Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Statistics

Monday, March 25, 2019This note defines FDI and looks at recent trends in UK and world FDI

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Economy, World economy, Articles, Foreign direct investment, Economic geography, International business, FDI, Portfolio investment, fDi magazine, Foreign affiliate trade statistics
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    This note defines FDI and looks at recent trends in UK and world FDI

    Summary

    Foreign direct investment (FDI) is defined as investment in an enterprise operating in a foreign economy, where the purpose is to have an "effective voice" in the management of the enterprise.

  • In FDI statistics, an "effective voice" is owning 10% or more of a company; any investment below this is counted as portfolio investment and not included in FDI statistics.
  • FDI can be either inward or outward:

    FDI statistics measure two different concepts flows and stocks:

    FDI in the UK

    In 2017:

    World FDI

    In 2017:

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