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Global Foreign Direct Investment—Inward Flow

Global FDI InFlow: Into Industry & Agriculture to Mining

Study of the Foreign Direct Investment inward-flow pattern in the global economies is very helpful in evaluating the relative significance of economies of various nations. FDI in-flow also serves as an indicator of investors’ confidence in various aspects of an economy —its potential for the Return on Investment, safety of investment, socio-political stability, and the general environment of the economy.

An analytical review of historical data of all the significant National and Regional economies is essential to have a solid grasp on the prospects of investment potentials and business opportunities around the world.

The table below presents a comprehensive—historical Global Foreign Direct Investment Inward-Flow Data for the period 2000—2018. The data is compiled by grouping and associating a variety of economies together; by the state of economic and industrial development, geographic regions and continents, and political and trade alliances/treaties like OECD and Non-OECD, NAFAT, BRICS, APEC, APTA, ASEAN, G7-8-20 etc etc.

Such a compilation of data serves as a useful reference tool to evaluate and understand the state of various economies, the emerging trends, and, also, for cross analysis purposes.

Global Foreign Direct Investment Inward-Flow
2000-2018

[Figures are in Millions of US Dollars]

[Table is scrollable]

YEAR / Economies	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
World	1,356,613	772,715	589,860	550,549	692,325	948,585	1,403,250	1,891,445	1,479,747	1,172,234	1,365,107	1,561,354	1,470,334	1,431,164	1,357,240	2,033,803	1,918,679	1,497,371	1,297,153
Developing economies	231,589	215,994	166,205	194,806	261,776	331,421	403,561	522,398	578,009	461,615	622,301	665,068	663,602	652,551	677,400	728,814	656,290	690,576	706,043
Developing economies: Africa	9,651	19,973	14,766	18,178	17,676	29,433	34,625	51,062	58,060	56,652	46,620	45,633	56,854	50,075	53,906	56,874	46,482	41,390	45,902
Developing economies: America	79,790	72,777	56,345	45,572	67,972	77,127	73,868	116,943	138,829	86,491	160,915	200,568	197,168	184,392	161,205	155,912	135,349	155,405	146,720
Developing economies: Asia	142,031	122,996	94,954	130,710	175,732	224,576	293,524	353,174	378,482	316,374	412,817	416,862	406,096	415,405	459,982	514,424	473,325	492,713	511,707
Transition economies	5,924	8,258	10,046	17,833	28,997	30,666	58,829	87,233	117,733	61,840	63,796	79,449	64,966	83,764	56,762	36,394	64,654	47,538	34,218
Developed economies	1,119,102	548,464	413,609	337,910	401,553	586,503	940,860	1,281,813	784,005	648,778	679,010	816,837	741,765	694,848	623,078	1,268,595	1,197,735	759,256	556,892
Developed economies: America	380,869	187,166	96,618	60,641	136,213	130,508	297,691	333,383	367,997	166,233	226,736	269,245	242,193	270,877	260,663	511,307	507,711	301,802	291,512
Developed economies: Asia	15,280	8,013	10,822	9,646	10,763	7,594	7,890	31,347	34,700	16,545	5,733	6,895	10,749	14,146	18,079	14,312	29,739	28,599	31,661
Developed economies: Europe	707,415	345,710	290,171	264,072	213,526	475,491	605,259	872,014	331,279	433,406	409,806	477,528	425,745	351,197	283,393	715,017	611,694	384,023	171,877
