3.1 South Asian Intraregional Investment Stocks, by Country, 2017

TABLE 3.1 South Asian Intraregional Investment Stocks, by Country, 2017 US$ millions

Outward investor (source) ↓ Destination (host or recipient)

AFG BGD BTN IND MDV NPL PAK LKA SAR WLD South Asia Region as destination (%)↓ of OFDI

AFG 0.02 — 7.7 — — 1.2 — 9.0 618.6 1.4

BGD 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 42.0 3.8 6.8 53.3 1061.9 5.0

BTN — 0.0 0.38 — 0.01 — — 0.38 1.1 33.8

IND 14.4 512.7 46.9

MDV — 0.15 — 8.3 39.0 319.3 0.25 1,239.0 2,171.5 107,055.7 2.0 — — 16.7 25.1 144.3 17.4

NPL — 0.17 — 0.69 —

PAK 41.6 233.6 — 0 31.7 22.8 — — 0.86 90.0 1.0 11.7 341.3 1784.8 19.1

LKA — 265.0 — 69.8 82.0 1.4 1.3

419.5 1639.0 25.6 SAR 56.0 1,011.6 46.9 86.9 153.4 385.4 6.5 1,274.2 3,020.9 112,395.4 2.7 WLD 84.5 14,091.2 141.5 441,828.6 776.0 1,639.4 42,448.1 11,069.8 512,078.9 39,510,709.2 SAR as source (%) → 66.3 (n.a.) 7.2 (7.3) 33.2 (33.5) 0.020 (1.64) 19.8 (n.a.) 23.5 (21.0) 0.015 (0.2) 11.5 (11.8) 0.6

Source: Augmented Coordinated Direct Investment Survey data, International Monetary Fund. Note: Figures in bold represent bilateral investment stocks greater than US$200 million. Numbers in parentheses represent UNCTAD’s ultimate investor estimates for inward foreign direct investment. Higher values reflect underestimates of intraregional investment arising from investment hubs, potentially reflecting both investment from regional partners and roundtripping. Thus, for India, the share of regional investors and roundtripping is estimated to be much higher, at 1.64 percent compared with 0.02 percent from the “raw” estimates. — = not available; n.a. = not applicable; AFG = Afghanistan; BGD = Bangladesh; BTN = Bhutan; IND = India; LKA = Sri Lanka; MDV = Maldives; NPL = Nepal; OFDI = outward foreign direct investment; PAK = Pakistan; WLD = world. SPOTLIGHT ON OUTWARD FOREIGN INVESTMENT