All data originates from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the International Trade Centre (INTRACEN) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) data is collected following the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Manual, Fifth Edition, BPM5, IMF 1993, the OECD's Detailed Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment,Third Edition, BMD3, OECD 1996 and the updated OECD's benchmark definition (BMD4, OECD, 2008). The FDI sectoral disaggregation follows the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Rev.4 (ISIC, Rev. 4). UNCTAD database presents time-series data from 1980 onwards to 2017 of FDI for most UN Members States and other territories. Data availability extends to approximately 80 countries for the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF) as well as Food, Beverage and Tobacco (FBT) sectors. See link to UNCTAD data: - For the whole economy: http://unctadstat.unctad.org/wds/ReportFolders/reportFolders.aspx - For AFF and FBT: provided by UNCTAD (not available to the public). INTRACEN dataset extends from 2000 to 2019 for approximately 80 countries. See link to INTRACEN data: http://www.investmentmap.org/SelectionMenu.aspx (a username and a password need to be created to login). OECD dataset extends from 2011 to 2018 for approximately 34 OECD countries. See link to OECD data: http://www.oecd.org/investment/statistics.htm. Based on the FDI data sources, the FAO FDI dataset extends from 1991 to 2019. The availability of data for AFF and FBT was the highest between 1997 and 2011.