Developing economies: Asia and Oceania	142,148	123,244	95,094	131,056	176,127	224,857	295,068	354,393	381,119	318,472	414,765	418,866	409,581	418,084	462,289	516,028	474,458	493,782	513,420
Developing economies excluding China	190,872	169,115	113,462	141,302	201,146	259,010	330,846	438,877	469,697	366,615	507,567	541,083	542,522	528,640	548,900	593,204	522,580	556,513	566,999
Developing economies excluding LDCs	227,700	209,981	159,753	183,703	252,130	325,569	393,729	510,362	559,670	445,879	598,883	645,070	636,516	631,670	650,224	691,180	630,521	669,874	682,209
M49 developing regions	233,462	219,501	170,840	201,027	271,206	336,479	412,169	533,356	598,038	482,471	641,650	688,218	684,704	671,208	697,809	743,559	674,542	702,603	715,510
M49 developed regions	1,123,151	553,214	419,019	349,522	421,119	612,107	991,080	1,358,088	881,709	689,763	723,457	873,136	785,630	759,956	659,431	1,290,244	1,244,137	794,768	581,642
LDCs (Least developed countries)	3,887	6,011	6,451	11,103	9,646	5,848	9,832	12,037	18,339	15,737	23,418	19,998	27,086	20,881	27,176	37,634	25,769	20,702	23,833
LDCs: Africa and Haiti	2,991	5,279	5,772	8,793	7,931	4,440	6,057	8,829	13,695	13,291	13,488	15,944	23,165	16,104	22,154	29,292	17,248	9,799	12,096
LDCs: Asia	858	720	664	2,283	1,678	1,342	3,612	3,011	4,400	2,280	9,623	3,761	3,749	4,676	4,934	8,204	8,427	10,783	11,613
LDCs: Islands	38	13	16	27	37	66	163	196	243	166	307	293	172	101	88	137	94	120	124
LDCs: Africa	2,978	5,274	5,766	8,779	7,925	4,414	5,896	8,754	13,666	13,235	13,310	15,825	23,009	15,942	22,055	29,187	17,144	9,424	11,991
LDCs: Islands and Haiti	51	17	21	41	43	92	324	271	273	222	485	412	328	263	187	242	198	495	229
LLDCs (Landlocked developing countries)	3,957	6,245	7,899	8,839	12,241	7,004	11,816	15,361	25,612	26,819	27,416	35,211	33,512	29,591	28,564	23,831	22,472	23,147	22,641
SIDS (Small island developing States) (UNCTAD)	1,568	1,583	1,468	1,794	2,110	2,168	3,061	3,241	6,224	2,551	2,296	2,049	258	770	3,042	2,338	2,550	2,232	1,999
High-income developing economies	215,286	194,832	137,037	163,223	225,407	277,566	320,676	416,122	436,090	345,380	506,358	537,488	532,341	535,646	551,973	585,698	533,539	544,595	557,161
Middle-income developing economies	14,735	18,621	26,043	28,149	32,222	50,079	78,420	98,672	131,296	107,409	102,814	111,748	110,848	97,572	109,739	126,719	107,582	131,459	132,838
Low-income developing economies	1,570	2,540	3,125	3,434	4,147	3,771	4,465	7,604	10,622	8,826	13,128	15,832	20,414	19,333	15,689	16,398	15,169	14,521	16,044
Low-income economies (World Bank)	1,854	2,586	3,259	3,533	4,356	3,572	5,352	9,325	12,900	11,773	14,845	16,469	19,542	18,654	15,961	16,828	15,669	14,751	16,888
Lower-middle-income economies (World Bank)	12,788	16,307	21,007	23,617	27,889	49,396	72,107	95,902	127,337	95,507	97,701	108,738	105,690	96,856	114,395	133,638	109,482	129,430	132,071
Upper-middle-income economies (World Bank)	121,383	139,532	129,297	130,018	173,062	207,104	247,470	335,024	401,066	265,484	355,745	407,281	381,449	410,546	342,906	324,543	347,067	353,516	340,495
High-income economies (World Bank)	1,220,592	614,290	436,297	393,382	487,019	688,513	1,078,321	1,451,192	938,443	799,470	896,815	1,028,866	963,653	905,108	883,978	1,558,789	1,446,451	999,672	807,693
High-income OECD members (World Bank)	1,130,919	555,003	417,989	341,313	396,462	569,089	915,708	1,234,000	767,346	654,328	674,875	833,266	712,393	715,939	637,549	1,273,550	1,201,980	763,746	562,006
