Total Foreign Capital Flows to Mexico
(in billions of $US)
year capital inflow
1970 1.029
1971 0.992
1972 0.895
1973 2.699
1974 4.609
1975 5.988
1976 6.241
1977 3.514
1978 4.206
1979 6.695
1980 12.687
1981 30.617
1982 10.577
1983 2.294
1984 2.058
1985 -0.433
1986 1.67
1987 4.222
1988 0.306
1989 4.208
1990 16.52
1991 24.134
1992 25.955
1993 30.882
Composition of Capital Flows to Mexico
(in mllions of $US)
Type of Capital Flow Year
1980 1993
Direct Investment 2156 4901
Portfolio Investment 0 14297
Long-term Debt 6821 3056
World Debt Tables
Mexican Economic Crisis