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 U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Economy Statistics > Gross capital formation > current US$ (per capita) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Qatar :
18,534.549 $
per capita
2005 ...
#2
Luxembourg :
17,108.694 $
per capita
2005 ...
#3
Iceland :
15,252.634 $
per capita
2005 ...
#4
Norway :
13,181.567 $
per capita
2005 ...
#5
Ireland :
11,316.954 $
per capita
2004 ...
#6
Denmark :
9,989.309 $
per capita
2005 ...
#7
Switzerland :
9,880.602 $
per capita
2004 ...
#8
Australia :
8,383.008 $
per capita
2004 ...
#9
Japan :
8,133.38 $
per capita
2004 ...
#10
Austria :
7,897.789 $
per capita
2005 ...
#11
Spain :
7,692.644 $
per capita
2005 ...
#12
United States :
7,642.631 $
per capita
2004 ...
#13
Belgium :
7,563.813 $
per capita
2005 ...
#14
Finland :
7,440.992 $
per capita
2005 ...
#15
Netherlands :
7,331.14 $
per capita
2005 ...
#16
France :
7,042.438 $
per capita
2005 ...
#17
United Arab Emirates :
6,986.496 $
per capita
2005 ...
#18
Sweden :
6,765.741 $
per capita
2005 ...
#19
Canada :
6,409.222 $
per capita
2004 ...
#20
Kuwait :
6,288.917 $
per capita
2005 ...
#21
Italy :
6,287.904 $
per capita
2005 ...
#22
United Kingdom :
6,138.283 $
per capita
2005 ...
#23
New Zealand :
5,966.755 $
per capita
2004 ...
#24
Germany :
5,820.221 $
per capita
2005 ...
#25
Hong Kong :
5,254.109 $
per capita
2005 ...
#26
Singapore :
4,996.165 $
per capita
2005 ...
#27
Korea, South :
4,906.185 $
per capita
2005 ...
#28
Greece :
4,817.26 $
per capita
2005 ...
#29
New Caledonia :
4,727.401 $
per capita
1990 ...
#30
Slovenia :
4,473.135 $
per capita
2005 ...
#31
Portugal :
3,875.425 $
per capita
2005 ...
#32
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
3,722.952 $
per capita
2004 ...
#33
Bahrain :
3,494.82 $
per capita
2004 ...
#34
Israel :
3,290.593 $
per capita
2005 ...
#35
Czech Republic :
3,219.111 $
per capita
2005 ...
#36
Malta :
3,191.009 $
per capita
2005 ...
#37
Estonia :
3,098.389 $
per capita
2005 ...
#38
Antigua and Barbuda :
2,725.334 $
per capita
2002 ...
#39
Croatia :
2,711.94 $
per capita
2005 ...
#40
Cyprus :
2,614.683 $
per capita
1999 ...
#41
Hungary :
2,563.731 $
per capita
2005 ...
#42
Slovakia :
2,462.28 $
per capita
2005 ...
#43
Latvia :
2,350.647 $
per capita
2005 ...
#44
Saudi Arabia :
2,176.577 $
per capita
2005 ...
#45
Bahamas, The :
2,108.017 $
per capita
1987 ...
#46
Barbados :
1,996.855 $
per capita
2004 ...
#47
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,899.053 $
per capita
2004 ...
#48
Lithuania :
1,878.419 $
per capita
2005 ...
#49
Botswana :
1,843.336 $
per capita
2005 ...
#50
Oman :
1,707.236 $
per capita
2004 ...
#51
Macau :
1,666.414 $
per capita
2002 ...
#52
Chile :
1,626.077 $
per capita
2005 ...
#53
Mexico :
1,624.363 $
per capita
2005 ...
#54
Poland :
1,512.824 $
per capita
2005 ...
#55
Grenada :
1,471.045 $
per capita
2004 ...
#56
Puerto Rico :
1,411.645 $
per capita
1991 ...
#57
Turkey :
1,246.205 $
per capita
2005 ...
#58
Lebanon :
1,242.9 $
per capita
2005 ...
#59
Gabon :
1,194.202 $
per capita
2005 ...
#60
Costa Rica :
1,181.706 $
per capita
2005 ...
#61
Mauritius :
1,176.662 $
per capita
2005 ...
#62
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1,154.656 $
per capita
2005 ...
#63
Venezuela :
1,142.26 $
per capita
2005 ...
#64
Jamaica :
1,141.46 $
per capita
2005 ...
#65
Russia :
1,114.83 $
per capita
2005 ...
#66
Seychelles :
1,047.67 $
per capita
2005 ...
#67
Romania :
1,034.039 $
per capita
2005 ...
#68
Malaysia :
1,025.021 $
per capita
2005 ...
#69
Kazakhstan :
1,018.765 $
per capita
2005 ...
#70
Argentina :
1,014.419 $
per capita
2005 ...
#71
Suriname :
991.668 $
per capita
2005 ...
#72
Saint Lucia :
990.283 $
per capita
2004 ...
#73
Dominica :
988.538 $
per capita
2005 ...
#74
Equatorial Guinea :
975.411 $
per capita
1998 ...
#75
Bulgaria :
964 $
per capita
2005 ...
#76
Algeria :
933.865 $
per capita
2005 ...
#77
South Africa :
931.503 $
per capita
2005 ...
#78
Panama :
930.498 $
per capita
2005 ...
#79
Iran :
926.353 $
per capita
2005 ...
#80
Belarus :
895.926 $
per capita
2005 ...
#81
Brazil :
878.531 $
per capita
2005 ...
#82
Thailand :
869.96 $
per capita
2005 ...
#83
Maldives :
813.959 $
per capita
2005 ...
#84
Bhutan :
795.181 $
per capita
2005 ...
#85
Belize :
776.731 $
per capita
2005 ...
#86
Namibia :
768.764 $
per capita
2005 ...
#87
China :
744.282 $
per capita
2005 ...
#88
Ecuador :
668.992 $
per capita
2005 ...
#89
Tunisia :
668.516 $
per capita
2005 ...
#90
Dominican Republic :
660.9 $
per capita
2005 ...
#91
Uruguay :
638.117 $
per capita
2005 ...
#92
Albania :
631.935 $
per capita
2005 ...
#93
Serbia and Montenegro :
598.391 $
per capita
2005 ...
#94
Macedonia, Republic of :
566.432 $
per capita
2005 ...
#95
Azerbaijan :
565.959 $
per capita
2005 ...
#96
Jordan :
549.826 $
per capita
2005 ...
#97
Peru :
527.622 $
per capita
2005 ...
#98
Fiji :
521.948 $
per capita
2004 ...
#99
Colombia :
514.66 $
per capita
2005 ...
#100
Micronesia, Federated States of :
498.45 $
per capita
1983 ...
#101
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
488.899 $
per capita
2005 ...
#102
Libya :
488.518 $
per capita
2002 ...
#103
Armenia :
482.523 $
per capita
2005 ...
#104
Guatemala :
478.496 $
per capita
2005 ...
#105
Swaziland :
445.65 $
per capita
2005 ...
#106
Morocco :
439.963 $
per capita
2005 ...
#107
Turkmenistan :
383.873 $
per capita
2005 ...
#108
El Salvador :
380.776 $
per capita
2005 ...
#109
Georgia :
376.048 $
per capita
2005 ...
#110
Honduras :
343.832 $
per capita
2005 ...
#111
Ukraine :
337.165 $
per capita
2005 ...
#112
Lesotho :
328.943 $
per capita
2005 ...
#113
Tonga :
323.115 $
per capita
2004 ...
#114
Sri Lanka :
313.647 $
per capita
2005 ...
#115
Cape Verde :
308.26 $
per capita
2003 ...
#116
Congo, Republic of the :
306.785 $
per capita
2005 ...
#117
Indonesia :
289.558 $
per capita
2005 ...
#118
Syria :
280.9 $
per capita
2005 ...
#119
Nicaragua :
279.989 $
per capita
2005 ...
#120
Paraguay :
274.171 $
per capita
2005 ...
#121
Guyana :
269.822 $
per capita
2005 ...
#122
Mauritania :
268.167 $
per capita
2005 ...
#123
Vanuatu :
267.586 $
per capita
1999 ...
#124
Mongolia :
261.188 $
per capita
2005 ...
#125
Kiribati :
253.412 $
per capita
1992 ...
#126
India :
245.499 $
per capita
2005