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Albania

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
Economic Data Year Amount Year Amount
Host Country Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ($M USD) 2018 $15,103 2018 $15,103 www.worldbank.org/en/country 
Foreign Direct Investment Host Country Statistical source* USG or international statistical source USG or international Source of data:
BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other
U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions) 2018 $121 2018 N/A 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 2018 $0 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 59% 2018 52% UNCTAD data available at
https://unctad.org/en/Pages/
DIAE/World%20Investment%20Report/
Country-Fact-Sheets.aspx
 

*Source for Host Country Data: Bank of Albania (http://www.bankofalbania.org/), Albanian Institute of Statistics (http://www.instat.gov.al/), Albanian Ministry of Finances (http://www.financa.gov.al/)

Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI
Direct Investment from/in Counterpart Economy Data (2018)
From Top Five Sources/To Top Five Destinations (US Dollars, Millions)
Inward Direct Investment Outward Direct Investment
Total Inward 7,833 100% Total Outward 563 100%
Switzerland 1,505 19% Kosovo 335 59.5%
Canada 1,139 14.5% Italy 165 29.3%
The Netherlands 1,105 14% United States 21 3.7%
Greece 903 11.5% North Macedonia 13 2.3%
Italy 617 7.9% Greece 8 1.4%
“0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000.
Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment
Portfolio Investment Assets
Top Five Partners (Millions, current US Dollars) December 2018
Total Equity Securities Total Debt Securities
All Countries 846 100% All Countries 36 100% All Countries 810 100%
Turkey 187 22% Turkey 17 47% Turkey 170 21%
Germany 117 13.8% Canada 8 22% Germany 117 14%
Czech 99 11.7% The Netherlands 8 22% Czech 99 12%
France 72 8.5% The Bahamas 2 5.5% France 72 8.9X%
Italy 47 5.5% Country #5 Italy 47 5.8%
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