Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Caribbean

Foreign direct investment outflows in the Caribbean in 2018 — 43,483,779,171 US$. Since 2014, the indicator has fallen by 56%.

2018 43.48B US$ −14.68% vs 2017
World rank
Period maximum 133B US$2015
Period minimum 31.03B US$2016

Trend over time

2014–2018 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Caribbean, 2014–2018050B100B150B201420152016201720182014: 98,816,788,649 US$2015: 132,708,946,708 US$2016: 31,028,562,998 US$2017: 50,965,849,601 US$2018: 43,483,779,171 US$
Change over the period: −55.33B (−56%) Average annual rate: -18.55 %

Comparison, 2018

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

Caribbean 43.48B US$
World 920B US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2018 43.48B −7.48B −14.68%
2017 50.97B +19.94B +64.25%
2016 31.03B −102B −76.62%
2015 133B +33.89B +34.3%
2014 98.82B

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.