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unctad_fmcpia21

UNCTAD Data Hub (UNCTADstat) — Foreign direct investment dataset (code: FMCPIA21)

Name: UNCTAD Data Hub (UNCTADstat) — Foreign direct investment dataset (code: FMCPIA21)
Creator: UNCTAD Data Hub (UNCTADstat)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/

Open · redistributedCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO)International Trade

Source: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Data Hub, UNCTADstat

Redistributable. This source is served as canonical Parquet under the license below, with attribution and provenance preserved.

Coverage

Series catalogued

Temporal coverage

1995-01-01 – 2019-01-01

Licensing & provenance

License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO)
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
Required attribution: Source: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Data Hub, UNCTADstat
Redistribution: Permitted (served here)
Commercial use: Yes
Modification: Permitted
Provider homepage: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/
Provider terms: https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/About.html#TERMS_OF_USE

How to cite

UNCTAD Data Hub (UNCTADstat) — Foreign direct investment dataset (code: FMCPIA21). Retrieved from https://unctadstat.unctad.org/EN/. Compiled and redistributed by the Elkassabgi Data Library.

Processing: Retrieved from the official source, normalized to a long {series_key, obs_date, value} schema (period-start dates), de-duplicated, and stored as zstd Parquet. Compiled and redistributed by the Elkassabgi Data Library.

Access & mirrors

Download: Select & download unctad_fmcpia21 series as CSV →
API: Get a free API key, then GET /v1/series/<id>.csv
Canonical landing: https://econdatalibrary.com/unctad_fmcpia21
Automated refresh: not yet wired — the data here is the verified initial load. See the Source Status board.

Structured metadata

schema.org/Dataset (Google Dataset Search)

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Croissant (ML-ready, schema.org JSON-LD)

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Part of the Econ Data Library catalog · metadata generated 2026-08-02 from the central registry · browse all datasets