Foreign direct investment inflows in Latin America & Caribbean in 2025 — 180,234,912,480 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 12,486.1%.
1970–2025 · US$
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 180B | −68.55B | −27.55% |
| 2024 | 249B | +24.82B | +11.08% |
| 2023 | 224B | −17.1B | −7.09% |
| 2022 | 241B | +54.91B | +29.5% |
| 2021 | 186B | +32.76B | +21.36% |
| 2020 | 153B | −47.46B | −23.63% |
| 2019 | 201B | −8.2B | −3.92% |
| 2018 | 209B | +5.57B | +2.74% |
| 2017 | 203B | −16.87B | −7.66% |
| 2016 | 220B | −102B | −31.67% |
| 2015 | 322B | +42.4B | +15.14% |
| 2014 | 280B | −62.51B | −18.25% |
| 2013 | 343B | +45.03B | +15.13% |
| 2012 | 298B | +3.81B | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 294B | +59.67B | +25.49% |
| 2010 | 234B | +78.53B | +50.49% |
| 2009 | 156B | −67.04B | −30.12% |
| 2008 | 223B | +29.89B | +15.51% |
| 2007 | 193B | +79.04B | +69.55% |
| 2006 | 114B | +34.38B | +43.38% |
| 2005 | 79.25B | −20.1B | −20.23% |
| 2004 | 99.36B | +41.94B | +73.03% |
| 2003 | 57.42B | −3.46B | −5.68% |
| 2002 | 60.88B | −17.75B | −22.57% |
| 2001 | 78.63B | −18.75B | −19.25% |
| 2000 | 97.38B | −7.34B | −7.01% |
| 1999 | 105B | +19.16B | +22.4% |
| 1998 | 85.55B | +11.78B | +15.96% |
| 1997 | 73.78B | +25.71B | +53.5% |
| 1996 | 48.06B | +17.9B | +59.32% |
| 1995 | 30.17B | +364M | +1.22% |
| 1994 | 29.8B | +14.82B | +98.93% |
| 1993 | 14.98B | +324M | +2.21% |
| 1992 | 14.66B | +1.47B | +11.16% |
| 1991 | 13.19B | +4.7B | +55.29% |
| 1990 | 8.49B | +167M | +2.01% |
| 1989 | 8.32B | −258M | −3% |
| 1988 | 8.58B | +3.19B | +59.12% |
| 1987 | 5.39B | +569M | +11.79% |
| 1986 | 4.82B | −1.61B | −25.07% |
| 1985 | 6.44B | +1.36B | +26.88% |
| 1984 | 5.07B | −410M | −7.48% |
| 1983 | 5.49B | −1.52B | −21.66% |
| 1982 | 7B | −1.73B | −19.77% |
| 1981 | 8.73B | +2.28B | +35.3% |
| 1980 | 6.45B | +1.17B | +22.06% |
| 1979 | 5.28B | +1.29B | +32.43% |
| 1978 | 3.99B | +1.01B | +34.03% |
| 1977 | 2.98B | +865M | +40.95% |
| 1976 | 2.11B | −921M | −30.37% |
| 1975 | 3.03B | +991M | +48.55% |
| 1974 | 2.04B | −203M | −9.04% |
| 1973 | 2.25B | +1.33B | +144.4% |
| 1972 | 919M | −855M | −48.21% |
| 1971 | 1.77B | +342M | +23.85% |
| 1970 | 1.43B | — | — |
Net inflows of foreign direct investment — investment by non-residents that gives them at least 10% of the voting shares of an enterprise: equity capital, reinvested earnings and intra-company loans. Values can be negative when capital is withdrawn. The figures are distorted by flows in transit through holding-company jurisdictions.
Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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