Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) - Country Ranking - Central America & the Caribbean

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. 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.

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

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Trinidad and Tobago 206,355,200.00 2020
2 St. Kitts and Nevis -9,957,031.00 2020
3 Dominica -22,366,500.00 2020
4 St. Vincent and the Grenadines -28,357,650.00 2020
5 Haiti -51,299,000.00 2021
6 Belize -71,774,620.00 2020
7 St. Lucia -74,237,630.00 2020
8 Antigua and Barbuda -81,692,110.00 2020
9 Nicaragua -142,800,000.00 2020
10 Grenada -149,297,200.00 2020
11 El Salvador -201,183,700.00 2020
12 Jamaica -258,407,900.00 2020
13 Honduras -371,860,500.00 2020
14 The Bahamas -374,764,300.00 2020
15 Barbados -463,025,700.00 2016
16 Panama -645,309,100.00 2020
17 Guatemala -726,660,000.00 2020
18 Costa Rica -1,644,266,000.00 2020
19 Cayman Islands -1,653,410,000.00 2019
20 Dominican Republic -2,554,300,000.00 2020

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Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial ass