Mexico
13. Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Portfolio Investment Statistics
Table 2: Key Macroeconomic Data, U.S. FDI in Host Country/Economy
| Host Country Statistical Source* | USG or International Statistical Source | USG or International Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other |
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| Economic Data | Year | Amount | Year | Amount | |
| Host Country Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ($M USD) | 2018 | $1,220,000 | 2017 | $1,150,000 | www.worldbank.org/en/country |
| Foreign Direct Investment | Host Country Statistical Source* | USG or International Statistical Source | USG or International Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other |
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| U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions) | 2018 | N/A* | 2017 | $109,600 | BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/direct-investment-and-multinational-enterprises-comprehensive-data |
| Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions) | 2018 | N/A* | 2017 | $18,000 | BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/direct-investment-and-multinational-enterprises-comprehensive-data |
| Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP | 2018 | N/A* | 2017 | 49.5% | UNCTAD data available at https://unctad.org/en/Pages/DIAE/World%20Investment%20Report/Country-Fact-Sheets.aspx |
*Mexico does not report total FDI stock, only flows of FDI. https://datos.gob.mx/busca/organization/se
Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI
The data included in the IMF’s Coordinated Direct Investment Survey is consistent with Mexican government data.
| Direct Investment from/in Counterpart Economy Data, 2017 | |||||
| From Top Five Sources/To Top Five Destinations (US Dollars, Millions) | |||||
| Inward Direct Investment | Outward Direct Investment | ||||
| Total Inward | $490,574 | 100% | Total Outward | $172,919 | 100% |
| United States | $215,899 | 44% | United States | $73,199 | 42% |
| Netherlands | $83,214 | 17% | Netherlands | $36,498 | 21% |
| Spain | $53,483 | 11% | United Kingdom | $10,362 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | $23,845 | 4.9% | Brazil | $9,532 | 5.5% |
| Canada | $18,034 | 3.7% | Spain | $9,475 | 5.47% |
| “0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000. | |||||
Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment
The data included in the IMF’s Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) is consistent with Mexican government data.
| Portfolio Investment Assets, June 2018 | ||||||||
| Top Five Partners (Millions, US Dollars) | ||||||||
| Total | Equity Securities | Total Debt Securities | ||||||
| All Countries | $62,148 | 100% | All Countries | $39,738 | 100% | All Countries | $22,410 | 100% |
| United States | $28,487 | 45.8% | Not specified | $21,340 | 54% | United States | $17,441 | 78% |
| Not specified | $24,204 | 39% | United States | $11,046 | 28% | Not specified | $2,864 | 13% |
| Ireland | $2,631 | 4.2% | Ireland | $2,631 | 6.7% | Brazil | $1,617 | 7% |
| Luxembourg | $2,376 | 3.8% | Luxembourg | $2,376 | 6% | Colombia | $70 | .3% |
| Brazil | $1,655 | 2.7% | United Kingdom | $601 | 1.5% | Netherlands | $52 | .2% |