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13. Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Portfolio Investment Statistics

According to official statistics, Belarus received $1.4 billion in FDI (on a net basis) in 2020, while government forecasted for 2020 at least $1.7 billion. Belarus received $1.3 billion in FDI in 2019, $1.6 billion in 2018, USD 1.2 billion in FDI in 2017, and $1.3 billion in 2016. The list of top-10 countries, which invested in Belarus in 2020 includes Russia (21.7 percent), Cyprus (17.7 percent), Netherlands (8.4 percent), Germany (5.4 percent), USA (3.0 percent), Lithuania (2.6 percent), Switzerland (2.2 percent), UK (1.9 percent), Czech Republic (1.7 percent), China (1.7 percent), are considered the top ten foreign investors in Belarus.

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 $60.2 2019 $63.08 www.worldbank.org/en/country 
Foreign Direct Investment Host Country Statistical source* USG or international statistical source USG or international Source of data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other
U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions) 2020 $42.2 2020 N/A BEA data available at https://apps.bea.gov/international/factsheet/ 
Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions) 2017 $39 2019 $4 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 (not on net basis) 10% 2018 34.8% UNCTAD data available athttps://stats.unctad.org/handbook/EconomicTrends/Fdi.html

* Source for Host Country Data: The National Bank of Belarus ( http://www.nbrb.by ); Ministry of Economy ( https://www.economy.gov.by/ ); National Statistical Committee ( https://www.belstat.gov.by/en/ ).

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 14,417 100% Total Outward 1,440 100%
Russian Federation 4,537 31.4% Russian Federation 1,152 80%
Cyprus 2,956 20.5% Ukraine 87 80%
The Netherlands 597 4.1% Cyprus 71 4.9%
Austria 573 3.9% Lithuania 41 2.8%
Turkey 557 3.8% Venezuela 29 2.0%
“0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000.
Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment
Portfolio Investment Assets
Top Five Partners (Millions, current US Dollars)
Total Equity Securities Total Debt Securities
All Countries 151 100% All Countries 5 100% All Countries 147 100%
International Organizations 74 49% China 3 57% International Organizations 74 50%
United States 57 38% Russian Federation 1 27% United States 57 39%
China 5 3% France 0.4 8% Austria 4 3%
Austria 4 3% Latvia 0.25 5% China 3 2%
Russia 4 3% Poland .05 1% Russia 2 2%

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