Ecuador - 9.5-Foreign Direct Investment & Foreign Portfolio Investment StatisticsEcuador - Foreign Direct Investment

This information is derived from the State Department's Office of Investment Affairs’ Investment Climate Statement. Any questions on the ICS can be directed to EB-ICS-DL@state.gov

Last Published: 7/13/2017

Table 2: Key Macroeconomic Data, U.S. FDI in Host Country/Economy

	Host Country Statistical Source*		USG or International Statistical Source		USG or International Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other
Economic Data	Year	Amount	Year	Amount
Host Country Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ($M USD)	2016	$96.2	2015	$100.2	World Bank Data
Foreign Direct Investment	Host Country Statistical Source*		USG or International Statistical Source		USG or international Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other
U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions)	N/A	N/A	2015	$429	BEA data
Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	BEA data
Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP	N/A	N/A	2015	.43%	N/A

* Host country data is from the Central Bank of Ecuador. The Central Bank publishes FDI calculated as net flows only. Outward Direct Investment statistics are not published by the Central Bank.

Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI

Direct Investment from/in Counterpart Economy Data
From Top Five Sources/To Top Five Destinations (US Dollars, Millions)
Inward Direct Investment			Outward Direct Investment
Total Inward	1,060	100%	Total Outward	Amount	100%
The United States	186	18%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Peru	170	16%	N/A	N/A	N/A
China	94	9%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chile	78	7%	N/A	N/A	N/A
The Netherlands	77	7%	N/A	N/A	N/A
"0" reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000.

Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment
Portfolio investment data are not available for Ecuador.

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