Total FDI outflows — Value US$ in Jamaica
Jamaica: Total FDI outflows — Value US$ was -5.52 million USD in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Total FDI outflows — Value US$ in Jamaica, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded -5.52 million USD for total fdi outflows — value us$ in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 109.2% on the previous year and down 107.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total fdi outflows — value us$ in Jamaica peaked at 445.99 million USD in 2019 and was at its lowest, -5.52 million USD, in 2023.
Jamaica ranks 163rd of 182 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 63.01 million USD | 37 million USD | 94.9 million USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 85.19 million USD | 60 million USD | 116.3 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 115.42 million USD | 12.67 million USD | 445.99 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.39 million USD | -5.52 million USD | 60.24 million USD | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 160 Saint Kitts and Nevis -2.87 million USD compare
- 161 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -3.14 million USD compare
- 162 Sao Tome and Principe -3.65 million USD compare
- 164 Cabo Verde -7.49 million USD compare
- 165 Sierra Leone -7.55 million USD compare
- 166 Timor-Leste -17 million USD compare
More economy & growth data for Jamaica
- Inflation of consumer prices 4 (2025)
- Gdp per capita worldbank constant usd 6,106 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added to gdp 7.69 (2025)
- Gdp worldbank constant usd 17.32 billion (2025)
- Gdp per capita in international and market dollars 6,106 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor 159.1 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 603.86 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 3.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 546.60 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 3.44 billion current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total fdi outflows — value us$ in Jamaica?
- Total fdi outflows — value us$ in Jamaica was -5.52 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 445.99 million USD in 2019.
- What is the lowest total fdi outflows — value us$ recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was -5.52 million USD in 2023.
- How does Jamaica rank for total fdi outflows — value us$?
- Jamaica ranks 163rd out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total fdi outflows — value us$ rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 107.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.