Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) 1970 - 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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	United States
1970	5,270,000,000
1971	4,850,000,000
1972	6,060,000,000
1973	7,410,000,000
1974	1,620,000,000
1975	11,420,000,000
1976	8,410,000,000
1977	8,360,000,000
1978	8,870,000,000
1979	16,670,000,000
1980	2,300,000,000
1981	-15,570,000,000
1982	-13,456,000,000
1983	-2,730,000,000
1984	-12,410,000,000
1985	-5,950,000,000
1986	-11,422,000,000
1987	-23,438,000,000
1988	-35,209,000,000
1989	-24,800,000,000
1990	-11,290,000,000
1991	14,720,000,000
1992	28,460,000,000
1993	32,570,000,000
1994	34,050,000,000
1995	40,980,000,000
1996	5,360,000,000
1997	-770,000,000
1998	-36,390,000,000
1999	-64,964,000,000
2000	-162,755,000,000
2001	-26,455,000,000
2002	67,930,000,000
2003	78,112,000,000
2004	160,363,000,000
2005	-89,753,000,000
2006	-14,662,000,000
2007	177,277,000,000
2008	2,491,000,000
2009	151,514,000,000
2010	85,789,000,000
2011	173,119,000,000
2012	126,895,000,000
2013	104,665,000,000
2014	135,673,000,000
2015	-209,363,000,000
2016	-174,573,000,000
2017	38,381,000,000
2018	-345,435,000,000
2019	-163,161,000,000
2020	148,299,000,000
2021	-99,015,000,000
2022	38,173,000,000
2023	100,179,000,000

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Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) 1970 - 2023

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