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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) 2020 $389,064 2020 $383.10 www.worldbank.org/en/country

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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 N/A 2020 $8.730 billion BEA data available at https://apps.bea.gov/international/
factsheet/
Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions) 2020 N/A 2020 $627 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 N/A 2020 1.0% UNCTAD data available at

https://unctad.org/topic/investment/
world-investment-report   

* Source for Host Country Data: Not available

Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI
Direct Investment from/in Counterpart Economy Data (through 2020)
From Top Five Sources/To Top Five Destinations (US Dollars, Millions)
Inward Direct Investment Outward Direct Investment
Total Inward 84,319 100% Total Outward 40,985 100%
United States 20,015 23.74% Uruguay 19,715 48.10%
Spain  4,013 13.58% United States 5,242 12.79%
Netherlands 9,997 11.86% Paraguay 2,439 5.95%
Brazil 4,614 5.47% Mexico 1,323 3.23%
Chile 4,237 5.02% Brazil 649 1.58%
“0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000.

 

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