Benin | Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)

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. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Benin
Records
53
Source
Benin | Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 2.00822646
1971 0.83563873
1972 1.16978488
1973 0.69392665
1974 -0.42244655
1975 0.27919096
1976 0.35114001
1977 0.41677521
1978 0.08110727
1979 0.30078822
1980 0.30717311
1981 0.1618981
1982 -0.00096015
1983 0.00095831
1984 0.00108861
1985 -0.00860657
1986 0.08232904
1987 0.00640036
1988 -0
1989 4.13342348
1990 3.18254492
1991 6.08027127
1992 4.5756522
1993 0.06171692
1994 0.85407955
1995 0.61436833
1996 1.50426194
1997 1.19099215
1998 1.54585832
1999 1.57758154
2000 2.53215109
2001 1.75485452
2002 0.48111709
2003 1.25748319
2004 1.57606514
2005 -0.20159092
2006 -0.26253497
2007 2.52450273
2008 0.72384052
2009 -0.28445908
2010 0.81505855
2011 1.62395411
2012

Benin | Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)

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. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Benin
Records
53
Source