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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Cambodia0012,29,90,64822,71,37,23138,53,80,36249,62,84,53466,67,80,86182,28,94,90594,96,14,1691,07,08,68,6411,11,99,88,9021,23,58,88,2981,42,97,23,391
China04,60,00,00020,19,81,50,000000000000
Fiji04,94,00,00074,84,01113,27,82,97014,34,09,69417,11,90,90316,81,94,53012,23,05,23623,01,87,51628,78,30,53429,95,21,80245,40,43,69638,36,41,770
Indonesia02,19,20,00,0003,57,37,00,0009,52,49,25,84212,84,38,80,42517,97,54,49,88818,16,57,61,99817,39,48,18,43519,46,01,29,87518,59,25,91,80418,76,69,69,94921,78,58,01,07022,09,42,11,805
Lao People’s Democratic Republic0002,49,32,2314,42,00,0001,61,89,1496,94,05,32711,17,85,2438,78,59,35314,29,25,93714,02,00,58114,37,64,99311,72,29,916
Malaysia01,92,57,82,1537,17,26,31,5798,32,95,53,15815,29,78,47,85918,10,54,24,08418,38,86,16,83918,03,03,05,06919,01,99,25,87013,17,77,78,66212,29,00,68,816
Mongolia0087,75,0004,20,71,39746,44,48,0611,02,22,75,24675,45,85,83042,94,17,98546,04,63,81045,95,79,27420,84,51,65676,82,47,63360,95,37,332
Myanmar014,72,52,18913,50,83,8891,38,84,52,7491,81,61,69,6851,95,53,41,8662,39,57,99,9552,01,09,49,0272,87,24,26,3352,64,62,30,0332,18,68,72,6992,71,50,78,5362,53,28,50,746
Papua New Guinea015,77,04,28019,77,19,91951,09,04,46446,59,29,73135,01,94,23256,58,58,44139,11,49,96120,94,59,30825,68,80,14815,67,81,17032,17,74,253
Philippines031,10,00,00023,00,00,0001,38,23,38,2282,41,70,62,3212,90,97,92,4623,95,46,56,2603,51,79,13,9914,27,70,81,0844,12,32,47,2753,71,08,06,1604,02,72,79,5105,00,43,43,117
Samoa0003,00,40,1462,37,27,8622,92,16,6142,33,30,6093,97,86,0112,59,95,1091,40,12,2721,85,00,8291,63,09,985
Solomon Islands020,16,78083,12,15953,32,1394,75,78,9767,60,74,5206,43,37,4511,02,48,6204,58,49,6986,07,15,3427,06,49,3926,44,12,7034,89,53,304
Thailand031,20,80,20404,50,11,31,80412,80,42,80,1249,67,91,86,22315,88,95,57,34119,69,82,32,10116,01,58,77,68114,80,43,44,06214,14,38,83,03915,69,22,62,89819,93,66,76,859
Timor-Leste000063,87,48581,75,9601,86,08,7941,24,81,12712,93,0701,33,66,5002,14,75,6002,94,77,426
Tonga03,00,0000019,40376,41,14868,90,26168,28,9391,16,16,9321,45,34,91418,82,8801,14,92,8121,12,10,469
Vanuatu01,52,48,8972,19,32,0903,53,38,1135,18,13,3755,34,01,3947,54,34,9662,90,10,8752,78,99,8602,51,13,92900
Viet Nam000000000000
Albania001,00,00021,40,82238,15,01,03613,74,87,17516,82,76,1612,95,28,47519,22,78,49416,93,80,73614,68,02,21130,66,81,01834,01,95,708
Armenia002,20,20,00016,96,82,44736,21,90,02837,85,86,26533,48,90,20018,08,39,72320,28,77,405-1,85,92,45211,27,92,9969,54,55,92421,67,43,332
Azerbaijan0031,72,43,0001,58,16,72,0003,81,50,32,0005,48,83,66,0004,90,61,86,0004,50,72,27,0003,35,92,74,0002,27,45,53,0002,49,28,23,0002,02,27,95,0002,93,44,18,000
Belarus0037,00,00013,49,00,0001,03,91,00,0001,18,57,00,0001,25,76,00,0002,37,34,00,0002,04,34,00,0001,78,88,00,0001,57,35,00,0001,65,06,00,0001,97,47,00,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina0009,68,59,5827,85,45,89727,64,09,53222,80,20,40518,16,76,37534,61,94,30331,01,69,00537,67,91,66251,96,59,87355,13,63,545
Bulgaria0010,70,77,83291,20,51,7651,28,42,30,0002,07,42,30,0001,41,43,70,0002,36,62,10,0001,51,36,20,0002,56,09,60,0002,96,48,90,0003,40,11,60,0001,51,21,90,000
