Profit remittances on foreign direct investment covers payments of direct investment income (debit side), which consist of income on equity (dividends, branch profits, and reinvested earnings) and income on the inter-company debt (interest). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibuti | 0 | 0 | 4.152.576 | 5.868.749 | 6.797.171 | 18.022.631 | 7.247.315 | 10.837.211 | 5.908.142 | 7.427.414 | 8.046.365 | 13.836.372 | |
| Egito | 0 | 13.500.000 | 92.000.000 | 646.900.000 | 5.268.100.000 | 5.079.300.000 | 5.703.900.000 | 6.376.100.000 | 5.866.900.000 | 4.374.800.000 | 3.485.100.000 | 3.968.200.000 | 5.032.400.000 |
| Tunísia | 0 | 96.774.194 | 467.649.956 | 961.744.984 | 1.658.446.276 | 1.715.960.079 | 1.533.332.978 | 1.755.692.222 | 1.361.744.739 | 960.275.282 | 769.075.589 | 760.717.939 | 789.235.070 |
| Burundi | 0 | 3.252.452 | 355.362 | 2.141.040 | 0 | 0 | 8.491.197 | 4.800.556 | 12.907.915 | 5.770.284 | 3.051.867 | 2.873.940 | |
| Comores | 0 | 613.379 | 0 | 1.708.791 | 1.810.164 | 2.407.744 | 2.229.269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| República Democrática do Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131.300.000 | 584.270.174 | 312.880.938 | 491.540.075 | 124.759.133 | 411.158.623 | 346.874.282 | 489.916.686 | 697.650.860 |
| Eritréia | 0 | 0 | 4.421.295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Etiópia | 0 | 0 | 9.341.521 | 21.468.606 | 35.110.106 | 22.502.257 | 5.905.498 | 6.181.446 | 27.235.155 | 11.992.841 | 20.205.590 | 36.740.307 | |
| Quênia | 0 | 132.098.225 | 28.664.043 | 34.923.315 | 60.364.505 | 224.505.992 | 417.885.324 | 540.782.317 | 715.378.891 | 596.861.002 | 553.319.727 | 447.885.114 | |
| Madagascar | 0 | 675.971 | 4.220.182 | 83.108.233 | 148.674.057 | 185.246.767 | 309.165.849 | 307.935.644 | 269.187.535 | 346.877.888 | 401.514.761 | 350.123.259 | 389.543.360 |
| Malaui | 0 | 5.276.887 | 15.106.076 | 51.591.398 | 173.220.051 | 362.214.812 | 23.070.435 | 244.826.288 | 276.064.644 | 297.587.470 | 180.805.650 | 171.667.536 | |
| Maurício | 0 | 22.500.000 | 8.138.380 | 33.603.515 | 4.638.571.446 | 600.737.297 | 1.074.229.203 | 4.330.930.968 | 5.940.336.313 | 5.566.095.751 | 6.384.961.087 | 8.347.970.165 | 5.372.810.704 |
| Ruanda | 0 | 6.009.264 | 3.062.769 | 4.720.000 | 14.900.398 | 14.787.026 | 30.618.368 | 21.595.658 | 44.962.848 | 77.336.620 | 126.154.847 | 132.806.632 | 120.383.707 |
| Somália | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sudão | 0 | 0 | 0 | 698.808.119 | 2.392.949.951 | 2.298.687.026 | 424.258.883 | 1.144.028.532 | 721.683.212 | 393.647.661 | 172.323.760 | 196.077.871 | 265.898.168 |
| Eswatini | 0 | 85.377.893 | 65.934.052 | 43.978.109 | 401.613.285 | 65.986.764 | 52.307.581 | 71.834.241 | 73.129.798 | 58.444.432 | 20.620.835 | 83.109.596 | |
| Uganda | 0 | 0 | 19.100.000 | 201.702.123 | 182.783.431 | 262.039.566 | 251.620.832 | 343.786.767 | 347.635.520 | 229.442.019 | 333.967.110 | 561.918.059 | 760.533.540 |
| Zâmbia | 0 | 114.800.000 | 71.400.000 | 461.050.000 | 1.302.700.000 | 1.092.500.000 | 239.220.000 | 1.019.575.000 | 1.321.600.000 | 34.138.578 | 279.890.282 | 671.580.343 | -194.078.851 |
| Zimbabue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.602.880 | 128.059.422 | 165.568.027 | 142.424.718 | 133.558.209 | 148.120.595 | 154.990.878 | 158.715.549 |