Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) 1970 - 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.

Unit of measure

Source: International Monetary Fund

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	United States
1970	5,270,000,000.00
1971	4,850,000,000.00
1972	6,060,000,000.00
1973	7,410,000,000.00
1974	1,620,000,000.00
1975	11,420,000,000.00
1976	8,410,000,000.00
1977	8,360,000,000.00
1978	8,870,000,000.00
1979	16,670,000,000.00
1980	2,300,000,000.00
1981	-15,570,000,000.00
1982	-13,456,000,000.00
1983	-2,730,000,000.00
1984	-12,410,000,000.00
1985	-5,950,000,000.00
1986	-11,422,000,000.00
1987	-23,438,000,000.00
1988	-35,209,000,000.00
1989	-24,800,000,000.00
1990	-11,290,000,000.00
1991	14,720,000,000.00
1992	28,460,000,000.00
1993	32,570,000,000.00
1994	34,050,000,000.00
1995	40,980,000,000.00
1996	5,360,000,000.00
1997	-770,000,000.00
1998	-36,390,000,000.00
1999	-64,964,000,000.00
2000	-162,755,000,000.00
2001	-26,455,000,000.00
2002	67,930,000,000.00
2003	78,112,000,000.00
2004	160,363,000,000.00
2005	-89,753,000,000.00
2006	-14,662,000,000.00
2007	177,277,000,000.00
2008	2,491,000,000.00
2009	151,514,000,000.00
2010	85,789,000,000.00
2011	173,119,000,000.00
2012	126,895,000,000.00
2013	104,665,000,000.00
2014	135,673,000,000.00
2015	-209,363,000,000.00
2016	-174,573,000,000.00
2017	38,381,000,000.00
2018	-412,780,000,000.00
2019	-163,161,000,000.00

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Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) 1970 - 2019

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