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Latin America and the Caribbean: Foreign Investment Fell in 2024 but Opportunities Remain (UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
) Geneva, Switzerland, 19 June 2025 Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to Latin America and the Caribbean decreased by 12% to $164 billion in 2024, according to the latest from UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The drop was particularly pronounced in South America, with reduced investment inflows to key economies such Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Brazil. Despite an 8% reduction in FDI, Brazil remains the region's largest recipient of fore…
Growing trade tensions, as well as political uncertainty and geopolitical divisions threaten to further worsen the investment environment, considered the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), which revealed that global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) reached $1.5 trillion in 2024, representing a fall of 11 per cent annually. According to its World Investment Report 2025, the international agency noted that this decline in …
The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean reached $164 billion in 2024, a drop of 12 per cent compared to the previous year, as revealed in the latest report of the UN agency Trade and Development (Unctad). Globally, global investment also experienced a decline of 11 per cent, reaching $1,493 million, marking the second consecutive year of reduction in productive capital flows. Unctad’s World Investment Repor…
INTERNATIONAL EDITORY.- Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to Latin America and the Caribbean decreased by 12%, reaching $164 billion in 2024, but sectoral and national advances show the underlying resilience and long-term potential, said UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). In a statement, the agency noted that according to the latest World Investment Report 2025, the fall was “especially pronounced” in South America, with a reduction in inves…
The Caribbean saw a 21 percent increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2024, reaching $3.9 billion, supported by stable inflows to the Dominican Republic, UN Trade and Development highlighted in a report published this week. The document added that FDI flows to Small Island Developing States increased by 11 percent in 2024, reaching $9 billion. However, it notes that the distribution of FDI among these small states remained uneven, “with …
UNCTAD's latest report reveals that foreign direct investment to the region fell to $164 billion
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