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Foreign direct investment inflows — Nicaragua

Foreign direct investment inflows in Nicaragua in 2024 — 1,352,300,000 US$. Ranked 91 in the world out of 195. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 8,915.3%.

2024 1.35B US$ +21.4% vs 2023
World rank 91of 195
Period maximum 1.35B US$2024
Period minimum -90,000 US$1988

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — Nicaragua, 1970–2024-500M0500M1B1.5B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 15,000,000 US$1971: 13,300,000 US$1972: 10,000,000 US$1973: 13,200,000 US$1974: 13,800,000 US$1975: 10,900,000 US$1976: 12,900,000 US$1977: 10,000,000 US$1978: 7,000,000 US$1979: 2,800,000 US$1980: 12,533,333 US$1981: -30,000 US$1982: 9,966,667 US$1983: 100,000 US$1984: 7,444,444 US$1985: -10,000 US$1986: 60,000 US$1987: 2,410,000 US$1988: -90,000 US$1989: 2,800,000 US$1990: 670,000 US$1991: 42,000,000 US$1992: 15,000,000 US$1993: 38,800,000 US$1994: 46,700,000 US$1995: 88,900,000 US$1996: 120,000,000 US$1997: 203,400,000 US$1998: 218,200,000 US$1999: 337,300,000 US$2000: 266,500,000 US$2001: 150,200,000 US$2002: 203,900,000 US$2003: 201,300,000 US$2004: 250,000,000 US$2005: 241,100,000 US$2006: 286,800,000 US$2007: 381,700,000 US$2008: 627,300,000 US$2009: 433,900,000 US$2010: 489,900,000 US$2011: 936,300,000 US$2012: 775,700,000 US$2013: 965,100,000 US$2014: 1,076,800,000 US$2015: 967,000,000 US$2016: 989,100,000 US$2017: 1,035,400,000 US$2018: 837,600,000 US$2019: 503,000,000 US$2020: 746,500,000 US$2021: 1,047,200,000 US$2022: 1,287,100,000 US$2023: 1,113,900,000 US$2024: 1,352,300,000 US$
Change over the period: +1.34B (+8,915.33%) Average annual rate: 8.69 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nicaragua

Nicaragua 1.35B US$
World 1.57T US$
Latin America & Caribbean 249B US$
Central America computed 57.82B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 153B US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 1.35B +238M +21.4%
2023 1.11B −173M −13.46%
2022 1.29B +240M +22.91%
2021 1.05B +301M +40.28%
2020 747M +244M +48.41%
2019 503M −335M −39.95%
2018 838M −198M −19.1%
2017 1.04B +46.3M +4.68%
2016 989M +22.1M +2.29%
2015 967M −110M −10.2%
2014 1.08B +112M +11.57%
2013 965M +189M +24.42%
2012 776M −161M −17.15%
2011 936M +446M +91.12%
2010 490M +56M +12.91%
2009 434M −193M −30.83%
2008 627M +246M +64.34%
2007 382M +94.9M +33.09%
2006 287M +45.7M +18.95%
2005 241M −8.9M −3.56%
2004 250M +48.7M +24.19%
2003 201M −2.6M −1.28%
2002 204M +53.7M +35.75%
2001 150M −116M −43.64%
2000 267M −70.8M −20.99%
1999 337M +119M +54.58%
1998 218M +14.8M +7.28%
1997 203M +83.4M +69.5%
1996 120M +31.1M +34.98%
1995 88.9M +42.2M +90.36%
1994 46.7M +7.9M +20.36%
1993 38.8M +23.8M +158.67%
1992 15M −27M −64.29%
1991 42M +41.33M +6,168.66%
1990 670,000 −2.13M −76.07%
1989 2.8M +2.89M +3,211.11%
1988 -90,000 −2.5M −103.73%
1987 2.41M +2.35M +3,916.67%
1986 60,000 +70,000 +700%
1985 -10,000 −7.45M −100.13%
1984 7.44M +7.34M +7,344.44%
1983 100,000 −9.87M −99%
1982 9.97M +10M +33,322.22%
1981 -30,000 −12.56M −100.24%
1980 12.53M +9.73M +347.62%
1979 2.8M −4.2M −60%
1978 7M −3M −30%
1977 10M −2.9M −22.48%
1976 12.9M +2M +18.35%
1975 10.9M −2.9M −21.01%
1974 13.8M +600,000 +4.55%
1973 13.2M +3.2M +32%
1972 10M −3.3M −24.81%
1971 13.3M −1.7M −11.33%
1970 15M — —

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MX Mexico 45.47B CR Costa Rica 5.4B PA Panama 2.09B GT Guatemala 1.85B NI Nicaragua 1.35B SV El Salvador 1.05B HN Honduras 478M BZ Belize 128M
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About the indicator

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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