UNCTAD Country Fact Sheet: Cape Verde

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT

CONFERENCE DES NATIONS UNIES SUR

LE COMMERCE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT

Cape Verde

Foreign direct investment overview, selected years
(Billions of dollars and percentages)
Foreign direct investment flows:
								*as a percentage of gross fixed capital formation*
	1985-1995	1996		1997		1998		1985-1995	1996	1997
	(annual average)							(annual average)
Cape Verde
Inward	0.003	0.029		0.012		0.015	^a	3.3	22.8	9.3
*Outward*	*0.0004*	*0.0003*		-		-	^a	*0.5*	*0.2*	*0.04*
Memorandum
Comoros
Inward	0.002	0.001	^a	0.001	^a	0.001	^a	3.9	1.0	1.4
Outward	..	..		..		..		..	..	..
Nigeria
Inward	0.921	1.593		1.539		1.500	^a	24.8	21.3	7.2
Outward	0.644	0.134		0.1951		0.114		17.4	1.8	0.9
Africa
Inward	3.238	5.907		7.657		7.931		4.6	7.8	8.3
*Outward*	0.892	-0.026		1.418		0.511		*1.6*	*-0.1*	*2.1*
World
Inward	180.6	358.9		464.3		643.9		4.2	5.8	7.7
*Outward*	*203.0*	*379.9*		*475.1*		*648.9*		*4.9*	*6.3*	*8.0*
Developing countries
Inward	48.1	135.3		172.5		165.9		5.0	8.4	10.3
*Outward*	*20.8*	*58.9*		*65.0*		*52.3*		*2.2*	*3.8*	*3.9*

Foreign direct investment stocks:
								*as a percentage of gross domestic product*
	1985	1995		1997		1998		1985	1995	1997
Cape Verde
Inward ^a	..	0.038		0.078		0.093		..	11.4	19.6
*Outward ^a*	..	*0.004*		*0.005*		*0.005*		..	*1.3*	*1.2*
Memorandum
Comoros
Inward ^a	..	0.017		0.018		0.019		..	7.6	8.4
Outward ^a	..	0.001		0.001		0.001		..	0.5	0.5
Nigeria
Inward ^a	4.417	14.065		17.198		18.698		5.5	34.7	12.0
Outward ^a	5.193	11.186		11.516		11.630		6.4	27.6	8.1
Africa
Inward	23.4	54.9		67.7		75.278		7.3	17.7	14.7
*Outward*	6.4	14.6		15.9		16.409		*2.4*	*5.3*	*3.7*
World
Inward	782.3	2 789.6		3 436.7		4 088.1		6.9	9.9	11.7
*Outward*	*685.8*	*2 840.2*		*3 423.4*		*4 117.1*		*6.3*	*10.2*	*11.9*
Developing countries
Inward	237.2	769.3		1 055.7		1 219.3		9.8	14.1	16.6
*Outward*	*28.1*	*236.6*		*341.6*		*390.9*		*1.4*	*4.7*	*5.8*

^a Estimates. For details, see "definitions and sources" in annex B and notes in annexes B1-4 in WIR99.

The source for all this information is: The World Investment Report, 1999 (Sales No.E.99.II.D.3.). WIR99 may be obtained at the price of US$ 49 for customers in developed countries and US$ 19 for customers in developing countries, from United Nations Publication/Sales Section, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, fax: 41 22 917 00 27, e-mail: unpubli@un.org, Internet: http://www.un.org/publications; or from United Nations Publications, Two UN Plaza, Room DC2-853, Dept. Press, New York, N.Y. 10017, U.S.A., telephone: 1 212 963 83 02 or 1 800 253 96 46, fax: 1 212 963 34 89, e-mail: publications@un.org