Net foreign direct investment into the Philippines surged 41.5 percent year-on-year to 12-month high of USD 961 million in January 2021, reflecting investors’ optimism at the start of the year due to the gradual reopening of the economy, easing of lockdown measures, and positive news about the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. The increase in FDI was supported mainly by a 116 percent expansion in non-residents’ net investment in debt instruments to USD 535 million from USD 248 million in the same month last year. Meanwhile, net equity capital investments rose marginally by 0.5 percent to USD 351 million. Bulk of the equity capital placements during the period came from Singapore, Japan and the Netherlands. Capital infusions were directed mainly to manufacturing, financial and insurance industries, and professional, scientific, and technical industries. source: Bangko Sentral NG Pilipinas
Foreign Direct Investment in Philippines averaged 394.78 USD Million from 2005 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 2256 USD Million in April of 2016 and a record low of -396 USD Million in June of 2007. This page provides - Philippines Foreign Direct Investment- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Philippines Foreign Direct Investment - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2021.
Foreign Direct Investment in Philippines is expected to be 600.00 USD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Foreign Direct Investment in Philippines to stand at 1000.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Philippines Foreign Direct Investment is projected to trend around 1000.00 USD Million in 2022 and 1200.00 USD Million in 2023, according to our econometric models.