Spain vs United States: Foreign direct investment, net
Foreign direct investment, net over time
- Spain
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 21.71 billion BoP, current US$ against 18.29 billion BoP, current US$ in Spain, a difference of 3.41 billion BoP, current US$.
That makes United States's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1975 it was United States ahead.
Globally, Spain ranks 9th and United States ranks 8th of 196 countries.
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About this data
Foreign 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 voting power is evidence of a direct investment relationship. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.