La Inversión Extranjera Directa en América Latina y el Caribe 2025

Inversión extranjera directa en América Latina y el Caribe aumentó 7,1% en 2024, totalizando 188.962 millones de dólares

En 2024 las entradas de inversión extranjera directa (IED) en América Latina y el Caribe alcanzaron un total de 188.962 millones de dólares, un 7,1% más que en 2023[1], informó hoy la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). Esta cifra representó, en promedio, el 13,7% de la formación bruta de capital fijo de la región, y el 2,8% del PIB en 2024, valores inferiores a los registrados en la década de 2010, cuando su participación alcanzó el 16,8% y el 3,3%, respectivamente, señala el informe anual La Inversión Extranjera Directa en América Latina y el Caribe 202…

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean Rose by 7.1% in 2024, Totaling $188.962 Billion Dollars

Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled $188.962 billion dollars in 2024, up 7.1% from 2023[1], the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reported today. This figure represented, on average, 13.7% of the region’s gross fixed capital formation, and 2.8% of GDP in 2024 – below the levels recorded in the 2010s, when it accounted for 16.8% and 3.3%, respectively – according to the annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2025, released at a press conference in Santiago, Chile. An analysis…

O investimento estrangeiro direto na América Latina e no Caribe aumentou 7,1% em 2024, totalizando188,962 bilhões de dólares

Em 2024, as entradas de investimento estrangeiro direto (IED) na América Latina e no Caribe atingiram um total de 188,962 bilhões de dólares, 7,1% a mais que em 2023[1], informou hoje a Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL). Esse valor representou, em média, 13,7% da formação bruta de capital fixo da região e 2,8% do PIB em 2024, valores inferiores aos registrados na década de 2010, quando sua participação atingiu 16,8% e 3,3%, respectivamente, aponta o relatório anual O Investimento Estrangeiro Direto na América Latina e no Caribe 2025 divulgado em coletiva de imprensa e…

Mulheres líderes em finanças da América Latina e do Caribe se reúnem no Chile para promover agenda comum para o desenvolvimento sustentável

A CEPAL e o Governo do Brasil promoveram encontro em Santiago de mulheres líderes em finanças sustentáveis da América Latina e Caribe.…

Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2025: boosting investment for growth and sustainable development

The Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 analyses the developments and main trends in public revenues and expenditures, fiscal deficits, public debt and subnational fiscal accounts for the countries of the region in 2024. It confirms that with limited fiscal space, these countries continued to struggle to build up available resources and therefore faced persistent deficits and high debt levels. This report also examines tax incentive policies in dynamic sectors related to environmental sustainability and proposes strategies to increase effectiveness and strengthen governance…

Panorama Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe, 2025: impulsar la inversión para el crecimiento y el desarrollo sostenible

El Panorama Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe 2025 analiza la evolución y las principales tendencias del ingreso y el gasto público, el déficit fiscal, la deuda pública y las cuentas fiscales subnacionales de la región durante 2024. En un contexto de espacio fiscal limitado, se confirman las dificultades de los países de la región para fortalecer los recursos disponibles, por lo que se mantiene una situación deficitaria persistente y niveles de endeudamiento elevados. Se examinan también las políticas de incentivos tributarios en sectores dinamizadores vinculados con la sostenibilidad ambie…

Unleashing sustainable growth: financing green productive development policies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Financing the transition to a green economy in Latin America and the  Caribbean demands innovative approaches to address the region’s significant investment gap, estimated at 7%–11% of GDP annually by 2050. This publication focuses on the financial strategies underpinning green productive development policies, which make up a transformative and comprehensive framework that integrates economic goals with environmental sustainability. Key insights include strategies to reallocate subsidies, lower capital costs and foster private sector investment through blended finance and institutional capital…

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2024. Executive summary. Accessible version

Latin America and the Caribbean is mired in a decades-long growth trap, and further hampered by global and regional conditions that limit the space for macroeconomic policies to spur economic growth in the region. The results of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2024 reveal weaker job creation, especially in the formal sector, with young people, women, older persons, migrants and rural dwellers among the most likely to be informal workers. In addition, an intensification of climate change effects will drastically reduce the number of jobs created in the medium term if mit…

Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024. Resumen ejecutivo. Versión accesible

América Latina y el Caribe se encuentra en una trampa de crecimiento que se ha prolongado por varias décadas y el contexto mundial y regional limitan el espacio de las políticas macroeconómicas en su favor. Los resultados del Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 muestran una reducción en la tasa de creación de puestos de trabajo, en especial empleos formales, y que grupos como los jóvenes, las mujeres, los adultos mayores, las personas migrantes y las personas que viven en zonas rurales son más propensos a tener trabajos informales. Además, un intensificación de los efectos de…

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2024. Executive summary. Accessible version

Latin America and the Caribbean is mired in a decades-long growth trap, and further hampered by global and regional conditions that limit the space for macroeconomic policies to spur economic growth in the region. The results of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2024 reveal weaker job creation, especially in the formal sector, with young people, women, older persons, migrants and rural dwellers among the most likely to be informal workers. In addition, an intensification of climate change effects will drastically reduce the number of jobs created in the medium term if mit…