High-income non OECD members (World Bank)	89,673	59,287	18,308	52,069	90,558	119,424	162,613	217,192	171,097	145,143	221,940	195,601	251,260	189,169	246,430	285,239	244,471	235,926	245,688
HIPCs (Heavily indebted poor countries) (IMF)	3,787	4,248	5,524	5,609	5,712	6,292	7,146	12,791	16,075	15,967	20,568	24,113	29,214	30,361	26,145	28,234	24,675	27,831	27,144
LIFDC (Low-income food-deficit countries) (FAO)	9,181	11,498	14,092	13,544	17,041	22,954	39,516	53,036	81,032	68,370	60,452	74,876	64,288	66,057	67,879	77,387	78,040	72,386	76,060
Selected LIFDC (Low-income food-deficit countries)	6,073	7,570	8,141	7,221	9,847	13,420	29,577	38,278	60,716	47,591	37,425	46,931	33,821	39,702	46,163	56,788	58,983	56,268	59,171
Selected exporters of petroleum	15,496	19,218	21,847	33,403	40,857	58,786	86,858	124,242	172,736	125,698	108,661	116,700	104,483	103,513	77,564	55,032	84,038	59,008	40,487
Selected exporters of manufactured goods	161,460	153,505	110,822	132,406	176,192	203,998	257,664	319,465	329,025	266,571	357,380	377,971	359,465	408,656	443,051	515,806	476,258	473,175	492,278
Selected exporters of manufactured goods and primary commodities	133,285	130,630	114,723	108,809	145,374	175,435	189,017	246,222	283,652	202,489	302,057	327,211	329,073	328,882	302,432	310,184	299,191	324,743	330,024
Selected exporters of agricultural products	13,071	5,356	5,553	5,556	8,917	11,013	12,999	16,486	21,234	15,559	22,133	24,327	27,998	24,336	20,070	25,327	15,213	24,927	26,917
Selected exporters of minerals and mining products	6,973	7,006	6,849	8,355	12,314	13,689	15,013	25,886	31,693	26,510	32,652	43,776	56,692	41,885	36,323	37,224	22,411	21,792	22,133
Net food-importing economies	604,971	286,409	280,381	292,841	341,573	621,495	776,911	944,508	725,733	641,044	697,715	719,235	723,337	633,304	636,267	787,625	951,675	795,596	620,080
Net food-importing developing economies	150,144	128,438	97,155	134,522	174,448	218,975	270,865	329,986	342,297	308,683	373,192	382,482	390,517	373,013	425,223	468,707	441,658	439,352	447,405
Net food-importing transition economies	5,031	7,089	8,459	14,647	25,895	20,149	47,362	69,050	99,407	51,583	53,447	62,428	53,302	74,378	51,990	28,849	57,448	40,337	25,788
Net food-importing developed economies	449,796	150,881	174,767	143,672	141,231	382,371	458,685	545,472	284,029	280,779	271,075	274,325	279,519	185,914	159,054	290,069	452,569	315,907	146,888
Major net food-importing economies	556,115	245,438	221,465	247,140	282,913	513,003	638,244	797,393	574,640	511,495	556,117	594,432	539,979	507,928	531,275	659,595	815,037	685,208	505,524
Net food-exporting economies	751,591	486,129	308,916	256,191	349,675	324,879	621,091	940,993	754,014	531,190	667,392	842,119	746,836	798,653	720,929	1,246,249	967,021	701,695	676,881
Net food-exporting developing economies	81,443	87,554	69,050	60,284	87,328	112,441	132,696	192,413	235,712	152,933	249,109	282,585	272,925	280,332	252,133	260,178	214,649	251,144	258,447
Net food-exporting transition economies	841	991	1,024	1,670	2,025	8,305	6,220	12,240	18,326	10,258	10,349	17,022	11,664	9,386	4,772	7,546	7,206	7,202	8,430
Net food-exporting developed economies	669,306	397,583	238,842	194,238	260,322	204,132	482,175	736,341	499,977	368,000	407,935	542,512	462,247	508,935	464,024	978,525	745,166	443,349	410,004
