Nicaragua - Foreign direct investment

Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) in Nicaragua was $508,000,000 as of 2010. Over the past 33 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $626,100,000 in 2008 and $100,000 in 1983.

Definition: 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. This series shows 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. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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

See also:

Year Value
1977 $10,000,000
1978 $7,000,000
1979 $2,800,000
1983 $100,000
1992 $15,000,000
1993 $38,800,000
1994 $46,700,000
1995 $88,900,000
1996 $120,000,000
1997 $203,400,000
1998 $218,200,000
1999 $337,300,000
2000 $266,500,000
2001 $150,200,000
2002 $203,900,000
2003 $201,300,000
2004 $250,000,000
2005 $241,100,000
2006 $286,800,000
2007 $381,700,000
2008 $626,100,000
2009 $434,200,000
2010 $508,000,000

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) in Nicaragua was $508,000,000.00 as of 2010. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $626,100,000.00 in 2008 and ($90,000.00) in 1988.

Definition: Foreign direct investment is net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting interest in or management control over an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvested earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital, as shown in the balance of payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.

See also:

Year Value
1970 $15,000,000.00
1971 $13,300,000.00
1972 $10,000,000.00
1973 $13,200,000.00
1974 $13,800,000.00
1975 $10,900,000.00
1976 $12,900,000.00
1977 $10,000,000.00
1978 $7,000,000.00
1979 $2,800,000.00
1980 $12,533,330.00
1981 ($30,000.00)
1982 $9,966,667.00
1983 $100,000.00
1984 $7,444,445.00
1985 ($10,000.00)
1986 $60,000.00
1987 $2,410,000.00
1988 ($90,000.00)
1989 $2,800,000.00
1990 $670,000.00
1991 $42,000,000.00
1992 $15,000,000.00
1993 $38,800,000.00
1994 $46,700,000.00
1995 $88,900,000.00
1996 $120,000,000.00
1997 $203,400,000.00
1998 $218,200,000.00
1999 $337,300,000.00
2000 $266,500,000.00
2001 $150,200,000.00
2002 $203,900,000.00
2003 $201,300,000.00
2004 $250,000,000.00
2005 $241,100,000.00
2006 $286,800,000.00
2007 $381,700,000.00
2008 $626,100,000.00
2009 $434,200,000.00
2010 $508,000,000.00

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in Nicaragua was 7.75 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 9.83 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1988.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, World Bank, Global Development Finance, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1970 1.93
1971 1.61
1972 1.14
1973 1.21
1974 0.91
1975 0.69
1976 0.70
1977 0.45
1978 0.33
1979 0.18
1980 0.58
1981 0.00
1982 0.41
1983 0.00
1984 0.24
1985 0.00
1986 0.00
1987 0.06
1988 0.00
1989 0.28
1990 0.07
1991 2.82
1992 0.84
1993 2.21
1994 1.57
1995 2.79
1996 3.61
1997 6.01
1998 6.11
1999 9.01
2000 6.77
2001 3.66
2002 5.06
2003 4.91
2004 5.60
2005 4.95
2006 5.48
2007 6.74
2008 9.83
2009 6.99
2010 7.75

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments