,977,189,363.00
1997	30,890,591,110.00
1998	67,478,470,728.00
1999	53,364,279,143.00
2000	-149,835,000,000.00
2001	13,294,434,783.00
2002	-34,067,396,991.00
2003	-26,100,676,287.00
2004	29,478,097,771.00
2005	29,088,956,904.00
2006	60,529,918,995.00
2007	89,805,058,432.00
2008	67,071,495,031.00
2009	43,037,329,587.00
2010	60,605,522,285.00
2011	10,373,148,758.00
2012	33,639,173,474.00
2013	26,093,621,455.00
2014	88,016,024,511.00
2015	68,432,791,650.00
2016	47,095,181,677.00
2017	36,296,922,216.00
2018	28,139,591,763.00
2019	85,529,089,839.00

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