Costa Rica - Private capital flows

Private capital flows, total (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Private capital flows, total (BoP, current US$) in Costa Rica was $1,813,920,000 as of 2010. Over the past 33 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $2,473,971,000 in 2008 and $24,600,000 in 1982.

Definition: Private capital flows consist of net foreign direct investment and portfolio investment. Foreign direct investment is 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. The FDI included here is total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Portfolio investment excludes liabilities constituting foreign authorities' reserves and covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1977 $66,000,000
1978 $67,900,000
1979 $42,400,000
1980 $170,100,000
1981 $63,800,000
1982 $24,600,000
1983 $52,700,000
1984 $51,800,000
1985 $51,700,000
1986 $54,900,000
1987 $75,800,000
1988 $115,300,000
1989 $82,100,000
1990 $132,200,000
1991 $159,800,000
1992 $204,700,000
1993 $239,300,000
1994 $291,700,000
1995 $306,600,000
1996 $399,720,000
1997 $480,450,000
1998 $528,440,000
1999 $699,637,400
2000 $334,752,900
2001 $469,479,300
2002 $728,699,700
2003 $559,285,500
2004 $874,847,700
2005 $559,489,600
2006 $877,854,800
2007 $1,633,299,000
2008 $2,473,971,000
2009 $1,052,962,000
2010 $1,813,920,000

Private capital flows, total (% of GDP)

Private capital flows, total (% of GDP) in Costa Rica was 5.06 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 33 years was 8.29 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.94 in 1982.

Definition: Private capital flows consist of net foreign direct investment and portfolio investment. Foreign direct investment is 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. The FDI included here is total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Portfolio investment excludes liabilities constituting foreign authorities' reserves and covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1977 2.15
1978 1.93
1979 1.05
1980 3.52
1981 2.43
1982 0.94
1983 1.33
1984 1.13
1985 1.08
1986 1.00
1987 1.30
1988 1.90
1989 1.20
1990 1.79
1991 2.23
1992 2.39
1993 2.48
1994 2.76
1995 2.62
1996 3.38
1997 3.75
1998 3.75
1999 4.43
2000 2.10
2001 2.86
2002 4.33
2003 3.19
2004 4.70
2005 2.80
2006 3.90
2007 6.21
2008 8.29
2009 3.60
2010 5.06

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments