Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Latin America & Caribbean

Foreign direct investment outflows in Latin America & Caribbean in 2025 — 60,292,920,823 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 259,593%.

2025 60.29B US$ −46.85% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 174B US$2015
Period minimum -345M US$1990

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Latin America & Caribbean, 1970–2025-50B050B100B150B200B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 23,217,000 US$1971: 3,869,753 US$1972: 23,528,363 US$1973: 33,108,781 US$1974: 69,337,291 US$1975: 147,525,580 US$1976: 221,013,500 US$1977: 214,788,000 US$1978: 152,911,000 US$1979: 173,078,500 US$1980: 584,779,000 US$1981: 133,653,000 US$1982: 483,605,000 US$1983: 306,695,000 US$1984: 409,605,333 US$1985: 469,273,932 US$1986: 1,234,235,421 US$1987: 409,911,303 US$1988: 579,359,681 US$1989: 4,220,576,386 US$1990: -345,205,460 US$1991: 3,409,584,430 US$1992: 2,720,065,510 US$1993: 7,963,491,870 US$1994: 6,371,184,940 US$1995: 7,640,457,396 US$1996: 7,974,228,733 US$1997: 16,235,209,488 US$1998: 15,587,162,329 US$1999: 22,825,241,457 US$2000: 52,619,435,165 US$2001: 40,245,371,055 US$2002: 8,580,283,094 US$2003: 27,547,583,629 US$2004: 34,121,449,525 US$2005: 43,060,159,767 US$2006: 81,009,463,520 US$2007: 91,399,164,419 US$2008: 99,366,765,369 US$2009: 62,301,963,012 US$2010: 137,861,221,150 US$2011: 142,383,781,325 US$2012: 129,997,432,925 US$2013: 141,090,990,552 US$2014: 150,811,067,460 US$2015: 174,240,775,774 US$2016: 74,309,116,392 US$2017: 91,342,999,062 US$2018: 71,132,492,842 US$2019: 89,655,599,386 US$2020: 52,494,696,387 US$2021: 86,404,610,647 US$2022: 123,739,587,513 US$2023: 82,691,144,619 US$2024: 113,431,541,608 US$2025: 60,292,920,823 US$
Change over the period: +60.27B (+259,592.99%) Average annual rate: 15.37 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 60.29B US$
World 1.49T US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 60.29B −53.14B −46.85%
2024 113B +30.74B +37.17%
2023 82.69B −41.05B −33.17%
2022 124B +37.33B +43.21%
2021 86.4B +33.91B +64.6%
2020 52.49B −37.16B −41.45%
2019 89.66B +18.52B +26.04%
2018 71.13B −20.21B −22.13%
2017 91.34B +17.03B +22.92%
2016 74.31B −99.93B −57.35%
2015 174B +23.43B +15.54%
2014 151B +9.72B +6.89%
2013 141B +11.09B +8.53%
2012 130B −12.39B −8.7%
2011 142B +4.52B +3.28%
2010 138B +75.56B +121.28%
2009 62.3B −37.06B −37.3%
2008 99.37B +7.97B +8.72%
2007 91.4B +10.39B +12.83%
2006 81.01B +37.95B +88.13%
2005 43.06B +8.94B +26.2%
2004 34.12B +6.57B +23.86%
2003 27.55B +18.97B +221.06%
2002 8.58B −31.67B −78.68%
2001 40.25B −12.37B −23.52%
2000 52.62B +29.79B +130.53%
1999 22.83B +7.24B +46.44%
1998 15.59B −648M −3.99%
1997 16.24B +8.26B +103.6%
1996 7.97B +334M +4.37%
1995 7.64B +1.27B +19.92%
1994 6.37B −1.59B −20%
1993 7.96B +5.24B +192.77%
1992 2.72B −690M −20.22%
1991 3.41B +3.75B +1,087.7%
1990 -345M −4.57B −108.18%
1989 4.22B +3.64B +628.49%
1988 579M +169M +41.34%
1987 410M −824M −66.79%
1986 1.23B +765M +163.01%
1985 469M +59.67M +14.57%
1984 410M +103M +33.55%
1983 307M −177M −36.58%
1982 484M +350M +261.84%
1981 134M −451M −77.14%
1980 585M +412M +237.87%
1979 173M +20.17M +13.19%
1978 153M −61.88M −28.81%
1977 215M −6.23M −2.82%
1976 221M +73.49M +49.81%
1975 148M +78.19M +112.77%
1974 69.34M +36.23M +109.42%
1973 33.11M +9.58M +40.72%
1972 23.53M +19.66M +508.01%
1971 3.87M −19.35M −83.33%
1970 23.22M

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.