Profit remittances on foreign direct investment covers payments of direct investment income (debit side), which consist of income on equity (dividends, branch profits, and reinvested earnings) and income on the inter-company debt (interest). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Primary income on foreign direct investment in current prices (US dollars)

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Argentina063,70,00,0003,08,60,47,0415,45,64,30,00012,10,14,11,80812,36,10,12,21610,23,58,54,1369,79,63,52,0368,11,37,59,8128,79,25,62,0847,91,63,40,870
Belize075,00,0003,05,34,0493,48,57,65910,24,27,0414,00,76,5656,81,75,4378,51,82,6949,83,37,9115,14,61,4036,42,22,44210,97,47,29813,75,00,250
Bolivia01,70,00,00014,84,00,00027,07,29,83686,33,21,03997,66,71,8101,64,89,79,5761,91,64,84,5331,64,69,28,5341,07,82,82,07256,53,28,3131,01,44,56,87481,63,45,637
Brazil01,89,20,00,0004,23,79,35,00011,03,53,32,13065,37,31,01,98662,42,68,98,74046,36,56,00,72723,32,63,93,86027,97,95,08,66413,91,46,36,16730,35,88,15,37638,87,41,39,85238,90,05,97,053
Colombia9,40,00,00096,40,00,00065,52,79,4043,56,64,24,2359,87,45,04,28414,86,42,32,29614,95,09,26,32913,68,98,02,03611,65,04,19,4545,21,78,26,4374,71,36,97,6387,60,98,45,84610,50,66,23,431
Costa Rica05,96,00,00074,48,84,98782,17,15,7691,16,38,74,6771,40,90,76,1641,36,77,95,2961,55,69,67,8291,78,60,91,9631,94,76,55,9051,93,81,15,6022,31,23,86,8402,67,14,97,673
Dominica054,14,8153,30,40,7412,26,84,76377,92,53249,84,43951,10,65953,75,39163,13,7791,29,54,72886,50,14610,08,113
Dominican Republic09,00,00,0001,06,83,00,0001,76,49,50,0001,65,94,00,0001,94,89,00,0001,97,23,00,0002,51,12,00,0002,74,53,00,0002,33,63,00,0002,43,95,00,0002,72,45,00,0002,76,10,00,000
Ecuador012,50,00,00032,93,06,7421,00,39,38,94554,33,73,55669,80,94,63567,44,47,36768,05,68,07766,36,65,62559,81,26,47343,39,85,78436,48,85,52045,66,45,389
El Salvador03,13,06,8875,95,00,00018,10,00,00019,04,87,22820,30,43,71856,68,70,66964,42,53,75170,89,51,58572,64,67,69881,79,49,66791,47,99,92295,40,46,327
Grenada084,33,3332,77,88,8892,27,39,1783,07,80,9052,05,80,2511,87,87,7641,95,51,3993,15,60,3506,12,16,6805,13,73,7205,40,02,0575,70,21,136
Guatemala03,70,00,00024,84,00,00037,01,00,0001,00,11,66,2001,45,34,67,6001,11,19,38,48898,55,78,1811,32,36,45,1001,31,05,27,3001,34,32,00,0001,25,87,00,0001,15,39,00,000
Guyana0060,00,00069,00,0001,34,72,0001,80,00,00098,50,00051,49,00047,22,00058,37,0001,04,07,3400
Haiti000000000000
Honduras07,20,00,00016,04,50,00047,94,80,61568,06,47,63090,97,00,0241,19,23,04,8181,20,75,12,8211,38,33,59,1101,18,26,08,2791,27,78,31,8091,39,19,15,1831,40,98,12,904
Jamaica018,91,00,00028,99,00,00045,36,58,16312,69,80,73911,18,14,73212,13,22,71313,79,96,97816,13,68,03924,35,70,64927,41,95,25811,94,05,10940,85,50,822
Mexico02,30,40,00,0006,08,62,21,8108,60,76,95,05310,28,33,15,30014,59,80,77,99319,48,92,65,36130,62,24,88,13622,02,37,02,83918,17,81,90,61016,99,55,33,51617,74,51,92,70521,51,51,48,192
Nicaragua006,94,00,0008,24,00,00013,52,00,00014,61,00,00017,70,00,00016,87,00,00016,04,00,00016,11,00,00016,18,00,00013,89,00,00011,66,00,000
Panama019,62,00,00056,19,00,0001,04,78,00,0002,17,60,00,0002,02,45,00,0002,42,56,00,0003,03,26,00,0004,17,84,00,0004,22,31,00,0004,71,48,00,000
Paraguay01,69,00,0008,43,00,00015,82,00,00065,26,46,00055,04,51,00085,42,14,00094,03,70,00088,90,29,00076,06,96,56190,68,55,33474,18,00,30769,57,66,367
Peru01,50,00,00034,42,48,1014,02,95,83,62210,71,44,08,07212,69,72,32,92412,10,84,33,09910,66,55,03,8238,49,15,14,7236,15,70,59,3047,11,57,73,2929,61,20,73,9329,85,89,62,279
Saint Lucia02,65,00,0003,33,70,3705,10,77,4673,17,39,4061,20,26,9792,33,24,1131,98,09,14910,35,72,55810,93,63,2729,23,80,04410,65,88,76811,54,52,330
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines01,32,59,2591,26,96,2962,20,96,1671,10,35,42674,22,80555,57,50258,01,5572,34,40,63684,09,15294,82,3081,57,22,120
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)56,80,00,00022,40,00,0001,42,40,00,0003,89,50,00,0004,51,00,00,0006,28,00,00,0006,30,70,00,0004,10,90,00,0002,94,90,00,0002,33,00,00,0001,59,00,00,0000