Determinants of foreign direct investment in fast-growing economies: evidence from the BRICS and MINT countries

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Table 1 Stylized facts on BRICS and MINT

	GDP (constant 2005 US$, billions)	GDP per capita (constant 2005 US$)	GDP growth (annual %)	GDP per capita growth (annual %)	FDI net inflows (BoP, current US$, billions)^a	Population growth (annual %)	Population, total, millions	Natural resources, Share of GDP^a	Human Development Index (HDI)
Brazil	1136.56	5721.23	0.87	0.00	71.54	0.87	198.66	5.72	0.73
China	4522.14	3348.01	7.80	7.28	280.07	0.49	1350.70	9.09	0.70
India	1368.76	1106.80	3.24	1.94	32.19	1.26	1236.69	7.36	0.55
Indonesia	427.47	1731.59	6.23	4.91	19.24	1.25	246.86	10.00	0.63
Mexico	997.10	8250.87	3.92	2.65	21.50	1.24	120.85	9.02	0.78
Nigeria	177.67	1052.34	6.55	3.62	8.84	2.79	168.83	35.77	0.47
Russia	980.91	6834.01	3.44	3.03	55.08	0.40	143.53	22.03	0.79
South Africa	307.31	6003.46	2.55	1.34	5.89	1.18	51.19	10.64	0.63
Turkey	628.43	8492.61	2.24	0.94	16.05	1.28	74.00	0.84	0.72