Total FDI inflows — Value US$ in Central America
Central America: Total FDI inflows — Value US$ was 46,661 million USD in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Total FDI inflows — Value US$ in Central America, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
Central America recorded 46,661 million USD for total fdi inflows — value us$ in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total fdi inflows — value us$ in Central America peaked at 58,292 million USD in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3,056 million USD, in 1990.
Central America ranks 16th of 30 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Total FDI inflows — Value US$ in Central America, year by year
| Year | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3,056 million USD | — |
| 1991 | 5,273 million USD | +72.6% |
| 1992 | 4,980 million USD | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 5,070 million USD | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 11,837 million USD | +133.5% |
| 1995 | 10,365 million USD | -12.4% |
| 1996 | 10,308 million USD | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 14,991 million USD | +45.4% |
| 1998 | 16,660 million USD | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 16,381 million USD | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 20,648 million USD | +26.1% |
| 2001 | 32,438 million USD | +57.1% |
| 2002 | 26,100 million USD | -19.5% |
| 2003 | 20,861 million USD | -20.1% |
| 2004 | 28,702 million USD | +37.6% |
| 2005 | 30,325 million USD | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 27,382 million USD | -9.7% |
| 2007 | 40,128 million USD | +46.6% |
| 2008 | 37,412 million USD | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 22,493 million USD | -39.9% |
| 2010 | 33,599 million USD | +49.4% |
| 2011 | 34,760 million USD | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 30,997 million USD | -10.8% |
| 2013 | 58,292 million USD | +88.1% |
| 2014 | 41,919 million USD | -28.1% |
| 2015 | 47,097 million USD | +12.4% |
| 2016 | 41,742 million USD | -11.4% |
| 2017 | 45,332 million USD | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 45,062 million USD | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 44,029 million USD | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 32,610 million USD | -25.9% |
| 2021 | 42,567 million USD | +30.5% |
| 2022 | 46,434 million USD | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 46,661 million USD | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total FDI inflows — Value US$ in Central America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +133.5% | 5,070 million USD | 11,837 million USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,892 million USD | 3,056 million USD | 16,660 million USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,649 million USD | 20,648 million USD | 40,128 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,283 million USD | 30,997 million USD | 58,292 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,068 million USD | 32,610 million USD | 46,661 million USD | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 13 Australia 29,874 million USD compare
- 13 Melanesia 388.19 million USD compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 293.69 million USD compare
- 14 Sweden 29,418 million USD compare
- 15 Poland 28,685 million USD compare
- 15 Micronesia 52.04 million USD compare
- 16 India 28,163 million USD compare
- 16 Polynesia 20.71 million USD compare
- 17 Cayman Islands 28,134 million USD compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 13.32 million USD compare
- 18 Belgium 23,019 million USD compare
- 18 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 13.26 million USD compare
- 19 Argentina 22,352 million USD compare
More economy & growth data for Central America
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 3.84 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 12,233 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, annual growth rate 4.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices, annual growth 3.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 9,068 USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 23.45 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 3.52 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 4.73 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 389,960 million USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total fdi inflows — value us$ in Central America?
- Total fdi inflows — value us$ in Central America was 46,661 million USD in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest total fdi inflows — value us$ recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 58,292 million USD in 2013.
- What is the lowest total fdi inflows — value us$ recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,056 million USD in 1990.
- How does Central America rank for total fdi inflows — value us$?
- Central America ranks 16th out of 30 groups with data for 2023.
- Is total fdi inflows — value us$ rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Total FDI inflows — Value US$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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FDI is an investment which aims to acquire a lasting management influence (10 percent or more of the voting stock) in an enterprise operating in a foreign economy. FDI may be undertaken by individuals, as well as business entities. The foreign direct investor most often is aiming to gain access to natural resources, to markets, to labour supply, to technology, to ensure security of supplies or to control the quality of a certain product. FDI can be decomposed into two types of investments: mergers and acquisitions (MA) and greenfield investments. The latter type results in the creation of new entities and the setting up of offices, buildings, plants or factories from scratch in a foreign economy. FDI is the sum of equity capital, reinvested earnings and other FDI capital. Equity capital comprises equity in branches, all shares in subsidiaries and associates (except non-participating, preferred shares that are treated as debt securities and are included under other FDI capital) and other contributions such as the provision of machinery. Reinvested earnings consist of the direct investor's share (in proportion to equity participation) of earnings not distributed by the direct investment enterprise. Other FDI capital (loans) includes the borrowing and lending of funds, including debt securities and trade credits between direct investors and direct investment enterprises. FDI inflows and outflows are important for tracking the direct investment conditions each year. Outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows record the value of cross-border direct investment transactions from the reporting economy during a year. It represents transactions affecting the investment in enterprises resident abroad. Whereas, Inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows record the value of cross-border direct investment transactions received by the reporting economy during a year. It represents transactions affecting the investment in enterprises of a specific industry resident in the reporting economy.