Foreign direct investment, net inflows in North America

28 countries in North America, 2024. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking
40.9 %
Cayman Islands
Median country
2.9 %
half above, half below
World
1.4 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
-1.8 to 40.9
Trinidad and Tobago - Cayman Islands

How to read it

Across 28 countries in North America, the highest value is in Cayman Islands (40.9 %) and the lowest in Trinidad and Tobago (-1.8 %).

The median country is at 2.9 %: half are above, half below.

Foreign direct investment is the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less…

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Source: International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, International Monetary Fund (IMF); International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB); World… · via World Bank WDI (BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS) · licence

FDI inflows over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Cayman Islands40.9
2Grenada12.1
3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines12.0
4Antigua and Barbuda11.4
5Dominica8.7
6Saint Lucia7.2
7Nicaragua6.9
8Costa Rica5.6
9Curaçao4.3
10Belize4.0
11Barbados4.0
12Saint Kitts and Nevis3.7
13Dominican Republic3.6
14El Salvador3.0
15Canada2.8
16Turks and Caicos Islands2.5
17Mexico2.5
18Aruba2.5
19Panama2.4
20Sint Maarten2.1
21Guatemala1.6
22Bahamas1.5
23Jamaica1.4
24Honduras1.3
25Bermuda1.3
26United States1.0
27Haiti0.1
28Trinidad and Tobago-1.8
World Bank, WDI · BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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