Belgique: Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars

Pour cet indicateur, La Banque mondiale fournit des données pour la Belgique de 1970 à 2024. La valeur moyenne pour Belgique pendant cette période était de 21.18 billion U.S. dollars avec un minimum de -41.6 billion U.S. dollars en 2018 et un maximum de 190.39 billion U.S. dollars en 2008. Global rankings for that indicator are available here. You can compare trends over time here.

Définition: 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.