Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in Curacao
Curacao: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) was 4.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Foreign direct investment, net inflows in Curacao, 2011–2024
Source: International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for foreign direct investment, net inflows in Curacao is 4.3%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 91.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign direct investment, net inflows in Curacao peaked at 6.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, -0.0%, in 2013.
That places Curacao 48th out of 201 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in Curacao, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2.4% | — |
| 2012 | 2.3% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | -0.0% | -102.1% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | -4655.3% |
| 2015 | 4.8% | +111.4% |
| 2016 | 4.4% | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 5.7% | +29.4% |
| 2018 | 4.2% | -26.8% |
| 2019 | 6.7% | +61.2% |
| 2020 | 6.1% | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 6.2% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 5.7% | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 4.2% | -27.1% |
| 2024 | 4.3% | +4.4% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 4.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 2.1%, 2.0× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 4.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.5%, 1.7× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in Curacao changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +4655.3% | -0.0% | 2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.6% | -0.0% | 6.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 5.3% | 4.2% | 6.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
More economy & growth data for Curacao
- Exports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 12,092 current US$ per person (2018)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), per capita 6,510 current US$ per person (2018)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 19.03 % change on previous year (2018)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per capita 21,645 current LCU per person (2018)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.13 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), annual growth rate 6.52 % change on previous year (2018)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), annual growth rate 7.28 % change on previous year (2018)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per unit of GDP 2.31 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita 44,071 current LCU per person (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign direct investment, net inflows in Curacao?
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows in Curacao was 4.3% in 2024, according to International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest foreign direct investment, net inflows recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 6.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest foreign direct investment, net inflows recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.0% in 2013.
- How does Curacao rank for foreign direct investment, net inflows?
- Curacao ranks 48th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is foreign direct investment, net inflows rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 91.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curacao data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Foreign direct investment is 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 net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.