South Africa - Foreign direct investment

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) in South Africa was ($1,959,793,000) as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $7,692,077,000 in 2014 and ($3,514,733,000) in 2001.

Definition: Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.

See also:

Year Value
1970 $16,799,990
1971 $29,361,720
1972 $19,513,340
1973 $51,876,260
1974 $114,794,200
1975 $125,759,300
1976 $32,200,010
1977 $67,850,020
1978 $238,050,100
1979 $10,688,540
1980 $755,000,000
1981 $643,900,000
1982 ($5,500,000)
1983 $156,200,000
1984 $193,100,000
1985 $47,356,780
1986 $70,980,340
1987 $112,124,700
1988 $64,566,100
1989 $162,699,600
1990 $27,974,220
1991 $206,437,800
1992 $1,939,027,000
1993 $291,914,200
1994 $1,260,506,000
1995 $2,493,914,000
1996 $1,047,974,000
1997 $2,323,604,000
1998 $1,634,005,000
1999 $1,584,183,000
2000 $277,178,600
2001 ($3,514,733,000)
2002 ($402,262,400)
2003 $552,543,600
2004 $1,305,424,000
2005 $909,414,400
2006 $5,928,797,000
2007 $2,982,113,000
2008 ($2,119,583,000)
2009 $1,311,300,000
2010 ($161,293,200)
2011 ($153,398,300)
2012 $2,898,870,000
2013 $6,519,874,000
2014 $7,692,077,000
2015 $5,514,929,000
2016 $4,490,478,000
2017 $7,449,224,000
2018 $4,026,961,000
2019 $3,140,938,000
2020 ($1,959,793,000)

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP)

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP) in South Africa was -0.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 2.02 in 2014, while its lowest value was -2.60 in 2001.

Definition: Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world, and is divided by GDP.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.

See also:

Year Value
1970 0.09
1971 0.14
1972 0.09
1973 0.18
1974 0.31
1975 0.33
1976 0.09
1977 0.17
1978 0.51
1979 0.02
1980 0.91
1981 0.75
1982 -0.01
1983 0.18
1984 0.25
1985 0.08
1986 0.11
1987 0.13
1988 0.07
1989 0.16
1990 0.02
1991 0.17
1992 1.44
1993 0.20
1994 0.82
1995 1.45
1996 0.64
1997 1.38
1998 1.07
1999 1.05
2000 0.18
2001 -2.60
2002 -0.31
2003 0.28
2004 0.51
2005 0.31
2006 1.95
2007 0.90
2008 -0.67
2009 0.40
2010 -0.04
2011 -0.03
2012 0.67
2013 1.63
2014 2.02
2015 1.59
2016 1.39
2017 1.95
2018 0.99
2019 0.81
2020 -0.58

Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) in South Africa was ($5,159,917,000) as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $5,390,644,000 in 2017 and ($12,004,580,000) in 2008.

Definition: 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 total net FDI. In BPM6, financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities. Net FDI outflows are assets and net FDI inflows are liabilities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 $0
1961 $0
1962 $0
1963 $0
1964 $0
1965 $0
1966 $0
1967 $0
1968 $0
1969 $0
1970 $0
1971 $0
1972 $0
1973 $0
1974 $0
1975 $0
1976 $0
1977 $0
1978 $0
1979 $0
1980 $0
1981 $0
1982 $0
1983 $0
1984 $0
1985 $500,000,400
1986 $121,467,400
1987 $303,792,700
1988 ($93,871,060)
1989 $363,908,000
1990 $103,696,600
1991 ($47,695,820)
1992 $1,935,670,000
1993 $280,623,700
1994 $886,096,100
1995 $1,245,489,000
1996 $231,585,200
1997 ($1,486,940,000)
1998 $1,083,667,000
1999 $80,850,620
2000 ($691,652,700)
2001 ($10,785,080,000)
2002 ($1,882,067,000)
2003 ($230,592,500)
2004 $604,002,300
2005 ($5,612,684,000)
2006 $5,305,505,000
2007 ($3,604,680,000)
2008 ($12,004,580,000)
2009 ($6,313,190,000)
2010 ($3,854,565,000)
2011 ($4,292,687,000)
2012 ($1,727,160,000)
2013 ($1,712,646,000)
2014 $1,900,418,000
2015 $3,993,789,000
2016 $2,275,171,000
2017 $5,390,644,000
2018 ($1,542,501,000)
2019 ($1,975,160,000)
2020 ($5,159,917,000)

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) in South Africa was $3,200,123,000 as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $9,885,002,000 in 2008 and ($484,547,300) in 1979.

Definition: Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.

See also:

Year Value
1970 $334,599,900
1971 $260,060,900
1972 $114,478,200
1973 $27,379,140
1974 $696,123,600
1975 $187,962,800
1976 $18,400,000
1977 ($121,900,000)
1978 ($109,250,000)
1979 ($484,547,300)
1980 ($10,300,000)
1981 $65,000,000
1982 $329,700,000
1983 $70,900,000
1984 $419,500,000
1985 ($452,643,600)
1986 ($50,487,070)
1987 ($191,668,000)
1988 $158,437,200
1989 ($201,208,400)
1990 ($75,722,420)
1991 $254,133,600
1992 $3,358,018
1993 $11,290,550
1994 $374,410,400
1995 $1,248,425,000
1996 $816,389,200
1997 $3,810,544,000
1998 $550,338,600
1999 $1,503,332,000
2000 $968,831,400
2001 $7,270,345,000
2002 $1,479,805,000
2003 $783,136,100
2004 $701,422,000
2005 $6,522,098,000
2006 $623,291,800
2007 $6,586,792,000
2008 $9,885,002,000
2009 $7,624,490,000
2010 $3,693,272,000
2011 $4,139,289,000
2012 $4,626,029,000
2013 $8,232,519,000
2014 $5,791,659,000
2015 $1,521,140,000
2016 $2,215,307,000
2017 $2,058,580,000
2018 $5,569,462,000
2019 $5,116,099,000
2020 $3,200,123,000

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in South Africa was 0.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 5.37 in 2001, while its lowest value was -0.84 in 1979.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1970 1.82
1971 1.28
1972 0.54
1973 0.09
1974 1.89
1975 0.49
1976 0.05
1977 -0.30
1978 -0.23
1979 -0.84
1980 -0.01
1981 0.08
1982 0.42
1983 0.08
1984 0.54
1985 -0.77
1986 -0.07
1987 -0.22
1988 0.17
1989 -0.20
1990 -0.07
1991 0.21
1992 0.00
1993 0.01
1994 0.24
1995 0.73
1996 0.50
1997 2.26
1998 0.36
1999 0.99
2000 0.64
2001 5.37
2002 1.15
2003 0.40
2004 0.27
2005 2.26
2006 0.21
2007 1.98
2008 3.13
2009 2.31
2010 0.88
2011 0.90
2012 1.06
2013 2.05
2014 1.52
2015 0.44
2016 0.68
2017 0.54
2018 1.38
2019 1.32
2020 0.95

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments