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Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Bahamas

Foreign direct investment outflows in the Bahamas in 2024 — 162,940,696 US$. Ranked 80 in the world out of 171.

2024 163M US$ −27.7% vs 2023
World rank 80of 171
Period maximum 2.68B US$2014
Period minimum -163M US$1988

Trend over time

1976–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Bahamas, 1976–2024-1B01B2B3B197619811986199119962001200620112016202120241976: 0 US$1977: 0 US$1978: 0 US$1979: 0 US$1980: 115,000,000 US$1981: -38,000,000 US$1982: -76,000,000 US$1983: -41,000,000 US$1984: 6,000,000 US$1985: 31,016,841 US$1986: 129,342,858 US$1987: 21,918,954 US$1988: -162,907,702 US$1989: 400,000 US$1990: 200,000 US$1991: -1,300,000 US$1992: 300,000 US$1993: 300,000 US$1994: 100,000 US$1995: 200,000 US$1996: -300,000 US$1997: 400,000 US$1998: 1,000,000 US$1999: 200,000 US$2000: 140,132,000 US$2001: 94,373,000 US$2002: 39,855,000 US$2003: 71,534,000 US$2004: 169,275,000 US$2005: 142,805,000 US$2006: 332,712,990 US$2007: 459,230,210 US$2008: 409,593,690 US$2009: 216,895,440 US$2010: 150,448,820 US$2011: 524,028,080 US$2012: 158,403,980 US$2013: 277,141,780 US$2014: 2,679,068,360 US$2015: 169,906,040 US$2016: 358,587,410 US$2017: 151,066,080 US$2018: 117,328,100 US$2019: 112,997,908 US$2020: 59,835,502 US$2021: 84,673,303 US$2022: 214,483,758 US$2023: 225,356,383 US$2024: 162,940,696 US$
Change over the period: +163M

Comparison, 2024

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

Bahamas 163M US$
World 1.72T US$
Latin America & Caribbean 113B US$
High-income countries computed 1.37T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 163M −62.42M −27.7%
2023 225M +10.87M +5.07%
2022 214M +130M +153.31%
2021 84.67M +24.84M +41.51%
2020 59.84M −53.16M −47.05%
2019 113M −4.33M −3.69%
2018 117M −33.74M −22.33%
2017 151M −208M −57.87%
2016 359M +189M +111.05%
2015 170M −2.51B −93.66%
2014 2.68B +2.4B +866.68%
2013 277M +119M +74.96%
2012 158M −366M −69.77%
2011 524M +374M +248.31%
2010 150M −66.45M −30.64%
2009 217M −193M −47.05%
2008 410M −49.64M −10.81%
2007 459M +127M +38.03%
2006 333M +190M +132.98%
2005 143M −26.47M −15.64%
2004 169M +97.74M +136.64%
2003 71.53M +31.68M +79.49%
2002 39.86M −54.52M −57.77%
2001 94.37M −45.76M −32.65%
2000 140M +140M +69,966%
1999 200,000 −800,000 −80%
1998 1M +600,000 +150%
1997 400,000 +700,000 +233.33%
1996 -300,000 −500,000 −250%
1995 200,000 +100,000 +100%
1994 100,000 −200,000 −66.67%
1993 300,000 +0 +0%
1992 300,000 +1.6M +123.08%
1991 -1.3M −1.5M −750%
1990 200,000 −200,000 −50%
1989 400,000 +163M +100.25%
1988 -163M −185M −843.23%
1987 21.92M −107M −83.05%
1986 129M +98.33M +317.01%
1985 31.02M +25.02M +416.95%
1984 6M +47M +114.63%
1983 -41M +35M +46.05%
1982 -76M −38M −100%
1981 -38M −153M −133.04%
1980 115M +115M —
1979 0 +0 —
1978 0 +0 —
1977 0 +0 —
1976 0 — —

Caribbean, 2024

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

VG British Virgin Islands 59.45B TT Trinidad and Tobago 527M BS Bahamas 163M AW Aruba 87.67M BB Barbados 18.57M KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.97M CW Curaçao 8.09M SX Sint Maarten 4.71M JM Jamaica 1.07M AG Antigua and Barbuda -68,423 LC Saint Lucia -350,331 DM Dominica -401,184 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -1.92M GD Grenada -4.02M DO Dominican Republic -47.3M KY Cayman Islands -1.74B
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About the indicator

Net outflows of foreign direct investment — investment by residents of a country in enterprises abroad in which they hold at least 10% of the voting shares. High outward FDI is typical of countries with large multinational companies and an accumulated current account surplus.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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