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Brazil: Foreign direct investment, net

-47.50Bcurrent USD · 2025+22.9% since 2015

Foreign direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the voting power is evidence of a direct investment relationship. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Brazil from 1975 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025-47,500,511,485.57
2024-47,752,021,442.32
2023-37,603,494,867.45
2022-42,146,446,474.31
2021-30,201,173,400.34
2020-41,737,369,809.01
2019-46,354,807,251.49
2018-76,159,270,430.66
2017-47,544,978,339.99
2016-59,601,145,882.35
2015-61,604,176,364.71
2014-67,107,129,352.1
2013-59,567,525,424.58
2012-90,485,123,670.43
2011-86,360,111,204.54
2010-55,626,921,872.6
2009-36,032,805,800
2008-24,601,090,273.613
2007-27,518,241,273.265
20069,380,283,047.062
2005-12,549,590,734.979
2004-8,338,896,459.753
2003-9,894,224,670.99
2002-14,108,096,193.114
2001-24,714,939,372.251
2000-30,497,652,699.75
1999-26,888,017,614.99
1998-26,001,596,916.42
1997-17,877,370,310.647
1996-11,667,000,000
1995-3,475,000,000
1994-2,035,000,000
1993-801,000,000
1992-1,924,000,000
1991-89,000,000
1990-324,000,000
1989-608,000,000
1988-2,629,000,000
1987-1,031,000,000
1986-202,000,000
1985-1,360,000,000
1984-1,552,000,000
1983-1,422,000,000
1982-2,534,000,000
1981-2,313,000,000
1980-1,544,000,000
1979-2,223,000,000
1978-1,882,000,000
1977-1,687,000,000
1976-1,372,000,000
1975-1,190,000,000

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Foreign direct investment, net. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-foreign-direct-investment-net (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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