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

The latest value for Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) in Libya was ($101,900,000) as of 2019. Over the past 42 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $2,508,800,000 in 2012 and ($1,590,000,000) in 2006.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1977 $511,736,200
1978 $730,279,600
1979 $609,016,700
1980 $1,135,954,000
1981 $769,460,100
1982 $411,075,000
1983 $326,630,700
1984 $16,888,870
1985 ($119,235,400)
1986 $176,920,600
1987 $211,090,800
1988 ($41,992,370)
1989 ($90,119,660)
1990 ($53,676,640)
1991 $81,929,740
1992 ($249,686,200)
1993 ($537,503,300)
1994 $98,459,040
1995 $157,122,600
1996 $163,919,500
1997 $301,389,100
1998 $383,682,200
1999 $354,023,700
2000 ($43,000,000)
2001 $308,000,000
2002 ($281,000,000)
2003 ($80,000,000)
2004 ($71,000,000)
2005 ($910,000,000)
2006 ($1,590,000,000)
2007 ($756,200,000)
2008 $1,776,900,000
2009 ($206,000,000)
2010 $938,000,000
2011 $131,000,000
2012 $2,508,800,000
2013 $707,700,000
2014 ($77,600,000)
2015 $394,900,000
2016 $439,500,000
2017 ($294,500,000)
2018 $275,600,000
2019 ($101,900,000)

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

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments