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13. Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Portfolio Investment Statistics

Table 2: Key Macroeconomic Data, U.S. FDI in Host Country/Economy
	Host Country Statistical source*		USG or international statistical source		USG or International Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other
Economic Data	Year	Amount	Year	Amount
Host Country Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ($M USD)	2019	$358,888	2018	$364,157	https://www.singstat.gov.sg/ www.worldbank.org/en/country
Foreign Direct Investment	Host Country Statistical source*		USG or international statistical source		USG or international Source of data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other
U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions)	2018	$204, 658	2018	$218,835	https://www.singstat.gov.sg/ BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/ direct-investment-and-multinational- enterprises-comprehensive-data
Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions)	2018	$18,295	2018	$19,665	https://www.singstat.gov.sg/ BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/ direct-investment-and-multinational- enterprises-comprehensive-data
Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP	2018	342%	2018	410%	https://www.singstat.gov.sg/ UNCTAD data available at https://unctad.org/en/Pages/DIAE/ World%20Investment%20Report/ Country-Fact-Sheets.aspx

* Source for Host Country Data

Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI
Direct Investment from/in Counterpart Economy Data
From Top Five Sources/To Top Five Destinations (US Dollars, Millions)
Inward Direct Investment			Outward Direct Investment*
Total Inward	1,269,518	100%	Total Outward	606,726	100%
United States	220,520	17%	China	99,605	16%
Cayman Islands	131,578	10%	Indonesia	45,932	8%
British Virgin Islands	116,707	9%	India	43,058	7%
Japan	93,994	7%	Hong Kong	40,799	7%
Netherlands, The	69,387	5%	United Kingdom	40,217	7%
“0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000.

*CDIS data not available. Outward 2018 FDI taken from www.singstat.gov.sg .

Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment
Data not available.