Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) 1996 - 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.
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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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	Japan
1996	26,440,694,397.00
1997	21,500,257,091.00
1998	17,293,070,283.00
1999	9,481,358,284.00
2000	34,339,324,666.00
2001	30,734,354,196.00
2002	19,344,378,431.00
2003	25,693,039,712.00
2004	33,085,785,004.00
2005	46,205,395,350.00
2006	60,549,386,567.00
2007	51,358,484,681.00
2008	89,018,788,218.00
2009	61,450,645,281.00
2010	72,215,534,552.00
2011	117,686,000,000.00
2012	117,085,000,000.00
2013	145,036,000,000.00
2014	118,172,000,000.00
2015	133,163,000,000.00
2016	137,656,000,000.00
2017	154,948,000,000.00
2018	134,929,000,000.00
2019	218,525,000,000.00

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Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) 1996 - 2019

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