Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | 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 (excluding high income)
Records
53
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | 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 0.48831265
1986 0.29477304
1987 0.53887421
1988 0.55234935
1989 1.05155978
1990 0.42300368
1991 0.72996511
1992 0.52938362
1993 0.85856316
1994 1.22176894
1995 1.35543403
1996 1.21665689
1997 2.44909103
1998 2.12202216
1999 2.75196639
2000 1.97014975
2001 4.31591336
2002 3.26754434
2003 3.08843631
2004 2.051673
2005 3.04751917
2006 2.22997628
2007 3.27104462
2008 4.07157283
2009 3.56477396
2010 2.4246318
2011 3.18978995
2012

Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | 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 (excluding high income)
Records
53
Source