News
COVID-19 disruptions send global FDI plunging 50% 30/10/2020 - New OECD data and analysis show that the pandemic sent global FDI plunging 50% in the first half of 2020 compared to the second half of 2019, the lowest half-year level since 2013.
05/05/2020 - Foreign direct investment flows in the time of COVID-19 New OECD data reveals FDI flows are expected to fall by more than 30% in 2020 even under the most optimistic scenario for the success ofthe public health and economic support policy measures taken by governments to address the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting recession.
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FDI regulatory restrictiveness index
The FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index (FDI Index) measures statutory restrictions on foreign direct investment in 58 countries, including all OECD and G20 countries, and covers 22 sectors.
Trade, FDI and global value chains
International trade and FDI are the main defining features and key drivers of global value chains. For the first time ever, these statistical notes for OECD countries provide evidence on the role played by investment in global value chains.
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FDI statistics database
Access the data on OECD.Stat (categorised under "Globalisation")
Access metadata underlying FDI statistics by partner country and by industry for OECD countries The new FDI statistics database covering FDI statistics from 2014 onwards went online in March 2015. Full list of frequently requested data found on the FDI statistics databaseContent and structure of the FDI statistics database according to BMD4 |
OECD benchmark definition (BMD4)
The FDI statistics database uses data compiled with "BMD4"- The 4th edition of the OECD Benchmark definition of FDI (BMD4) provides operational guidelines on how foreign direct investment activity should be measured and sets the world standard for collecting direct investment statistics. How BMD4 impacts our compilation of FDI statistics
Brochure on the major changes introduced by BMD4
Note on the FDI statistics database according to BMD4
Explanatory notes on OECD FDI statistics
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Data collection calendar
Aggregate FDI statistics are updated quarterly, four months after the end of the reference quarter and revisions to earlier periods.
Detailed FDI statistics by partner country and by industry are updated annually, in the second half of December of the year after the reference year and incorporate revisions to earlier periods.
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Documents and links
Drivers of divestment decisions in multinational enterprises, 2020
The determinants of Foreign Direct Investment - Do statutory restrictions matter?, 2019
The digital economy, multinational enterprises and international investment policy, 2018
Towards an international framework for investment facilitation, 2018
Examen des statistiques d'investissements directs internationaux au Maroc, 2018 |
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