United Arab Emirates AE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 10.354 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 9.605 USD bn for 2016. United Arab Emirates AE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 120.980 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.187 USD bn in 2007 and a record low of -985.340 USD mn in 1999. United Arab Emirates AE: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Arab Emirates – Table AE.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; Sum; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).