Latin America and Caribbean Compared by Economy > Trade > Balance of payments > Foreign direct investment, net inflows > BoP, current US$ per capita

DEFINITION: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$). Foreign direct investment are 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 disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Cayman Islands	$73,553.08	2012
2	Bermuda	$2,048.59	2012
3	Trinidad and Tobago	$1,889.51	2012
4	Saint Kitts and Nevis	$1,874.50	2012
5	Chile	$1,736.24	2012
6	Barbados	$1,258.28	2012
7	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	$1,145.86	2012
8	The Bahamas	$968.43	2012
9	Panama	$889.73	2012
10	Uruguay	$856.09	2012
11	Antigua and Barbuda	$795.56	2012
12	Saint Lucia	$604.97	2012
13	Belize	$599.28	2012
14	Costa Rica	$548.60	2012
15	Peru	$408.31	2012
16	Brazil	$383.13	2012
17	Dominican Republic	$375.33	2012
18	Curacao	$374.83	2012
19	Guyana	$347.16	2012
20	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	$345.59	2012
21	Colombia	$328.05	2012
22	Argentina	$295.18	2012
23	Grenada	$286.60	2012
24	Dominica	$274.09	2012
25	Honduras	$134.52	2012
26	Nicaragua	$134.29	2012
27	Mexico	$127.87	2012
28	Suriname	$123.21	2012
29	Bolivia	$100.98	2012
30	Jamaica	$84.35	2012
31	Guatemala	$76.25	2012
32	El Salvador	$74.12	2012
33	Venezuela	$73.41	2012
34	Paraguay	$54.30	2012
35	Ecuador	$38.17	2012
36	Haiti	$17.57	2012
37	Aruba	$-1,366.93	2012

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