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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) 2019 $15,279 2019 $15.279 www.worldbank.org/en/country

https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2021/April

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 $82 2018 $35 BEA data available at
https://apps.bea.gov/international/factsheet/
Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions) 2019 N/A 2019 $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 2019 59.5% 2019 57.6% UNCTAD data available at
https://unctad.org/topic/investment/
world-investment-report
 

*Source for Host Country Data: Bank of Albania (http://www.bankofalbania.org/)

Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI 
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 8,364 100% Total Outward 680 100%
Switzerland 1,672 20% Kosovo 358 52.6%
The Netherlands 1,358 16.2% Italy 185 27.2%
Canada 1,243 14.9% United States 34 5%
Italy 728 8.7% North Macedonia 34 5%
Bulgaria 599 7.2% Greece 17 2.5%
“0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000.
Table 4: Portfolio Investment
Portfolio Investment Assets
Top Five Partners (Millions, current US Dollars)
Total Equity Securities Total Debt Securities
All Countries $1,388 100% All Countries $43 100% All Countries $1,345 100%
Turkey $243 17% Turkey $18 41.5% Turkey $225 17%
Germany $145 10% Canada $17 40.5% Germany $145 11%
Greece $130 9% Netherlands $8 18% Greece $130 10%
Italy $101 7% N/A France $101 8%
France $83 6% N/A Italy $83 6%

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