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Figure 13: Number of Agricultural FDI Projects by Year and Destination World Region
Source: fDi Intelligence from The Financial Times Ltd
Asia-Pacific has generated the highest number of total jobs and greatest investment with a total
of 51,240 jobs and USD 21.23 billion in investment. Moreover, projects from the Middle East and
Asia-Pacific have the largest project size on average in terms of investment and jobs creation,
respectively. Western Europe accounts for the highest number of FDI projects (i.e. 145) in
absolute terms, however, these projects are not as labour and capital intensive as Asian and
Middle Eastern projects (see Table 9).
Table 9: Agricultural FDI Trends by Source World Region
Source world region No of projects Jobs Created Capital investment
Total Average Total (USD)
m)
Average (USD)
m) Western Europe 145 29,647 204 9,101.40 62.80
Asia-Pacific 112 51,240 457 21,235.90 189.60
North America 36 11,448 318 2,687.70 74.70
Middle East 30 11,430 381 6,457.10 215.20
Africa 21 8,925 425 3,631.40 172.90
Rest of Europe 21 2,237 106 1,458.00 69.40
Latin America & Caribbean 6 983 163 631.40 105.20
Total 371 115,910 312 45,202.90 121.80
Source: fDi Intelligence from The Financial Times Ltd
Out of a total of 63 source countries, the top five account for 40 percent of all FDI projects. As
illustrated in Table 10, Switzerland and the United States are the top sourcing countries
accounting for almost 20 percent of all projects tracked during the period 2003 – 2012. Other
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