Georgia003,61,22,52711,62,34,53147,01,71,97880,02,15,34276,97,56,71376,96,20,25377,19,04,46359,21,25,1081,00,58,18,4121,31,58,01,8041,28,35,60,178
Kazakhstan001,04,59,99,7704,80,47,83,51017,99,70,73,11025,21,32,30,73924,75,29,83,09322,51,09,47,53019,84,73,70,4569,40,00,34,79011,91,50,55,86816,53,20,13,56920,45,14,73,729
Kyrgyzstan003,72,78,9673,59,77,32928,89,90,90061,06,84,40011,15,48,40034,81,48,50022,72,44,90019,10,19,90027,65,75,50029,58,51,20015,07,97,900
North Macedonia003,13,48,18014,18,35,50722,95,86,73727,21,56,69426,52,59,18536,27,78,33931,05,77,85237,08,56,69445,15,58,13047,35,15,69553,84,75,590
Republic of Moldova0027,40,0004,48,60,00015,19,40,00025,67,10,00011,76,40,00013,95,10,00013,33,30,00022,06,40,00015,28,00,00018,35,70,00022,31,90,000
Montenegro00009,94,86,7734,48,99,9493,25,05,4692,84,85,9507,10,77,2784,48,54,20611,35,68,9546,99,02,6138,42,62,081
Romania007,20,00,0002,93,47,00,33066,48,65,10071,92,26,2471,71,28,25,4333,83,72,51,4202,47,75,93,9574,19,17,87,1105,76,46,82,9166,58,29,99,0117,48,94,18,370
Russian Federation0088,41,90,00019,50,55,70,00048,56,11,10,00061,59,96,50,00067,17,35,70,00069,36,19,40,00068,60,36,80,00040,97,43,70,00048,12,38,90,00057,09,69,70,00060,95,45,10,000
Serbia000056,42,66,1291,59,70,74,1141,25,05,11,8561,57,77,00,7251,48,44,25,2081,52,89,28,7241,84,72,35,0852,52,60,72,5472,42,83,59,929
Tajikistan00001,07,73,1401,69,30,4703,19,46,9903,54,91,7804,79,16,0904,25,69,4908,07,66,32728,73,08,10124,49,12,962
Turkey016,10,00,00027,90,00,0001,05,10,00,0002,87,10,00,0002,93,70,00,0002,65,70,00,0003,68,20,00,0002,36,20,00,0003,56,10,00,0003,14,10,00,0003,28,40,00,0003,24,10,00,000
Turkmenistan000000000000
Ukraine004,30,00,00026,80,00,0002,21,80,00,0004,08,40,00,0004,77,50,00,0005,00,50,00,0001,74,20,00,00047,10,00,0001,12,80,00,0002,44,30,00,0003,65,10,00,000
Uzbekistan000000000090,18,29,27795,75,50,5141,13,52,59,426
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
Algeria015,14,93,02105,48,50,00,0004,85,75,12,5286,31,34,33,6287,45,29,86,5488,00,53,89,9528,01,04,54,4206,47,85,75,6563,97,06,71,4584,81,38,19,840
Djibouti0041,52,57658,68,74967,97,1711,80,22,63172,47,3151,08,37,21159,08,14274,27,41480,46,3651,38,36,372
Egypt01,35,00,0009,20,00,00064,69,00,0005,26,81,00,0005,07,93,00,0005,70,39,00,0006,37,61,00,0005,86,69,00,0004,37,48,00,0003,48,51,00,0003,96,82,00,0005,03,24,00,000
Iran000000000000
Jordan003,21,57,9697,22,14,38681,32,39,43771,33,80,28282,07,04,22584,49,07,06390,42,25,35279,38,02,81767,92,95,77557,29,57,74658,88,73,239
Lebanon0009,54,95,00020,87,74,18427,00,05,24420,88,56,31447,83,87,96837,34,10,30544,06,09,10746,90,99,80637,71,22,36533,16,00,000
Morocco06,92,76,42926,84,26,28159,40,43,8681,44,51,50,0652,08,59,23,1582,09,21,46,2481,27,91,59,7612,21,95,38,4181,41,94,30,7191,39,09,48,1941,81,51,57,3211,88,52,74,934
Syrian Arab Republic0001,22,00,00,0001,68,44,66,8790000000
Tunisia09,67,74,19446,76,49,95696,17,44,9841,65,84,46,2761,71,59,60,0791,53,33,32,9781,75,56,92,2221,36,17,44,73996,02,75,28276,90,75,58976,07,17,93978,92,35,070
Yemen028,33,00,00085,54,33,5911,60,27,42,2361,50,96,73,7012,02,54,73,9561,14,53,64,9231,35,24,58,6081,39,23,54,71820,35,62,01000
Afghanistan00000014,92,275092,70967,47512,21,82611,65,906
Bangladesh0014,89,56,41166,13,69,7451,21,01,94,3051,29,84,86,9141,62,23,99,1362,10,35,41,9932,30,25,99,7762,20,68,09,5212,28,63,54,1841,94,50,51,5951,69,87,13,248
Bhutan000040,63,80445,95,75416,49,4442,01,05,6378,15,88521,56,87318,47,0737,44,58114,81,073
India0005,24,43,41,66021,76,34,48,88923,75,99,33,90216,38,90,49,08912,55,47,94,80714,02,66,83,89913,68,43,45,93119,12,61,01,13619,71,07,38,97723,11,66,81,653
Maldives01,39,00,0003,43,97,8253,09,52,20927,19,33,40726,64,59,34523,44,54,18533,38,82,41131,40,74,28528,41,08,64230,36,29,03033,27,75,34431,83,53,874
Nepal0005,65,96,8714,97,02,7065,89,68,5153,38,92,5242,46,96,9642,55,17,3764,91,51,06711,88,18,32121,07,57,733
Pakistan05,34,00,29542,90,00,0001,87,20,00,0002,14,00,00,0002,10,20,00,0002,37,30,00,0002,90,80,00,0003,18,10,00,0003,64,10,00,0003,41,50,00,0003,36,20,00,0002,85,50,00,000
Sri Lanka02,54,01,04410,85,40,34911,46,70,00030,28,80,00038,50,00,00044,93,38,43973,65,38,69966,97,75,81878,72,21,95994,94,72,25293,42,14,95878,97,35,356
Angola031,41,00,00092,86,30,0003,40,58,61,1807,52,57,40,3609,03,99,28,3419,72,21,00,3769,33,06,51,4107,85,00,23,9164,29,19,98,8063,02,78,46,2384,88,33,42,7215,09,70,94,753
Benin03,69,126-7,54,23990,05,2835,47,85,5016,55,55,6729,14,00,03912,83,32,91914,35,69,8086,43,93,73072,38,5682,70,86,201
Botswana040,68,87,34365,78,05,4441,12,84,27,68273,08,71,88428,52,61,42912,90,85,97953,63,47,41351,20,02,95040,79,83,8771,22,98,52,3991,14,54,87,8901,18,41,89,934
Burkina Faso060,00,00030,70,32767,24,5772,63,81,1965,98,39,0088,21,64,09517,81,05,01838,44,60,46037,79,74,78441,57,78,42043,55,08,492
Burundi032,52,4523,55,36221,41,0400084,91,19748,00,5561,29,07,91557,70,28430,51,86728,73,940
केप वर्दे0052,46,6011,08,65,7365,56,63,5144,16,30,9893,20,79,4791,65,27,4223,55,02,7671,55,45,0572,84,47,4012,86,96,5752,60,84,176
Cameroon013,84,68,1454,09,30,99928,85,74,77416,55,09,39528,18,82,92450,34,24,75864,77,67,33865,99,71,94941,13,62,25042,14,68,09249,41,12,831
Central African Republic021,19,2600000000000
Chad000000000000
Comoros06,13,379017,08,79118,10,16424,07,74422,29,26900000
Congo0046,60,68,9011,29,63,81,61083,42,17,9871,51,17,57,21086,07,71,09138,20,76,321-33,70,77,18491,92,670-13,29,22,2830
Côte d'Ivoire07,49,27,06028,39,60,30537,01,39,88956,17,82,93261,20,61,10157,83,73,66165,13,21,23067,93,75,97468,56,30,56575,56,50,1111,23,86,37,383
Democratic Republic of the Congo000013,13,00,00058,42,70,17431,28,80,93849,15,40,07512,47,59,13341,11,58,62334,68,74,28248,99,16,68669,76,50,860
Eritrea0044,21,295000000000
Ethiopia0093,41,5212,14,68,6063,51,10,1062,25,02,25759,05,49861,81,4462,72,35,1551,19,92,8412,02,05,5903,67,40,307
Gabon011,64,30,77447,25,67,71376,47,32,4401,66,35,78,0871,18,32,50,8911,36,69,69,45455,25,24,04542,68,53,999-4,73,29,48400
Ghana070,00,0001,70,00,0009,43,13,00039,56,30,0001,06,19,70,0001,96,05,13,2961,21,94,43,8821,34,09,94,17379,23,68,30245,86,40,2971,91,89,50,000
Guinea06,06,60,00084,32,0000001,30,00024,76,20,00017,04,94,75910,85,82,65010,81,51,0004,12,90,000
Guinea Bissau000056,50,0343,17,97,1553,12,40,25981,80,71330,98,59212,25,27826,79,37078,72,432
Kenya013,20,98,2252,86,64,0433,49,23,3156,03,64,50522,45,05,99241,78,85,32454,07,82,31771,53,78,89159,68,61,00255,33,19,72744,78,85,114
Lesotho01,26,68,5587,13,40,89266,25,7537,65,56,20318,72,16,03017,33,76,39715,43,31,19214,23,78,01912,57,07,00510,87,49,22611,96,64,72912,19,39,212
Liberia00070,64,4641,08,35,99,7561,15,72,70,87783,33,69,32152,84,51,938-14,53,79,011-12,53,58,60314,16,99,76018,84,02,146
Madagascar06,75,97142,20,1828,31,08,23314,86,74,05718,52,46,76730,91,65,84930,79,35,64426,91,87,53534,68,77,88840,15,14,76135,01,23,25938,95,43,360
Malawi052,76,8871,51,06,0765,15,91,39817,32,20,05136,22,14,8122,30,70,43524,48,26,28827,60,64,64429,75,87,47018,08,05,65017,16,67,536
Mali038,19,8117,58,50,84219,03,24,29040,20,57,82140,74,88,46844,51,86,93339,30,59,60136,72,36,70927,46,12,69034,45,73,76844,56,90,842
Mauritania06,69,900000000007,17,69,1983,38,07,926
Mauritius02,25,00,00081,38,3803,36,03,5154,63,85,71,44660,07,37,2971,07,42,29,2034,33,09,30,9685,94,03,36,3135,56,60,95,7516,38,49,61,0878,34,79,70,1655,37,28,10,704
Mozambique003,00,00028,40,00,71021,77,27,22927,21,08,2854,60,67,7955,43,52,4134,92,96,8415,99,61,2764,65,44,6746,74,94,01311,55,16,959
Niger02,25,73,61319,12,9852,09,26,3821,74,56,8976,03,85,77317,93,99,04418,10,42,00710,94,34,39212,23,60,43713,62,39,67413,89,40,710
Nigeria013,49,42,7492,27,88,01,1492,60,26,56,98019,95,77,77,86523,07,01,15,71822,27,65,61,53725,25,71,02,62519,49,07,55,53312,79,32,57,9848,66,78,82,35511,65,10,30,95514,61,33,80,000
Rwanda060,09,26430,62,76947,20,0001,49,00,3981,47,87,0263,06,18,3682,15,95,6584,49,62,8487,73,36,62012,61,54,84713,28,06,63212,03,83,707
Sao Tome and Principe000000001,91,0629,76,05072,90760,1584,800
Senegal06,03,82,3958,42,51,40317,29,58,31313,45,71,15320,87,35,05724,39,03,39230,60,33,15234,16,54,16931,69,25,95538,02,60,19142,68,07,982
Sierra Leone05,06,84,78818,11,2684,12,01,2224,62,21,84421,88,61,71418,01,47,88737,76,52,38937,42,06,14210,13,14,8219,38,73,7779,09,77,303
Somalia000000000000
South Africa35,55,99,85896,15,71,7022,32,94,18,5354,32,02,68,6016,16,46,46,9578,37,48,09,4648,48,59,36,9258,05,26,73,7468,70,74,82,4187,06,18,92,4736,07,22,88,1546,39,49,99,3967,23,62,57,471
Sudan00069,88,08,1192,39,29,49,9512,29,86,87,02642,42,58,8831,14,40,28,53272,16,83,21239,36,47,66117,23,23,76019,60,77,87126,58,98,168
इस्वातिनी08,53,77,8936,59,34,0524,39,78,10940,16,13,2856,59,86,7645,23,07,5817,18,34,2417,31,29,7985,84,44,4322,06,20,8358,31,09,596
United Republic of Tanzania001,32,00,02431,87,41,71565,28,44,00072,87,00,00056,02,13,82761,70,17,48074,02,98,69177,63,54,51077,98,65,13292,85,57,435
Gambia0002,68,74,48366,51,32366,15,32461,03,24876,16,85241,27,24057,99,27355,92,92052,66,278
Togo01,53,41,6831,72,44,9574,71,97,1636,70,27,13512,02,20,54218,03,69,45317,98,70,03719,15,94,00312,11,93,55814,12,46,09815,11,69,599
Uganda001,91,00,00020,17,02,12318,27,83,43126,20,39,56625,16,20,83234,37,86,76734,76,35,52022,94,42,01933,39,67,11056,19,18,05976,05,33,540
Zambia011,48,00,0007,14,00,00046,10,50,0001,30,27,00,0001,09,25,00,00023,92,20,0001,01,95,75,0001,32,16,00,0003,41,38,57827,98,90,28267,15,80,343-19,40,78,851
Zimbabwe00003,06,02,88012,80,59,42216,55,68,02714,24,24,71813,35,58,20914,81,20,59515,49,90,87815,87,15,549