Costa Rica
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 | $60,126 | 2017 | $57,286 | www.worldbank.org/en/country |
| Foreign Direct Investment | Host Country Statistical Source* | USG or International Statistical Source | USG or International Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other |
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| U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions) | 2017 | $19,924 | 2017 | $19,924 | IMF CDIS data available at http:/data.imf.org/CDIS |
| Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions) | 2017 | $117 | 2017 | $117 | IMF CDIS data available at http:/data.imf.org/CDIS |
| Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP | 2017 | 63.2% | 2017 | 62.5% | UNCTAD data available at https://unctad.org/en/Pages/DIAE/World%20Investment%20Report/Country-Fact-Sheets.aspx |
* For 2017 GDP in dollars with National Accounts exchange rate, the Costa Rican Central Bank (BCCR) is “Host Country Statistical Source”. http://indicadoreseconomicos.bccr.fi.cr/indicadoreseconomicos/Cuadros/frmVerCatCuadro.aspx?idioma=1&CodCuadro= percent202999
* For 2017 US FDI stock in Costa Rica, and Costa Rican FDI stock in the US, the Costa Rican Central Bank (BCCR) is “Host Country Statistical Source
* For “Total Inbound Stock of FDI as percent host GDP”, local statistical source is BCCR. GDP for 2017 was USD 58,174.6 million; total Inbound FDI stock in 2017 was USD 36,742.7.
Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI
Costa Rica’s open and globally integrated economy receives FDI principally from the United States followed by Europe and Latin America. Costa Rica’s outward FDI is more regionally focused on its neighbors Nicaragua, Guatemala and Panama, with the U.S. and Colombia following.
| 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 | 36,743 | 100% | Total Outward | 3,023 | 100% |
| USA | 19,924 | 54% | Nicaragua | 955 | 32% |
| Spain | 2,490 | 7% | Guatemala | 907 | 30% |
| Mexico | 1,872 | 5% | Panama | 650 | 22% |
| Netherlands | 1,443 | 4% | USA | 117 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1,395 | 4% | Colombia | 70 | 2% |
| “0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000. | |||||
Stock Positions. IMF’s Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS) site: (http:/data.imf.org/CDIS)
Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment
| Portfolio Investment Assets | ||||||||
| Top Five Partners (Millions, US Dollars) | ||||||||
| Total | Equity Securities | Total Debt Securities | ||||||
| All Countries | 1,816 | 100% | All Countries | 1,017 | 100% | All Countries | 799 | 100% |
| USA | 924 | 50.9%% | USA | 492 | 48.4% | USA | 432 | 54.1% |
| Ireland | 356 | 19.6% | Ireland | 354 | 34.8% | UK | 85 | 10.6% |
| Luxembourg | 151 | 8.3%% | Luxembourg | 143 | 14.1% | Sweden | 74 | 9.3% |
| UK | 89 | 4.9%% | China PR | 3 | .3%% | Mexico | 25 | 3.1% |
| Sweden | 74 | 4.1% | Canada | 3 | .3% | Australia | 20 | 2.5% |