What does Foreign Direct Investment, Net measure?
It measures the net value of cross-border investments where a resident entity acquires a lasting interest — typically 10% or more of voting power — in a business abroad, combining inflows and outflows and recorded in the financial account of the balance of payments. Definitions may vary across countries.
How many countries and which frequencies and period are covered?
The indicator covers 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency, spanning 1991 to 2026.
What units and transformations are available?
Values are available in millions of USD, as a percentage of GDP and on a year-to-date (YTD) basis. Transformations include MA3, MA6 and MA12 moving averages and MoM %, QoQ % and YoY % changes.
Where does the data come from?
Data are sourced from national central banks and statistical agencies such as the Banco Central do Brasil, the Banco de Mexico (Banxico), the Banco de la República de Colombia, the Banco Central de Chile and INDEC - Argentina, then standardized by the IDB.
What is this indicator typically used for?
It is used to assess net capital flows, external financing, investment attractiveness and balance-of-payments dynamics across Latin America and the Caribbean, complementing the FDI credits and debits series.
How do I cite this indicator?
Cite it as: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Latin Macro Watch — "Foreign Direct Investment, Net". data.iadb.org/dataset/latin-macro-watch-dataset.
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