Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) 1971 - 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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	Germany
1971	96,932,868
1972	-92,717,508
1973	-138,757,334
1974	-54,769,412
1975	1,490,736,257
1976	1,287,619,730
1977	1,457,079,065
1978	2,336,498,531
1979	3,282,971,189
1980	4,347,667,647
1981	4,182,452,428
1982	2,259,195,166
1983	1,945,566,942
1984	4,135,994,597
1985	4,964,708,241
1986	8,205,604,897
1987	6,640,908,620
1988	13,468,590,800
1989	8,162,668,023
1990	21,480,192,635
1991	18,555,313,747
1992	21,230,462,203
1993	17,161,584,361
1994	12,339,100,060
1995	27,778,316,539
1996	44,977,189,363
1997	30,890,591,110
1998	67,478,470,728
1999	53,364,279,143
2000	-149,835,000,000
2001	13,294,434,783
2002	-34,067,396,991
2003	-26,100,676,287
2004	29,478,097,771
2005	29,088,956,904
2006	60,529,918,995
2007	89,805,058,432
2008	67,071,495,031
2009	43,037,329,587
2010	60,605,522,285
2011	10,373,148,758
2012	33,639,173,474
2013	26,093,621,455
2014	88,016,024,511
2015	68,432,791,650
2016	47,174,192,459
2017	36,296,922,216
2018	29,011,101,779
2019	98,812,746,280
2020	-31,887,956,417
2021	96,729,407,102
2022	117,043,000,000
2023	64,125,695,340

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