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DEFINITION: Gross capital formation (formerly gross domestic investment) consists of outlays on additions to the fixed assets of the economy plus net changes in the level of inventories. Fixed assets include land improvements (fences, ditches, drains, and so on); plant, machinery, and equipment purchases; and the construction of roads, railways, and the like, including schools, offices, hospitals, private residential dwellings, and commercial and industrial buildings. Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and ""work in progress."" According to the 1993 SNA, net acquisitions of valuables are also considered capital formation. Data are in current local currency.".

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Vietnam	632.33 trillion	2009
2	Laos	17.77 trillion	2008
3	Lebanon	15.71 trillion	2009
4	Cambodia	9.24 trillion	2009
5	Madagascar	6.08 trillion	2009
6	Guinea	4.71 trillion	2009
7	Algeria	4.21 trillion	2009
8	Cameroon	1.76 trillion	2007
9	Senegal	1.68 trillion	2009
10	Gabon	1.48 trillion	2009
11	Cote d'Ivoire	1.24 trillion	2009
12	Chad	1.09 trillion	2009
13	Benin	785.15 billion	2009
14	Mali	765.78 billion	2007
15	Burkina Faso	546.65 billion	2006
16	Niger	405.75 billion	2005
17	Syria	397.52 billion	2009
18	Morocco	264.84 billion	2009
19	Togo	204.49 billion	2005
20	Mauritania	184.16 billion	2007
21	Central African Republic	100.6 billion	2009
22	Haiti	73.16 billion	2009
23	Djibouti	56.49 billion	2007
24	Mozambique	55.16 billion	2009
25	Tunisia	14.32 billion	2009

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