| Characteristic | FDI in billions of U.S. dollars |
|---|---|
| Japan | 637.72 |
| Canada | 490.77 |
| United Kingdom | 486.88 |
| Netherlands | 483.99 |
| Germany | 411.31 |
| Luxembourg | 316.78 |
| Switzerland | 300.28 |
| France | 285.08 |
| Ireland | 240.12 |
| Australia | 97.96 |
| Spain | 88.42 |
| Belgium | 74.56 |
| Korea, Republic of | 63.67 |
| Sweden | 55.4 |
| Bermuda | 50.65 |
| Hungary | 45.5 |
| China | 37.99 |
| Italy | 31.63 |
| Denmark | 30.66 |
| Norway | 30.35 |
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June 2024
United States
2020
data according to historical cost*
* In accounting, historical cost is the original monetary value of an economic product. Historical cost is based on the assumption of a stable unit of measure. In some circumstances, assets and liabilities may be shown at their historical cost, as if there had been no change in value since the date of acquisition.
U.S. foreign direct investment is defined as the ownership by a U.S. investor of at least 10 percent of a foreign business. The direct investor is known as the U.S. parent, and the foreign business owned by the U.S. is known as the foreign affiliate. International transaction statistics cover transactions of foreign affiliates with their U.S. parents, so these statistics focus more on the percentage of the U.S. parent, or interest, in its affiliates than on the overall size or level of operations of the affiliates. The main products include capital flows, which measure the funds that U.S. parents provide to their foreign affiliates, and income, which measures the return on those funds. Direct investment position statistics are stock measures and are cumulative; they measure the total level of outstanding direct investments abroad at the end of the year.