Major net food-exporting economies	747,040	479,424	304,521	250,318	343,237	316,558	607,931	923,717	736,253	519,869	652,910	821,241	726,436	776,426	701,061	1,226,245	952,706	684,744	657,876
BASIC	77,969	81,597	76,532	68,703	85,352	101,741	112,176	149,994	209,682	164,085	223,474	261,840	231,894	219,500	232,699	230,918	233,176	243,556	247,886
BRICS	80,620	84,405	79,957	76,458	100,635	116,116	149,618	204,916	285,537	191,837	255,141	298,708	262,082	272,897	261,850	242,776	270,352	269,510	261,219
Industrialized economies (UNIDO)	1,196,738	599,471	429,454	383,368	473,870	665,690	1,057,070	1,434,184	923,147	751,067	843,910	1,015,301	877,991	924,442	858,164	1,513,623	1,439,428	987,204	777,673
EIEs (Emerging Industrial Economies) (UNIDO)	140,360	149,546	134,704	130,881	182,048	241,763	291,323	384,882	462,248	334,512	434,612	454,359	497,286	424,910	410,110	422,270	393,129	414,788	423,946
Emerging markets	238,096	217,083	165,665	183,775	281,266	356,734	445,628	583,599	641,453	459,652	618,908	676,898	664,578	659,935	674,982	670,453	662,355	672,663	677,004
Emerging markets: Africa	3,432	8,571	4,256	3,142	5,083	17,001	15,252	24,203	26,952	22,863	16,120	12,675	17,717	18,165	15,076	11,719	14,791	12,919	14,129
Emerging markets: America	74,504	67,069	51,397	40,736	61,789	70,185	64,376	105,295	123,045	77,638	150,303	187,138	183,921	170,618	144,854	140,151	120,186	138,291	131,065
Emerging markets: Asia	136,335	117,503	85,137	114,898	163,075	207,678	270,422	323,629	341,981	287,369	375,315	384,966	369,895	386,173	441,145	491,972	449,257	455,667	473,537
Emerging markets: Europe and Kazakhstan	23,825	23,939	24,875	24,998	51,319	61,869	95,578	130,472	149,474	71,781	77,170	92,119	93,044	84,979	73,906	26,612	78,122	65,787	58,273
ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States)	8,660	17,360	13,151	15,184	14,217	21,103	16,862	32,206	44,026	43,105	34,373	41,358	44,095	40,637	46,527	48,895	36,949	33,149	36,207
ACP: Africa	6,405	14,615	10,894	12,913	11,236	17,819	13,031	27,965	35,855	38,511	30,874	38,085	41,095	38,110	41,867	44,618	32,650	28,037	31,595
ACP: Central Africa	1,529	3,718	3,963	6,251	3,704	720	1,320	4,298	6,042	7,543	4,321	2,406	3,741	-1,957	8,457	17,948	4,869	1,348	2,716
ACP: Eastern Africa	1,468	1,584	1,734	2,017	2,334	2,539	3,330	6,225	6,838	7,495	10,220	11,142	14,658	16,281	14,443	13,362	12,281	12,862	13,491
ACP: Southern Africa	1,273	7,238	2,283	1,280	1,541	7,437	1,334	7,888	10,618	8,709	4,309	5,611	5,822	9,306	6,818	3,123	2,780	2,632	5,823
ACP: Western Africa	2,135	2,075	2,913	3,364	3,656	7,124	7,047	9,555	12,357	14,764	12,024	18,926	16,874	14,480	12,148	10,185	12,721	11,194	9,565
ACP: Caribbean	2,108	2,623	2,187	2,095	2,619	3,003	3,058	3,487	7,253	3,650	3,026	3,067	2,464	2,064	4,123	3,865	3,827	4,775	3,783
ACP: Pacific	147	122	70	176	362	281	774	753	917	944	473	206	537	463	537	411	472	338	828
ACP: LDCs	3,071	5,306	5,828	8,857	8,044	4,591	6,373	9,223	14,197	13,641	13,954	16,406	23,322	17,082	22,401	29,643	17,489	9,959	12,145
ACP: LLDCs	949	1,412	2,528	2,330	2,415	1,816	2,557	3,422	3,956	4,599	5,169	5,868	6,372	7,568	7,096	8,046	7,598	8,132	8,742
ACP: islands states	2,689	2,804	2,442	2,578	3,085	3,355	4,455	5,664	10,255	6,215	5,052	4,450	4,049	3,030	5,197	4,741	4,977	5,854	4,703
