The country’s total capital importation stock increased by 10.86 per cent to $5.64 billion in the first quarter of the year (Q1 2025) compared to $5.08 billion in the preceding quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said yesterday.
Capital importation also recorded 67.12 per cent increase when compared to $3.37 billion in Q1 2024.
According to the Capital Importation report for the period under review, portfolio investment accounted for 92.25 per cent or $5.20 billion 4.61 million, followed by Other Investment class with 5.52 per cent or $311.17 million.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) recorded the least with inflows, contributing 2.24 per cent or $126.29 million of total capital importation.
The United Kingdom (UK) topped the capital importation chart with $3.68 billion, representing 65.26 per cent of the total liquidity inflows go the period.
This was followed by the Republic of South Africa with $501.29 million (8.88 per cent) and Mauritius with $394.51 million (6.99 per cent). According to the NBS, only five states of the federation recorded capital inflows for the quarter under review.
