Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa
Records
53
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 1.41669914
1971 1.23107506
1972 0.97631698
1973 0.86964091
1974 1.23572412
1975 0.92833478
1976 0.76773915
1977 0.57564851
1978 0.56722354
1979 0.3984402
1980 0.08587012
1981 0.60434275
1982 0.59855253
1983 0.38012242
1984 0.46046046
1985 0.4893723
1986 0.29726579
1987 0.53928344
1988 0.55227651
1989 1.05146019
1990 0.42665847
1991 0.74360291
1992 0.53107361
1993 0.86572518
1994 1.22715204
1995 1.39373916
1996 1.32681978
1997 2.46096379
1998 2.20370289
1999 2.79193864
2000 2.00895319
2001 4.58059055
2002 3.3412595
2003 3.22292052
2004 2.09365788
2005 3.1271477
2006 2.26367718
2007 3.36562237
2008 3.91662426
2009 3.6930657
2010 2.51386168
2011 3.19805145
2012
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa
Records
53
Source