Total FDI inflows — Value US$ in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Total FDI inflows — Value US$ was 7,780 million USD in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Total FDI inflows — Value US$ in Southern Africa, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total fdi inflows — value us$ in Southern Africa is 7,780 million USD, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 29.4% on the previous year and down 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total fdi inflows — value us$ in Southern Africa peaked at 40,852 million USD in 2021 and was at its lowest, -134.78 million USD, in 1993.
That places Southern Africa 25th out of 30 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Total FDI inflows — Value US$ in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 91.59 million USD | — |
| 1991 | 452.95 million USD | +394.6% |
| 1992 | 212.24 million USD | -53.1% |
| 1993 | -134.78 million USD | -163.5% |
| 1994 | 569.31 million USD | -522.4% |
| 1995 | 1,532 million USD | +169.0% |
| 1996 | 1,067 million USD | -30.3% |
| 1997 | 4,017 million USD | +276.4% |
| 1998 | 913.58 million USD | -77.3% |
| 1999 | 1,693 million USD | +85.3% |
| 2000 | 1,273 million USD | -24.8% |
| 2001 | 7,238 million USD | +468.5% |
| 2002 | 2,279 million USD | -68.5% |
| 2003 | 1,280 million USD | -43.8% |
| 2004 | 1,541 million USD | +20.4% |
| 2005 | 7,435 million USD | +382.5% |
| 2006 | 1,330 million USD | -82.1% |
| 2007 | 7,879 million USD | +492.5% |
| 2008 | 10,567 million USD | +34.1% |
| 2009 | 8,708 million USD | -17.6% |
| 2010 | 4,309 million USD | -50.5% |
| 2011 | 5,610 million USD | +30.2% |
| 2012 | 5,936 million USD | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 9,345 million USD | +57.4% |
| 2014 | 6,913 million USD | -26.0% |
| 2015 | 3,244 million USD | -53.1% |
| 2016 | 2,835 million USD | -12.6% |
| 2017 | 2,535 million USD | -10.6% |
| 2018 | 6,021 million USD | +137.5% |
| 2019 | 5,205 million USD | -13.5% |
| 2020 | 3,011 million USD | -42.1% |
| 2021 | 40,852 million USD | +1256.6% |
| 2022 | 11,017 million USD | -73.0% |
| 2023 | 7,780 million USD | -29.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,041 million USD | -134.78 million USD | 4,017 million USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,953 million USD | 1,273 million USD | 10,567 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,195 million USD | 2,535 million USD | 9,345 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,665 million USD | 3,011 million USD | 40,852 million USD | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
More economy & growth data for Southern Africa
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 5,489 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita, 2015 prices -0.7455 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$ 68,622 million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 61,673 million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 15.7 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 0.5481 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 3.65 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 5 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 401,475 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 437,021 million USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total fdi inflows — value us$ in Southern Africa?
- Total fdi inflows — value us$ in Southern Africa was 7,780 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 40,852 million USD in 2021.
- What is the lowest total fdi inflows — value us$ recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was -134.78 million USD in 1993.
- How does Southern Africa rank for total fdi inflows — value us$?
- Southern Africa ranks 25th out of 30 groups with data for 2023.
- Is total fdi inflows — value us$ rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.