In the years between 2003 and 2017, Western Africa received over eight billion U.S. dollars of foreign direct investment (FDI), representing the leading destination of foreign investment in food and agriculture on the continent. Eastern and Northern Africa followed with approximately seven billion and five billion U.S. dollars, respectively. In the same period, Nigeria, Egypt, Cameroon, and South Africa attracted the highest values of the FDI.
Value of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the food and agriculture sector in Africa between 2003 and 2017, by region
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Oxford Business Group. (April 12, 2021). Value of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the food and agriculture sector in Africa between 2003 and 2017, by region (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1230194/food-and-agriculture-fdi-in-africa-by-region/
Oxford Business Group. "Value of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the food and agriculture sector in Africa between 2003 and 2017, by region (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 12, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1230194/food-and-agriculture-fdi-in-africa-by-region/
Oxford Business Group. (2021). Value of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the food and agriculture sector in Africa between 2003 and 2017, by region (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1230194/food-and-agriculture-fdi-in-africa-by-region/
Oxford Business Group. "Value of Foreign Direct Investment (Fdi) in The Food and Agriculture Sector in Africa between 2003 and 2017, by Region (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1230194/food-and-agriculture-fdi-in-africa-by-region/
Oxford Business Group, Value of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the food and agriculture sector in Africa between 2003 and 2017, by region (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1230194/food-and-agriculture-fdi-in-africa-by-region/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Value of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the food and agriculture sector in Africa between 2003 and 2017, by region (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Oxford Business Group, April 12, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1230194/food-and-agriculture-fdi-in-africa-by-region/
