UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE    ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT

CONFERENCE DES NATIONS UNIES SUR LE COMMERCE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT

 Côte d'Ivoire  

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)
Côte d'Ivoire
Inward	0.043	0.206		0.327		0.250			4.6	15.3	21.5
Outward a	-	-0.002		-		-			..	-0.1	-
Memorandum
Ghana
Inward	0.051	0.120		0.082		0.045			7.0	13.4	5.0
Outward a	-	0.150		-		0.030			..	16.8	-
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
Côte d'Ivoire
Inward a	0.699	1.138		1.671		1.921			10.0	11.3	16.2
Outward	..	..		..		..			..	..	..
Memorandum
Ghana
Inward a	0.272	0.823		1.024		1.069			4.3	13.0	14.9
Outward	..	..		..		..			..	..	..
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.
 

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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