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Investment Climate Statements

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Angola, Botswana, Cabo Verde

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Angola

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) 2016 $96.2 billion 2015 $103 Billion www.imf.org 
Foreign Direct Investment Host Country Statistical Source USG or International Statistical Source USG or International Source of Data:
BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other
U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions) 2015 $24 Million 2014 $1,803 Million BEA data available at
http://bea.gov/international/
direct_investment_
multinational_companies_
comprehensive_data.htm 
Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions) 2015 $207 Million 2014 $89 Million BEA data available at
http://bea.gov/international/
direct_investment_
multinational_companies_
comprehensive_data.htm 
Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP 2015 0% 2014 1.42% N/A

Recently the World Bank has put Angola among the ten countries in Africa least able to make available credible indicators, according to the indicator Capacity Statistics BM – an instrument that measures the capacity of States to collect, analyze and disseminate data on their populations and economies.

 

Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI

No data available.

 

Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment

No data available.

Botswana

13. Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Portfolio Investment Statistics

Estimates of U.S. FDI in Botswana varied from $12 to 19 million in 2014, comprising approximately 0.1 percent of GDP.

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) 2015 $14,590 2015 $14,390 www.worldbank.org/en/country 
Foreign Direct Investment Host Country Statistical source USG or International Statistical Source USG or International Source of Data:
BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other
U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions) 2014 $12 2015 $19 BEA data available at http://bea.gov/international/direct_investment_
multinational_companies_comprehensive_data.htm 
Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions) N/A N/A 2015 $-1 BEA data available at http://bea.gov/international/direct_investment_
multinational_companies_comprehensive_data.htm 
Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP 2014 0.08% 2015 0.13% N/A

Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI

According to the Bank of Botswana, investment in Botswana totaled 53 billion pula ($ 5.04 billion) in 2014, of which 34 billion pula ($3.23 billion) were non-FDI investments. Africa (50 percent) and Europe (44 percent) accounted for most of the 19 billion pula ($1.8 billion) influx of FDI. Within these regions, South Africa and Luxemburg were the predominant players, accounting for 6.2 and 5.3 billion pula ($590 million and $504 million) respectively. Little data on FDI sources is available for countries and regions with limited investments in Botswana. The mining sector continued to dominate Botswana’s FDI, accounting for 45 percent of inflows.

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 1.88 100% Data not available
Africa 0.94 50%
Europe 0.82 44%
Asia Pacific 0.03 1.5%
North and Central America 0.03 1.5%
Other 0.06 3%
“0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000.

Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment

IMF Coordinated Direct Investment Survey data are not available for Botswana. Equity securities represent 82 percent of Botswana’s portfolio investment assets abroad. Information about country destination of these portfolio investments is not available.

Data not available.

Cabo Verde

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) 2015 $1,623 2015 $1,603 www.worldbank.org/en/country 
Foreign Direct Investment Host Country Statistical source USG or international statistical source USG or international Source of data:
BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other
U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions) N/A N/A N/A N/A BEA data available at http://bea.gov/international/direct_investment_
multinational_companies_comprehensive_data.htm 
Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions) N/A N/A N/A N/A BEA data available at http://bea.gov/international/direct_investment_
multinational_companies_comprehensive_data.htm 
Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

* Source: Cabo Verde Central Bank (BCV) – Annual Report 2015

Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI

Direct Investment from/in Counterpart Economy Data (2015)
From Top Five Sources/To Top Five Destinations (US Dollars, Millions)
Inward Direct Investment Outward Direct Investment
Total Inward 1,617 100% Total Outward Amount 100%
UK 289 18% N/A
Portugal 287 18% N/A
Spain 199 12% N/A
Italy 130 8% N/A
Ireland 48 3% N/A
“0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000.

Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment

Data regarding sources of portfolio investment in Cabo Verde are unavailable.

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