Sri Lanka
13. Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Portfolio Investment Statistics
| Host Country Statistical source* | USG or international statistical source | USG or International Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Data | Year | Amount | Year | Amount | |
| Host Country Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ($M USD) | 2020 | $80.6 Billion | 2019 | $84 Billion | www.worldbank.org/en/country |
| Foreign Direct Investment | Host Country Statistical source* | USG or international statistical source | USG or international Source of data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other | ||
| U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions) | 2020 | $274 Million | 2019 | $165 Million | BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/direct-investment-and-multinational-enterprises-comprehensive-data |
| Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions) | 2019 | $ N/A | 2019 | $67 Million | BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/direct-investment-and-multinational-enterprises-comprehensive-data |
| Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP | 2020 | 0.17% | 2019 | 15.5% | UNCTAD data available at
https://unctad.org/en/Pages/DIAE/World%20Investment%20Report/Country-Fact-Sheets.aspx |
* Source for Host Country Data: Central Bank of Sri Lanka
| Direct Investment from/in Counterpart Economy Data | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Top Five Sources/To Top Five Destinations (US Dollars, Millions) | |||||
| Inward Direct Investment | Outward Direct Investment | ||||
| Total Inward | Amount | 100% | Total Outward | Amount | 100% |
| People’s Republic of China: | 2,186 | 17% | Singapore | 303 | 20% |
| India | 1,688 | 13% | India | 205 | 14% |
| Netherlands | 1,593 | 13% | Netherlands | 150 | 10% |
| Singapore | 1,130 | 9% | Malaysia | 136 | 9% |
| Malaysia | 1,083 | 8% | Bangladesh | 126 | 8% |
| “0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- $500,000. | |||||
According to CBSL, the United States is the 13th largest foreign investor in Sri Lanka in terms of stock of foreign direct investment (FDI). The United States stock of FDI in 2020 was $274 million. FDI inflows from the United States were $13 million in 2020. United States FDI in Sri Lanka has remained steady over the past five years.
Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment
Data not available.