ACS (Association of Caribbean States)	29,837	41,197	31,240	26,598	35,579	45,982	36,455	55,730	57,665	33,596	44,848	57,743	54,460	79,173	60,012	63,254	60,241	61,805	58,517
“ALBA-TCP (Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples”” Trade Treaty)””	5,704	4,539	1,662	2,439	1,818	2,591	60	4,036	3,767	-126	2,707	7,535	7,801	5,245	513	2,274	2,302	1,416	1,570
AMU (Arab Maghreb Union)	1,663	4,350	2,579	3,781	3,177	5,432	9,864	10,153	11,400	9,700	7,427	6,885	8,645	7,939	6,633	4,175	4,950	5,386	6,253
APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation)	564,543	347,741	233,404	209,740	375,491	320,199	583,899	741,859	801,154	480,342	646,343	734,177	713,143	793,383	799,941	1,043,342	1,043,696	830,235	838,598
APTA (Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement)	56,654	59,401	64,457	65,536	80,496	95,004	103,910	119,664	169,513	141,573	155,010	176,913	161,572	169,895	175,859	187,906	190,366	198,497	204,526
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)	21,751	22,161	16,188	30,649	38,086	42,738	63,794	78,585	49,508	41,386	112,977	85,911	112,092	118,132	129,357	114,233	116,763	144,171	148,646
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) plus China, Japan and Republic of Korea	82,298	81,803	83,645	97,488	119,825	131,563	139,165	193,481	193,433	157,347	235,957	217,910	244,400	257,113	279,160	256,923	280,328	306,576	312,027
CACM (Central American Common Market)	1,718	1,841	1,979	1,701	2,432	3,224	3,491	5,694	5,608	3,449	3,758	5,770	5,815	6,149	6,700	6,477	5,764	6,602	5,615
CAN (Andean Community)	3,959	4,931	5,749	4,124	5,637	13,069	10,769	14,937	19,058	15,197	15,693	23,491	28,455	28,486	22,037	21,872	21,816	21,936	18,841
CARICOM (Caribbean Community)	1,155	1,544	1,271	1,482	1,710	1,880	1,973	1,820	4,383	1,485	1,003	790	-678	73	1,915	1,661	1,420	1,204	1,248
CEFTA (Central European Free Trade Agreement)	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	8,747	6,540	4,890	8,222	3,847	4,982	4,964	5,163	4,704	5,679	7,594
CEMAC (Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa)	553	1,467	2,029	2,279	1,094	1,741	1,064	3,347	2,557	4,659	4,558	3,710	1,871	3,053	2,930	6,217	3,821	7,364	6,937
CEN-SAD (Community of Sahel-Saharan States)	5,178	6,778	6,605	8,266	9,515	17,281	26,367	30,287	32,125	30,323	25,381	22,560	30,175	25,390	21,895	23,344	23,537	23,249	22,893
CEPGL (Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries)	114	121	189	396	417	275	287	1,891	1,833	783	3,191	1,809	3,568	2,363	2,349	2,061	1,547	1,697	1,893
CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States)	4,641	6,406	8,232	13,886	24,532	19,482	45,494	66,476	97,215	50,090	51,852	63,236	51,936	73,496	49,908	26,846	55,191	37,528	23,265
COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa)	3,794	2,430	3,609	4,013	6,672	10,530	20,448	25,639	23,782	19,809	20,805	10,549	21,943	17,964	16,921	19,306	19,605	20,270	20,164
EAC (East African Community)	593	642	601	597	680	1,345	1,129	2,564	2,706	3,404	3,806	3,697	4,802	3,774	3,846	3,234	2,496	3,452	4,658
ECCAS (Economic Community of Central African States)	1,549	3,736	3,965	6,256	3,712	728	1,351	4,381	6,148	7,662	4,572	2,528	3,996	-1,692	8,963	18,335	5,211	1,705	3,115
ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization)	3,124	7,473	9,839	10,934	15,818	19,710	33,984	38,381	44,831	33,535	32,787	43,005	38,895	35,173	35,176	35,737	36,007	29,665	26,896
ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States)	2,095	1,998	2,846	3,262	3,252	6,312	6,893	9,416	12,015	14,767	11,894	18,338	15,486	13,354	11,647	9,683	12,450	10,607	9,494
EFTA (European Free Trade Association)	27,116	11,685	7,742	21,108	5,116	4,985	58,968	48,351	27,385	46,655	47,165	42,772	49,282	6,162	17,774	79,177	55,575	43,453	-105,763
EU15 (European Union 15)	654,663	311,002	254,624	222,178	155,205	396,967	466,616	709,437	224,401	352,641	308,571	385,466	267,162	321,965	217,595	612,205	512,909	291,887	228,856
EU25 (European Union 25)	677,233	331,047	279,408	236,887	197,308	458,648	524,338	796,908	275,229	375,651	356,940	428,642	370,057	338,635	259,068	629,071	548,204	330,520	268,534
EU27 (European Union 27)	679,306	333,013	281,471	241,172	207,141	468,720	543,001	819,030	298,576	383,702	361,486	433,057	374,952	344,074	262,740	635,571	554,311	338,533	276,480
EU28 (European Union)	680,299	334,024	282,429	242,964	208,411	470,506	546,292	823,662	303,893	386,750	362,641	434,755	376,462	345,035	265,619	635,840	556,119	340,570	277,640
Euro area	487,478	257,504	225,309	204,183	113,331	229,105	313,131	550,607	121,805	259,789	286,490	337,030	262,761	272,346	198,097	578,017	314,947	191,709	163,765
FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas)	460,590	259,900	152,957	106,200	203,353	207,592	371,297	449,715	506,747	252,795	387,365	470,099	439,313	455,177	421,871	667,362	643,134	457,495	438,159
G20 (Group of Twenty)	1,201,027	659,229	515,848	421,482	540,807	766,954	1,092,355	1,526,450	1,147,686	869,869	980,033	1,157,838	1,033,838	1,060,022	945,397	1,516,809	1,468,837	1,059,891	996,971
G7 (Group of Seven)	743,580	286,535	217,627	143,199	211,776	420,143	561,858	719,721	519,387	342,567	372,109	443,453	343,658	398,879	328,142	660,030	796,677	502,461	453,059
G-77 (Group of 77)	141,669	142,920	130,608	149,635	190,346	245,581	302,790	393,162	452,493	370,360	503,203	520,681	541,892	496,465	509,228	494,678	473,285	516,781	525,051
G8 (Group of Eight)	746,231	289,344	221,052	150,953	227,060	434,518	599,299	774,643	595,243	370,319	403,777	480,321	373,846	452,276	357,294	671,888	833,853	528,414	466,391
GCC (The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf)	391	1,957	1,515	6,134	14,145	28,318	39,232	47,561	53,882	48,573	45,404	29,509	27,928	24,564	23,883	15,967	20,759	17,451	17,459
GSTP (Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries)	119,080	111,118	91,477	94,199	134,958	159,536	194,111	260,329	279,183	204,635	338,005	355,010	374,291	364,353	342,256	325,902	323,299	369,060	363,954
IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development)	850	1,096	1,207	2,136	2,456	2,331	3,302	3,970	3,334	4,554	4,333	4,926	5,595	5,041	5,490	6,118	6,889	7,845	8,335
LAIA (Latin American Integration Association)	75,962	68,312	52,178	41,776	62,921	70,900	67,319	107,762	125,967	79,392	154,131	191,731	188,889	176,180	150,381	145,569	125,758	144,028	137,322
LAS (League of Arab States)	5,930	9,401	7,270	16,011	25,257	46,938	70,043	80,299	88,506	78,297	70,094	44,990	52,729	41,310	31,589	25,500	32,979	31,318	31,216
MERCOSUR (Southern Common Market)	48,270	28,673	19,721	14,277	24,114	23,803	25,459	45,878	59,779	30,583	93,345	117,087	106,296	75,296	70,623	63,267	56,269	78,576	74,168
MRU (Mano River Union)	304	292	256	629	517	583	610	1,041	1,043	847	1,129	2,993	2,644	2,032	1,168	1,427	2,787	1,927	2,117
