Direct investment openness index (1=fully liberalized) (IMF)

Direct investment openness index captures the ability to conduct investments for the purpose of establishing lasting economic relations both abroad by residents and domestically by non residents (for example, for the purpose of producing goods and services, and, to allow investor participation in the management of an enterprise). The index is the average of its two sub-components: direct investment inflow index and direct investment outflow index. Direct investment inflow liberalization | Direct investment outflow liberalization. (1=fully liberalized)

Publisher
International Monetary Fund
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
166
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as International Monetary Fund declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    International Monetary Fund

    CL — Wang-Jahan Index

    declared by imf in dataset/source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Albania20131index (0-1)
Algeria20130index (0-1)
Angola20130index (0-1)
Antigua and Barbuda20131index (0-1)
Argentina20130index (0-1)
Armenia20131index (0-1)
Australia20130.50index (0-1)
Austria20130.50index (0-1)
Azerbaijan20130.50index (0-1)
Bahamas20130index (0-1)

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