Foreign direct investment, net inflows in North America

22 countries in North America, 2025. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking
12.1 %
Antigua and Barbuda
Median country
2.6 %
half above, half below
World
1.4 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
-3.1 to 12.1
Trinidad and Tobago - Antigua and Barbuda

How to read it

Across 22 countries in North America, the highest value is in Antigua and Barbuda (12.1 %) and the lowest in Trinidad and Tobago (-3.1 %).

The median country is at 2.6 %: 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

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Antigua and Barbuda12.1
2Grenada12.0
3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines8.9
4Saint Lucia7.3
5Dominica6.8
6Nicaragua6.8
7Costa Rica5.4
8Dominican Republic3.9
9Barbados3.4
10Canada3.0
11Honduras2.7
12Mexico2.4
13Saint Kitts and Nevis2.4
14El Salvador2.1
15Sint Maarten1.9
16Guatemala1.4
17Jamaica1.2
18Panama1.0
19United States1.0
20Haiti0.0
21Belize0.0
22Trinidad and Tobago-3.1
World Bank, WDI · BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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