Foreign direct investment (FDI) increased by 55.2% in 2022 in Latin America and the Caribbean and thus reached its maximum historical value, according to a report published by ECLAC.
According to the report, the group of Latin American and Caribbean countries entered 224,579 million dollars of FDI, the maximum value since it was recorded, due to “the growth of all components of investment, especially the reinvestment of profits and the rise in the services sector.”
Since 2013, FDI inflows in Latin American and Caribbean countries have not exceeded 200,000 million dollars, according to a report published by ECLAC.
According to the report, almost all countries in Latin America and the Caribbean received more foreign direct investment in 2022, with Brazil, which received 41% of the regional total and is ranked as the fifth destination for global FDI, followed by Mexico (17%), Chile (9%), Colombia (8%), Argentina (7%) and Peru (5%).
Costa Rica, on the other hand, was the main recipient of foreign direct investment in Central America, while in Guatemala, these flows registered a significant drop due to an extraordinary value in 2021 but returned to their historical average.
At the regional level, 54% of foreign direct investment entered the services sector, although
