UNCTAD Country Fact Sheet: Ethiopia

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT

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LE COMMERCE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT

Ethiopia

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)
Ethiopia
Inward	0.006	0.013	0.068	0.178		0.7	1.2	7.2
*Outward*	..	..	..	..		..	..	..
Memorandum
Egypt
Inward	0.871	0.636	0.891	1.076		5.5	5.1	6.1
Outward	0.025	0.005	0.129	0.046		0.2	0.04	0.9
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
Ethiopia
Inward ^a	0.114	0.178	0.259	0.438		2.0	3.2	4.2
*Outward*	..	..	..	..		..	..	..
Memorandum
Egypt
Inward ^a	5.699	14.098	15.624	16.700		10.9	29.8	20.7
Outward ^a	0.091	0.365	0.499	0.545		0.2	0.8	0.7
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.

Number of parent corporations and foreign affiliates in Ethiopia, latest available year
(Number)
	Parent corporation based in economy	Foreign affiliate located in economy
Ethiopia	..	21
Memorandum
World	59 902	508 239
Developed countries	49 806	94 623
Developing countries	9 246	238 906
Africa	43	429
Central and Eastern Europe	850	174 710

For delails, see notes on Table I. 1. 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