Total FDI outflows — Value US$, 2015 prices in Canada
Canada: Total FDI outflows — Value US$, 2015 prices was 74,792 million USD in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total FDI outflows — Value US$, 2015 prices in Canada, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
In 2023, total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices in Canada stood at 74,792 million USD.
The figure is up 10.2% on the previous year and up 60.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices in Canada peaked at 88,583 million USD in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5,240 million USD, in 1992.
That places Canada 6th out of 181 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20,381 million USD | 5,240 million USD | 56,987 million USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,622 million USD | 31,017 million USD | 71,375 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 56,031 million USD | 30,040 million USD | 75,370 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 68,484 million USD | 42,666 million USD | 88,583 million USD | 4 |
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More economy & growth data for Canada
- External balance on goods and services as a percent of gdp -0.8457 (2025)
- Inflation of consumer prices 2.07 (2025)
- Gdp per capita worldbank constant usd 45,418 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added to gdp 9.32 (2022)
- Gdp worldbank constant usd 1.89 trillion (2025)
- Gdp per capita in international and market dollars 45,418 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor 1.4 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -6.38 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -4.56 billion current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 202.56 billion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices in Canada?
- Total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices in Canada was 74,792 million USD in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 88,583 million USD in 2021.
- What is the lowest total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,240 million USD in 1992.
- How does Canada rank for total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices?
- Canada ranks 6th out of 181 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total fdi outflows — value us$, 2015 prices rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Total FDI outflows — Value US$, 2015 prices. 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.