Total FDI outflows — Value US$ in Americas
Americas: Total FDI outflows — Value US$ was 609,145 million USD in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Total FDI outflows — Value US$ in Americas, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
In 2023, total fdi outflows — value us$ in Americas stood at 609,145 million USD. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total fdi outflows — value us$ in Americas peaked at 609,145 million USD in 2023 and was at its lowest, -39,696 million USD, in 2018.
Americas ranks 2nd of 30 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Total FDI outflows — Value US$ in Americas, year by year
| Year | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 35,835 million USD | — |
| 1991 | 41,926 million USD | +17.0% |
| 1992 | 48,976 million USD | +16.8% |
| 1993 | 90,758 million USD | +85.3% |
| 1994 | 88,633 million USD | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 110,861 million USD | +25.1% |
| 1996 | 104,132 million USD | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 134,579 million USD | +29.2% |
| 1998 | 180,259 million USD | +33.9% |
| 1999 | 248,902 million USD | +38.1% |
| 2000 | 240,622 million USD | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 201,556 million USD | -16.2% |
| 2002 | 175,309 million USD | -13.0% |
| 2003 | 180,271 million USD | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 371,517 million USD | +106.1% |
| 2005 | 86,268 million USD | -76.8% |
| 2006 | 344,845 million USD | +299.7% |
| 2007 | 542,135 million USD | +57.2% |
| 2008 | 481,323 million USD | -11.2% |
| 2009 | 384,455 million USD | -20.1% |
| 2010 | 441,379 million USD | +14.8% |
| 2011 | 587,267 million USD | +33.1% |
| 2012 | 489,695 million USD | -16.6% |
| 2013 | 490,537 million USD | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 521,919 million USD | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 503,490 million USD | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 410,872 million USD | -18.4% |
| 2017 | 496,043 million USD | +20.7% |
| 2018 | -39,696 million USD | -108.0% |
| 2019 | 233,861 million USD | -689.1% |
| 2020 | 323,225 million USD | +38.2% |
| 2021 | 487,029 million USD | +50.7% |
| 2022 | 579,171 million USD | +18.9% |
| 2023 | 609,145 million USD | +5.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total FDI outflows — Value US$ in Americas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +689.1% | -39,696 million USD | 233,861 million USD |
| 2006 | +299.7% | 86,268 million USD | 344,845 million USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 108,486 million USD | 35,835 million USD | 248,902 million USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 300,830 million USD | 86,268 million USD | 542,135 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 413,537 million USD | -39,696 million USD | 587,267 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 499,642 million USD | 323,225 million USD | 609,145 million USD | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 Japan 184,022 million USD compare
- 2 China, mainland 147,850 million USD compare
- 2 Türkiye 5,669 million USD compare
- 3 Switzerland 104,954 million USD compare
- 4 China, Hong Kong SAR 104,286 million USD compare
- 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,434 million USD compare
- 5 Germany 101,254 million USD compare
- 5 Melanesia 687.37 million USD compare
More economy & growth data for Americas
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 43.65 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 29,094 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 2.58 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 4.08 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 4.78 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 30.48 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 21.5 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 5.11 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 3.72 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices, annual growth 3.72 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total fdi outflows — value us$ in Americas?
- Total fdi outflows — value us$ in Americas was 609,145 million USD in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest total fdi outflows — value us$ recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 609,145 million USD in 2023.
- What is the lowest total fdi outflows — value us$ recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was -39,696 million USD in 2018.
- How does Americas rank for total fdi outflows — value us$?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 30 groups with data for 2023.
- Is total fdi outflows — value us$ rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Total FDI outflows — 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.