MSG (Melanesian Spearhead Group)	134	114	60	159	307	254	691	698	771	815	431	98	404	295	353	294	410	273	729
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)	399,051	217,166	120,672	78,852	160,291	156,478	318,546	365,249	397,384	184,490	253,786	294,898	264,103	319,288	290,258	547,314	538,650	334,181	323,043
OAS (Organization of American States)	460,590	259,900	152,957	106,200	203,353	207,592	371,297	449,715	506,747	252,795	387,365	470,099	439,313	455,177	421,871	667,362	643,134	457,495	438,159
OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)	1,150,150	588,397	443,130	361,239	424,157	605,133	957,009	1,288,524	816,663	681,099	711,298	874,774	748,097	777,906	680,112	1,328,403	1,246,551	807,315	606,554
OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation)	12,023	18,326	26,798	37,169	53,140	87,494	123,368	145,835	165,162	135,383	140,990	143,004	142,724	129,945	118,327	104,532	102,602	108,320	107,372
OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)	7,451	11,531	11,127	19,505	23,716	37,172	43,787	59,297	69,770	63,105	57,386	50,770	48,293	27,036	24,443	31,105	25,240	16,205	18,218
SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)	4,673	6,339	7,051	5,499	7,827	11,293	26,272	32,577	54,612	39,483	31,215	40,054	27,709	32,556	39,324	49,117	50,848	47,326	50,719
SACU (Southern African Customs Union)	1,273	7,238	2,283	1,280	1,541	7,437	1,334	7,888	10,618	8,709	4,309	5,611	5,822	9,306	6,818	3,123	2,780	2,632	5,823
SADC (Southern African Development Community)	3,236	10,529	5,454	6,474	5,530	8,216	3,391	12,479	19,075	16,126	11,721	12,103	18,949	16,154	22,061	23,340	9,901	2,381	7,668
TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership)	134,952	96,548	87,136	64,824	110,937	61,123	162,192	293,422	216,799	133,971	189,709	216,720	249,211	287,416	283,542	220,661	249,654	225,492	258,005
UNASUR (Union of South American Nations)	57,059	37,833	27,990	22,685	36,984	44,074	43,594	73,292	94,302	60,017	124,021	163,528	164,187	124,510	116,751	105,539	90,394	107,741	100,855
WAEMU (West African Economic and Monetary Union)	514	563	622	473	628	783	855	1,593	1,669	2,537	2,282	3,303	2,585	2,799	2,651	2,366	2,207	2,766	3,175
Africa	9,651	19,973	14,766	18,178	17,676	29,433	34,625	51,062	58,060	56,652	46,620	45,633	56,854	50,075	53,906	56,874	46,482	41,390	45,902
Northern Africa	3,250	5,358	3,872	5,266	6,441	11,613	21,594	23,097	22,205	18,141	15,746	7,548	15,598	12,757	11,995	12,327	13,850	13,273	14,116
Sub-Saharan Africa	6,401	14,615	10,894	12,913	11,235	17,819	13,031	27,966	35,855	38,511	30,874	38,085	41,256	37,317	41,911	44,547	32,633	28,117	31,786
Eastern Africa	1,468	1,584	1,734	2,017	2,334	2,539	3,330	6,225	6,838	7,495	10,220	11,142	14,819	15,488	14,487	13,291	12,264	12,942	13,682
Middle Africa	1,529	3,718	3,963	6,251	3,704	720	1,320	4,298	6,042	7,543	4,321	2,406	3,741	-1,957	8,457	17,948	4,869	1,348	2,716
Southern Africa	1,273	7,238	2,283	1,280	1,541	7,437	1,334	7,888	10,618	8,709	4,309	5,611	5,822	9,306	6,818	3,123	2,780	2,632	5,823
Western Africa	2,131	2,075	2,913	3,364	3,656	7,124	7,048	9,555	12,357	14,764	12,024	18,926	16,874	14,480	12,148	10,185	12,721	11,194	9,565
America	460,657	259,942	152,963	106,213	204,184	207,635	371,558	450,326	506,826	252,724	387,652	469,812	439,361	455,270	421,868	667,219	643,060	457,207	438,232
