Weekly Graphic: Changes in Latin American FDI

(click to enlarge) Foreign direct investment in Latin America in 2025 reflected a global landscape marked by uncertainty and a shift in U.S. With 4.8 percent growth, FDI in Brazil neared the all-time highs of the 2010s.

Weekly Graphic: Changes in Latin American FDI

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(click to enlarge) Foreign direct investment in Latin America in 2025 reflected a global landscape marked by uncertainty and a shift in U.S.

With 4.8 percent growth, FDI in Brazil neared the all-time highs of the 2010s.

Mexico, however, saw a 5 percent drop thanks to an 80 percent fall in Chinese FDI and a 20 percent decline in the automobiles sector.

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(click to enlarge) Foreign direct investment in Latin America in 2025 reflected a global landscape marked by uncertainty and a shift in U.S. With 4.8 percent growth, FDI in Brazil neared the all-time highs of the 2010s. Mexico, however, saw a 5 percent drop thanks to an 80 percent fall in Chinese FDI and a 20 percent decline in the automobiles sector.

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  • (35 percent) and Europe (32 percent) represented the largest sources of FDI.

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Brazil and Mexico remained the two largest recipients.

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