Foreign direct investment data

Investment Map is a web-based tool that helps Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) assess which sectors in their countries have successfully attracted Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and it assists them in the process of prioritizing sectors for investment promotion. It also helps IPAs identify the competing countries for foreign investment and the most active investing countries in specific sectors. Moreover, information on domestic affiliates of international companies enables enterprises to find local links to global supply chains.

Investment Map is not only an FDI tracking tool that offers top-line aggregate figures, but also supplies FDI sector and country breakdowns. Furthermore, it combines information on investment flows and stocks, trade and tariff data, and activities of foreign affiliates under the UN ISIC rev 3 nomenclature. Investment Map provides direct links to other databases, such as the World Investment Directory, Market Access Map and Trade Map, for a complete market assessment.

Investment Map includes:

Total FDI flows and stocks for around 200 countries and territories

FDI flows and stocks, broken down by industry and/or country for more than 115 countries

Export and import data and indicators of trade performance for around 227 countries and territories

Tariff data applied by 187 countries and faced by 200 exporting countries and territories

Information on the location, sales, employment and parent company for over 150,000 foreign affiliates located in developing countries and economies in transition

A limited version of Investment Map is accessible without registration for the sector and country breakdown of FDI flows and stocks:

Foreign Direct Investment Statistics 2006-2015

by country: inward or outward

by industry: inward or outward

Investment Map is part of ITC’s suite of Market Analysis Tools and is free to users based in developing countries and the European Union, thanks to generous support from the European Union, DFID, World Bank and donors to ITC’s trust fund. The tools – Trade Map, Market Access Map, Investment Map and Standards Map – collectively help improve international trade transparency and enable companies and trade support institutions to identify export / import opportunities and compare market access requirements (e.g. tariffs, official market regulations and other non tariff measures as well as private voluntary standards like organic certification or FAIRTRADE). The tools also help trade policymakers monitor national trade performance and prepare for trade negotiations.

Free user support material, including video trainings, is also available online.