Guatemala's FDI inflows versus Costa Rica, the DR and the region
- Guatemala against the region
- Guatemala against the region
- Audited
Net FDI inflows (World Bank, BoP, current US$) for 2022 / 2023 / 2024, and FDI as a share of GDP in 2024: Guatemala 1,450 / 1,650 / 1,848 M (1.6%); Costa Rica 5,212 / 5,299 / 5,403 M (5.6%); El Salvador 26 / 778 / 1,051 M (3.0%); Honduras 758 / 578 / 478 M (1.3%); Nicaragua 1,287 / 1,114 / 1,352 M (6.9%); Dominican Republic 4,050 / 4,751 / 4,476 M (3.6%); Mexico 39,206 / 30,683 / 45,475 M (2.5%). The uncomfortable reading: Guatemala grows three years running and still takes in a third of Costa Rica's total (1,848/5,403 = 34%) and about 41% of the Dominican Republic's, with an economy of equal or greater size; on FDI as a share of GDP it beats only Honduras. UNCTAD: FDI into Latin America fell 12% in 2024 to US$164,000 M (the country annex is blocked; to be cross-checked in the data phase). The Banguat figure for 2025 is US$1,881.7 M preliminary (dossier 11).
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Figures
- FDI, Guatemala
- US$1,848 M; 1.6% of GDP
- FDI, Costa Rica
- US$5,403 M; 5.6% of GDP
- FDI, Dominican Rep.
- US$4,476 M; 3.6% of GDP
- FDI, Nicaragua
- US$1,352 M; 6.9% of GDP
- FDI, Honduras
- US$478 M; 1.3% of GDP
- FDI, Mexico
- US$45,475 M; 2.5% of GDP
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Related records
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- Guatemala's 2026 minimum wage for maquila and non-agricultural work
- Costa Rica's 2026 minimum wage versus Guatemala
- El Salvador's maquila minimum wage
- Honduras' 2026 maquila minimum wage
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