Northern America	380,869	187,166	96,618	60,641	136,213	130,508	297,691	333,383	367,997	166,233	226,736	269,245	242,193	270,877	260,663	511,307	507,711	301,802	291,512
Latin America and the Caribbean	79,788	72,776	56,345	45,572	67,972	77,127	73,868	116,943	138,829	86,491	160,915	200,568	197,168	184,392	161,205	155,912	135,349	155,405	146,720
Caribbean	2,114	2,533	2,192	2,156	2,515	2,771	3,010	3,438	7,137	3,471	2,979	2,655	1,807	1,567	3,551	3,412	3,416	4,377	2,979
Central America	20,615	32,410	26,163	20,731	28,473	30,282	27,263	40,212	37,390	23,003	33,915	34,385	31,173	58,315	40,903	46,961	41,540	43,286	42,887
South America	57,059	37,833	27,990	22,685	36,984	44,074	43,594	73,292	94,302	60,017	124,021	163,528	164,187	124,510	116,751	105,539	90,394	107,741	100,855
Asia	159,186	134,518	110,412	146,577	195,925	237,232	310,022	395,479	433,211	353,775	437,900	446,907	437,946	448,207	498,470	543,481	521,316	533,338	552,835
Central Asia	1,509	3,102	2,972	2,478	5,135	2,638	7,555	13,287	17,502	18,958	17,412	19,902	17,577	14,658	13,757	8,867	11,848	7,016	6,578
Southern Asia	4,866	6,747	10,571	8,376	10,865	14,182	28,590	34,595	56,592	42,467	34,864	44,331	32,371	35,606	41,429	51,167	54,220	52,345	54,200
Eastern Asia	120,118	93,014	73,025	85,672	113,434	125,933	126,351	183,769	211,279	175,862	200,549	232,023	214,066	223,579	269,530	320,728	288,023	278,238	289,379
Western Asia	10,941	9,492	7,656	19,397	28,405	51,741	83,724	85,235	98,291	75,052	72,069	64,693	61,802	56,183	44,348	48,443	50,457	51,563	53,984
South-eastern Asia	21,751	22,161	16,188	30,654	38,086	42,739	63,803	78,593	49,548	41,436	113,006	85,958	112,131	118,181	129,406	114,276	116,768	144,177	148,694
Europe	711,465	350,459	295,581	275,684	233,093	501,094	655,479	948,289	428,983	474,390	454,252	533,827	469,609	416,305	319,746	736,666	658,095	419,535	196,628
Eastern Europe	25,481	23,198	27,883	24,907	52,551	63,428	94,985	127,531	142,944	57,721	67,288	80,872	82,953	74,969	62,454	24,259	68,452	62,248	53,151
Northern Europe	215,534	75,155	78,065	55,773	60,412	184,481	205,657	270,661	126,995	145,974	119,458	113,425	148,690	114,090	109,765	269,771	258,582	122,541	-3,153
Southern Europe	63,725	54,547	62,062	60,605	66,676	83,922	119,414	169,450	103,399	49,984	80,346	92,087	103,225	78,296	74,626	59,146	84,806	72,293	94,308
Western Europe	406,725	197,559	127,571	134,399	53,454	169,263	235,424	380,647	55,645	220,711	187,159	247,443	134,741	148,950	72,901	383,491	246,255	162,453	52,322
Asia and Oceania	174,840	142,341	126,550	150,473	237,372	210,423	341,587	441,768	485,879	388,467	476,583	512,081	504,510	509,515	561,720	573,043	571,041	579,239	616,390
Northern America and Europe	1,092,334	537,625	392,199	336,325	369,305	631,603	953,170	1,281,672	796,979	640,624	680,989	803,072	711,803	687,182	580,409	1,247,974	1,165,806	721,337	488,140
Central and Southern Asia	6,376	9,849	13,543	10,854	16,000	16,820	36,144	47,881	74,093	61,425	52,276	64,233	49,948	50,263	55,186	60,034	66,068	59,360	60,777
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia	141,869	115,176	89,214	116,326	151,520	168,672	190,154	262,362	260,827	217,299	313,555	317,981	326,196	341,761	398,936	435,004	404,791	422,415	438,073
Western Asia and Northern Africa	14,191	14,850	11,527	24,662	34,846	63,354	105,318	108,332	120,496	93,193	87,815	72,241	77,400	68,940	56,343	60,770	64,307	64,836	68,100
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