- Name
- Net Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Inflows as a percentage of GDP
- Indicator purpose
- The purpose of this indicator is to show the provision of external financing resources in the form of direct investments in the reporting economy from foreign investors and to external economies by domestic investors.
- Abstract
- Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. Net inflows of investment is the difference between investment flows and investment outflows in and out of the resident economy.
- Contact organization / person
- Central Bank of Belize
- Unit of measure
- Millions of Belize dollars
- Other characteristics
- FDI flows record the value of cross-border transactions related to direct investment during a given period of time, usually a quarter or a year. Financial flows consist of equity transactions, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital and short-term capital.
- Classification used
- Data on FDI net inflows and outflows are based on the sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- Disaggregation
- disaggregated by donor, recipient country, type of finance, type of aid, sub-sector, etc.
- Key statistical concepts
- Outward flows represent transactions that increase the investment that investors in the reporting economy have in enterprises in a foreign economy, such as through purchases of equity or reinvestment of earnings, less any transactions that decrease the investment that investors in the reporting economy have in enterprises in a foreign economy, such as sales of equity or borrowing by the resident investor from the foreign enterprise. Inward flows represent transactions that increase the investment that foreign investors have in enterprises resident in the reporting economy less transactions that decrease the investment of foreign investors in resident enterprises.
- Recommended uses
- This indicator can be used to measure net foreign direct investment inflows as a percentage of GDP.
- Target 2030
- 3. Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources
