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World Investment Report 2011

Non-Equity Modes of International Production and Development

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Country fact sheet:

Foreign direct investment (FDI) overview, selected years

(Millions of dollars and percentages)

FDI flows

1995-2004
(Annual average)

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Inward
112
Outward
8
Memorandum
Angola
Inward
2 530
Outward
2
Congo
Inward
203
Outward
4
Central Africa
Inward
1 052
Outward
11
Africa
Inward
13 538
Outward
1 441
Developing economies
Inward
199 794
Outward
74 301
World
Inward
718 542
Outward
703 779

FDI stocks

1995

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Inward
541
Outward
Memorandum
Angola
Inward
2 922
Outward
Congo
Inward
1 022
Outward
Central Africa
Inward
4 045
Outward
590
Africa
Inward
89 308
Outward
31 566
Developing economies
Inward
847 707
Outward
330 042
World
Inward
3 392 468
Outward
3 615 425

2005-2007

2008

2009

2010

(Annual average)

as a percentage of gross fixed capital formation

1995-2004
2008
2009
2010
(Annual average)

688
15

1 727
54

664
35

2 939
7

22.3
1.6

67.4
2.1

30.5
1.6

82.1
0.2

8 551
442

16 581
2 570

11 672
8

9 942
1 163

159.6
0.2

316.4
49.0

200.8
0.1

221.8
25.9

1 892
-

2 483
-

2 083
-

2 816
-

26.6
0.5

63.1
..

84.9
..

103.7
..

3 903
99

4 395
159

5 400
117

7 959
94

17.7
0.2

21.7
1.7

32.4
1.4

40.8
0.9

49 183
6 543

73 413
9 750

60 167
5 627

55 040
6 636

12.7
1.5

23.7
3.5

19.9
2.1

15.9
2.1

444 940
214 332

658 002
308 891

510 578
270 750

573 568
327 564

11.8
4.5

13.4
6.3

10.2
5.5

9.6
5.5

1 471 784
1 487 426

1 744 101
1 910 509

1 185 030
1 170 527

1 243 671
1 323 337

9.8
9.6

12.5
13.7

9.5
9.4

9.1
9.7

as a percentage of gross domestic product

1995
2008
2009

2000

2008

2009

2010

617
-

2 521
-

3 058
-

3 994
-

9.6
..

21.6
..

27.3
..

30.2
..

7 978
2

12 881
3 502

15 086
3 509

25 028
4 672

58.5
-

37.0
10.1

43.1
10.0

63.3
11.8

1 889
-

11 083
-

13 167
-

15 983
-

48.3
..

100.2
..

132.2
..

133.7
..

5 733
648

27 606
879

32 880
957

38 835
1 039

14.7
3.2

28.8
1.2

40.1
1.6

42.2
1.6

154 268
44 224

395 726
79 696

488 824
105 994

553 972
122 429

16.8
6.8

26.3
6.0

34.3
8.4

33.4
8.4

1 731 604
857 354

4 251 668
2 342 750

5 060 116
2 688 106

5 951 203
3 131 845

14.4
5.8

24.6
13.9

29.7
16.2

29.1
15.7

7 445 637
7 962 170

15 294 653
15 982 295

17 950 498
19 199 759

19 140 603
20 408 257

11.0
11.9

25.0
26.4

30.9
33.4

30.3
32.6

Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2011 ; www.unctad.org/wir or www.unctad.org/fdistatistics.

2010

Cross-border merger and acquisition overview, 20052010

(Millions of dollars)
Sales(net)
2008
2009

2005-2007

Region/economy

2010

(Annual average)

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Memorandum
Angola
Congo
Central Africa
Africa
Developing economies
World

Purchases(net)
2008
2009

2005-2007

2010

(Annual average)

175

- 15

59
11
38
9 314
84 447
703 426

- 475
435
- 1 758
21 193
104 812
706 543

- 471
5
5 140
39 077
249 732

1 300
175
7 608
82 813
338 839

- 20
- 20
13 432
109 476
703 426

8 216
105 849
706 543

2 702
73 975
249 732

3 184
96 947
338 839

Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2011 ; www.unctad.org/wir or www.unctad.org/fdistatistics.

Country rankings by Inward FDI performance Index and Inward FDI Potential Index, 20072009
Economy
Hong Kong, China
Mongolia
Angola
Congo
Iceland
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Cyprus
Singapore
Niger
Ghana
Bahamas

2008

Inward FDI Performance

2009

2010

Economy

3
7
1
4
51
10
8
61
21
34
9

3
6
2
5
125
30
4
20
7
12
17

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

2008
Ethiopia
Guinea
Madagascar
Burkina Faso
Benin
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Rwanda
Niger
Nepal
Haiti
Zimbabwe

131
133
136
134
138
130
139
132
140
137
141

Inward FDI Potential Index

2009
2010
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2011 ; www.unctad.org/wir or www.unctad.org/fdistatistics.

Note: Ranking is that of the latest year available. Covering 141 economies. The potential index is based on 12 economic and policy variables.

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