Syrian Arab Republic FDI Inflows

Indicator note: Foreign direct investment is 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 organization: International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, International Monetary Fund (IMF); International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB); World Bank GDP estimates, World Bank (WB); OECD GDP estimates, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

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Syrian Arab Republic recorded 1,19 percent of GDP in 2011, the latest year available in this series.

Compared with 2010, the fdi inflows decreased by 1,20.

Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.

Across 41 observations from 1970 to 2011, the average was 0,78; the minimum was 0,00 in 1970 and the maximum was 4,75 in 2009.

Syrian Arab Republic ranks 142 out of 202 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.

The latest value is below the available average for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.

It is also below the available average for the Low income group.

International investment attraction.