Net foreign direct investment

Net inflows of foreign direct investment in current US dollars, from the balance of payments compiled by ECLAC.

Source
CEPALSTAT (ECLAC)
Unit
current US dollars (ECLAC)
Frequency
annual
Latest figure
2025 · 14 countries reporting

Regional comparison

Each country’s latest figure

Map of 17 countries
-626M USD31.4B USDno data

Region: net foreign direct investment, latest per country

current US dollars (ECLAC)

Includes only observations that pass this series’ declared semantic review.

-626M10B20.7B31.4BMexicoMexico31.4BMexico: 31.4BPeruPeru8.93BPeru: 8.93BColombiaColombia6.75BColombia: 6.75BCosta RicaCosta Rica5.12BCosta Rica: 5.12BDominican RepublicDominican Republic5.03BDominican Republic: 5.03BPanamaPanama1.81BPanama: 1.81BEcuadorEcuador1.3BEcuador: 1.3BNicaraguaNicaragua1.28BNicaragua: 1.28BParaguayParaguay945MParaguay: 945MHondurasHonduras810MHonduras: 810MUruguayUruguay457MUruguay: 457MEl SalvadorEl Salvador445MEl Salvador: 445MBoliviaBolivia373MBolivia: 373MGuatemalaGuatemala-626MGuatemala: -626M
14 results shown14 source records
Query scope
2 filtersIndicator key: fdi_net_usdYear: from 2023

Over time

Net foreign direct investment since 2001

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4 of 10 series
-10B2.5B15B27.5B40B2001: 703M2002: 674M2003: 195M2004: 62.6M2005: -242M2006: 278M2007: 363M2008: 509M2009: 420M2010: 651M2011: 859M2012: 1.06B2013: 1.75B2014: 689M2015: 557M2016: 247M2017: 633M2018: 386M2019: -265M2020: -1.02B2021: 493M2022: 87M2023: -16M2024: 225M2025: 373M2001: 456M2002: 111M2003: 131M2004: 255M2005: 470M2006: 552M2007: 720M2008: 721M2009: 491M2010: 608M2011: 1.14B2012: 1.23B2013: 1.45B2014: 1.39B2015: 1.05B2016: 965M2017: 934M2018: 780M2019: 796M2020: 786M2021: 2.99B2022: 720M2023: 996M2024: 1.01B2025: -626M2001: 25.7B2002: 23.2B2003: 17B2004: 20.6B2005: 19.3B2006: 15.5B2007: 22.7B2008: 29.1B2009: 7.99B2010: 12.6B2011: 12.3B2012: -543M2013: 32.9B2014: 22.8B2015: 25.3B2016: 31B2017: 30.1B2018: 25.6B2019: 23.9B2020: 26.6B2021: 35.9B2022: 21.8B2023: 29.9B2024: 32.5B2025: 31.4B2001: 1.07B2002: 2.16B2003: 1.28B2004: 1.6B2005: 2.58B2006: 3.47B2007: 5.43B2008: 6.19B2009: 6.02B2010: 8.02B2011: 7.34B2012: 11.9B2013: 9.33B2014: 3.43B2015: 8.07B2016: 5.5B2017: 6.3B2018: 6.98B2019: 5.66B2020: -944M2021: 5.17B2022: 12B2023: 2.96B2024: 5.56B2025: 8.93BMexico · 31.4BPeru · 8.93BBolivia · 373MGuatemala · -626M20012007201320192025
100 results shown100 source records
Query scope
3 filtersIndicator key: fdi_net_usdCountry: bolivia, guatemala, mexico, peruYear: from 2001

All countries

Figure, year and recent change

Rank 1 is the highest value among countries with a recent figure. Change compares with the same country’s previous observation.

#CountryNet foreign direct investmentYearChange
1Mexico31.4B USD2025−1.13B USD
2Peru8.93B USD2025+3.37B USD
3Colombia6.75B USD2025−2.43B USD
4Costa Rica5.12B USD2025+54.2M USD
5Dominican Republic5.03B USD2025+510M USD
6Panama1.81B USD2025−192M USD
7Ecuador1.3B USD2025+853M USD
8Nicaragua1.28B USD2024+207M USD
9Paraguay945M USD2025+13.7M USD
10Honduras810M USD2025+283M USD
11Uruguay457M USD2025+3.02B USD
12El Salvador445M USD2025−296M USD
13Bolivia373M USD2025+148M USD
14Guatemala-626M USD2025−1.63B USD

Source and citation

CEPALSTAT: economic indicators

CEPALSTAT (ECLAC), via the VerDat PIDA normalized layer.

CEPALSTAT (ECLAC), “Net foreign direct investment”, retrieved from VerDat PIDA (OEI) on Oct 9, 2026.

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