Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2017
This publication sets out and analyses the main foreign direct investment (FDI) trends in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The 2017 edition shows that the region is at a difficult juncture. FDI inflows declined by 7.9% in 2016, to US$ 167.043 billion, representing a cumulative fall of 17.0% since the peak in 2011. The fall in commodity prices continues to affect investments in natural resources, sluggish economic growth in several countries has slowed the flow of market-seeking capital, and the global backdrop of technological sophistication and expansion of the digital economy has concentrated transnational investments in developed economies.
This publication sets out and analyses the main foreign direct investment (FDI) trends in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The 2017 edition shows that the region is at a difficult juncture. FDI inflows declined by 7.9% in 2016, to US$ 167.043 billion, representing a cumulative fall of 17.0% since the peak in 2011. The fall in commodity prices continues to affect investments in natural resources, sluggish economic growth in several countries has slowed the flow of market-seeking capital, and the global backdrop of technological sophistication and expansion of the digital economy has concentrated transnational investments in developed economies.
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80 Chapter I Economic Commission for Lat<strong>in</strong> <strong>America</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Caribbean</strong> (ECLAC)<br />
Table I.A1.2 (concluded)<br />
Honduras<br />
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016<br />
Natural resources 30 4 10 84 62 41 70 72 65 10<br />
Manufactures 384 267 98 341 392 438 325 667 395 237<br />
Services 513 736 402 545 560 579 665 678 744 756<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Mexico d<br />
Natural resources 1 931 4 604 1 502 1 498 988 3 217 5 776 2 687 1 263 1 347<br />
Manufactures 13 670 9 111 7 227 14 280 10 947 9 143 30 694 16 576 16 310 16 401<br />
Services 16 855 15 666 9 382 11 485 12 771 8 701 11 066 8 245 15 608 8 990<br />
Nicaragua<br />
Natural resources 11 57 47 77 191 123 272 109 32 -19<br />
Manufactures 121 122 70 108 226 302 234 246 280 275<br />
Services 250 447 318 323 550 347 350 378 501 499<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r 0 0 0 0 0 22 125 151 137 134<br />
Panama<br />
Natural resources -59 -59 -34 77 94 1 164 468 -18 11 …<br />
Manufactures 161 161 104 -114 298 520 142 181 238 …<br />
Services 2 106 2 106 1 190 2 760 2 761 1 526 2 957 4 296 4 245 …<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r -11 -11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 …<br />
Paraguay<br />
Natural resources -2 7 7 -1 20 34 45 83 -25 …<br />
Manufactures 8 201 -33 302 210 409 -30 -12 100 …<br />
Services 196 55 98 160 351 254 237 311 185 …<br />
Uruguay<br />
Natural resources 338 604 253 329 383 220 378 136 124 …<br />
Manufactures 263 261 242 131 190 340 240 290 70 …<br />
Services 592 1 003 962 1 010 1 360 1 536 1 642 1 274 824 …<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r 136 238 71 820 572 440 772 487 261 …<br />
Source: Economic Commission for Lat<strong>in</strong> <strong>America</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Caribbean</strong> (ECLAC), on <strong>the</strong> basis of estimates <strong>and</strong> official figures as at 15 June <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
a<br />
Data from <strong>the</strong> Central Bank of <strong>the</strong> Argent<strong>in</strong>e Republic.<br />
b<br />
Gross foreign direct <strong>in</strong>vestment flows, exclud<strong>in</strong>g divestments.<br />
c<br />
Based on capital <strong>in</strong>flow data only.<br />
d<br />
Figures accord<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> Balance of Payments <strong>and</strong> International <strong>Investment</strong> Position Manual, fifth edition (BPM5).
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