Brazil ended 2024 with a stock of US $ 1.141 trillion in foreign direct investment in the country, which represents almost half (46.6%) of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)set of goods and services produced in the country. This brand is a record in Central Bank Historical Series (BC).
The data are part of the foreign capital census, released by the BC on Friday (26), in Brasilia.
In 1995, when the series started, the percentage of foreign direct investment was 6.1% of GDP. In 2000, it went to 17.1%, reaching 25.2% in 2010. In 2019, it exceeded the first time of 30% (34.6%). In 2023, the brand was 45%.
The head of the BC Statistics Department, Fernando Rocha, points out that most companies that receive foreign capital are controlled by these investors.
“It has 100% of capital or has control of the company, more than 50%,” says Rocha, emphasizing the fact that these businesses are more connected with the abroad.
“Typically they have a greater relationship with the outside, with their investors, they have greater imported content, greater exported content,” he explains.
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Increased productive capacity
The BC divides the $ 1.1 trillion into two parts: US $ 884.8 billion are participation in the capital of companies, ie partners; While US $ 256.4 billion are intercoming operations, that is, loans between companies.
“The most important is the typically productive character of this direct investment, increasing installed capacity in the country, contributing to productivity growth,” says Rocha.
Despite the record in relation to GDP, Fernando Rocha clarifies that, In absolute terms, direct investment stock in the country was larger after 2023, marking US $ 1.3 trillion.
The head of the BC Statistics Department explains that this happens because of the exchange rate.
“These investments in Brazil are all made in reais, so we investigate these values, but then converts to dollar,” he details.
According to Rocha, between the end of 2023 and the end of 2024, the exchange rate went from $ 4.84 per dollar to $ 6.19. “This exchange rate depreciation reduced this value of direct investment when we express in dollars,” he adds.
Fernando Rocha points out that the main countries to Invest directly in Brazil They are United States, in the first place, France, Uruguay, Spain and the Netherlands.
“We have as main sectors, which add up to 40% of the investment position, the financial services sector, commerce, electricity and oil extraction,” he says.
