India vs Mexico: Foreign direct investment, net inflows

India

39.10 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

Mexico

43.09 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

India rank

15th

Mexico rank

13th

Foreign direct investment, net inflows over time

India
Mexico

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 43.09 billion BoP, current US$ against 39.10 billion BoP, current US$ in India, a difference of 3.99 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times India's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Mexico ahead.

Globally, India ranks 15th and Mexico ranks 13th of 201 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
Unit: BoP, current US$
Source: Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), note: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and D
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 12,232 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. 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 ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.