Total FDI outflows — Value US$, 2015 prices, gaps filled (gaps filled) in Central America
Central America: Total FDI outflows — Value US$, 2015 prices, gaps filled was 6,011 million USD in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Total FDI outflows — Value US$, 2015 prices, gaps filled in Central America, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million USD.
Analysis
In 2023, total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices, gaps filled in Central America stood at 6,011 million USD.
The figure is down 56.1% on the previous year and down 59.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices, gaps filled in Central America peaked at 21,306 million USD in 2012 and was at its lowest, -1,005 million USD, in 2021.
Central America ranks 20th of 30 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Total FDI outflows — Value US$, 2015 prices, gaps filled in Central America, year by year
| Year | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 474.14 million USD | — |
| 1991 | 331.27 million USD | -30.1% |
| 1992 | 1,071 million USD | +223.3% |
| 1993 | -133.16 million USD | -112.4% |
| 1994 | 1,493 million USD | -1221.2% |
| 1995 | -34.71 million USD | -102.3% |
| 1996 | 33.24 million USD | -195.8% |
| 1997 | 26.4 million USD | -20.6% |
| 1998 | 32.61 million USD | +23.5% |
| 1999 | 130.75 million USD | +301.0% |
| 2000 | 308.53 million USD | +136.0% |
| 2001 | 5,379 million USD | +1643.4% |
| 2002 | 1,394 million USD | -74.1% |
| 2003 | 1,934 million USD | +38.7% |
| 2004 | 5,779 million USD | +198.8% |
| 2005 | 7,274 million USD | +25.9% |
| 2006 | 6,423 million USD | -11.7% |
| 2007 | 10,078 million USD | +56.9% |
| 2008 | 649.38 million USD | -93.6% |
| 2009 | 11,033 million USD | +1599.1% |
| 2010 | 14,923 million USD | +35.3% |
| 2011 | 12,728 million USD | -14.7% |
| 2012 | 21,306 million USD | +67.4% |
| 2013 | 14,872 million USD | -30.2% |
| 2014 | 7,542 million USD | -49.3% |
| 2015 | 12,203 million USD | +61.8% |
| 2016 | 947.91 million USD | -92.2% |
| 2017 | 4,550 million USD | +380.0% |
| 2018 | 9,224 million USD | +102.7% |
| 2019 | 11,456 million USD | +24.2% |
| 2020 | 2,243 million USD | -80.4% |
| 2021 | -1,005 million USD | -144.8% |
| 2022 | 13,687 million USD | -1462.1% |
| 2023 | 6,011 million USD | -56.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total FDI outflows — Value US$, 2015 prices, gaps filled 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +1643.4% | 308.53 million USD | 5,379 million USD |
| 2009 | +1599.1% | 649.38 million USD | 11,033 million USD |
| 2022 | +1462.1% | -1,005 million USD | 13,687 million USD |
| 1994 | +1221.2% | -133.16 million USD | 1,493 million USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 342.46 million USD | -133.16 million USD | 1,493 million USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,025 million USD | 308.53 million USD | 11,033 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,975 million USD | 947.91 million USD | 21,306 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,234 million USD | -1,005 million USD | 13,687 million USD | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
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$, 2015 prices 1.66 million million USD (2024)
- GDP Deflator — Value US$, 2015 prices, annual growth rate 2.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 9,068 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 12,233 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 2.24 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 3.52 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation Deflator — Value US$, 2015 prices 1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, annual growth rate 4.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices, gaps filled in Central America?
- Total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices, gaps filled in Central America was 6,011 million USD in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices, gaps filled recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 21,306 million USD in 2012.
- What is the lowest total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices, gaps filled recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was -1,005 million USD in 2021.
- How does Central America rank for total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices, gaps filled?
- Central America ranks 20th out of 30 groups with data for 2023.
- Is total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices, gaps filled rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Total FDI outflows — Value US$, 2015 prices, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Total FDI outflows — Value US$, 2015 prices with 95 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Total FDI outflows — Value US$, 2015 prices Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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About this data
Total FDI outflows — Value US$, 2015 prices with 95 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.