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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 U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
Economy Statistics > Gross capital formation > current US$ (per $ GDP) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Equatorial Guinea :
0.916 $
per $1 of GDP
1998 ...
#2
Bhutan :
0.6 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#3
Kiribati :
0.563 $
per $1 of GDP
1992 ...
#4
Mauritania :
0.445 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#5
China :
0.435 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#6
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
0.432 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#7
Lesotho :
0.407 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#8
São Tomé and Príncipe :
0.378 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#9
Azerbaijan :
0.378 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#10
Micronesia, Federated States of :
0.377 $
per $1 of GDP
1983 ...
#11
Grenada :
0.356 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#12
Mongolia :
0.355 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#13
Qatar :
0.355 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#14
Vietnam :
0.354 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#15
Solomon Islands :
0.353 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#16
Maldives :
0.35 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#17
Latvia :
0.342 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#18
India :
0.334 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#19
Iran :
0.333 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#20
Suriname :
0.332 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#21
Laos :
0.32 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#22
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.32 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#23
East Timor :
0.32 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#24
Estonia :
0.318 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#25
Thailand :
0.316 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#26
Jamaica :
0.316 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#27
Botswana :
0.315 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#28
New Caledonia :
0.314 $
per $1 of GDP
1990 ...
#29
Croatia :
0.313 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#30
Korea, South :
0.301 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#31
Algeria :
0.3 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#32
Antigua and Barbuda :
0.3 $
per $1 of GDP
2002 ...
#33
Honduras :
0.299 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#34
Moldova :
0.298 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#35
Armenia :
0.297 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#36
Spain :
0.297 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#37
Belarus :
0.296 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#38
Haiti :
0.295 $
per $1 of GDP
2003 ...
#39
Nicaragua :
0.294 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#40
Ghana :
0.29 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#41
Nepal :
0.289 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#42
Slovakia :
0.286 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#43
Iceland :
0.286 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#44
Bulgaria :
0.28 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#45
Kazakhstan :
0.27 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#46
Yemen :
0.268 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#47
Czech Republic :
0.265 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#48
Georgia :
0.263 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#49
Ethiopia :
0.263 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#50
Sri Lanka :
0.262 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#51
Slovenia :
0.26 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#52
Zambia :
0.258 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#53
Guyana :
0.258 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#54
Morocco :
0.257 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#55
Australia :
0.257 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#56
Namibia :
0.255 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#57
Costa Rica :
0.255 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#58
Dominica :
0.251 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#59
Ireland :
0.25 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#60
Afghanistan :
0.25 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#61
Gambia, The :
0.25 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#62
Lithuania :
0.25 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#63
Turkey :
0.248 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#64
New Zealand :
0.246 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#65
Bangladesh :
0.245 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#66
United Arab Emirates :
0.244 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#67
Djibouti :
0.243 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#68
Ecuador :
0.243 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#69
Congo, Republic of the :
0.241 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#70
Greece :
0.238 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#71
Hungary :
0.237 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#72
Jordan :
0.237 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#73
Albania :
0.236 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#74
Tunisia :
0.234 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#75
Senegal :
0.234 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#76
Sudan :
0.233 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#77
Mauritius :
0.233 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#78
Malta :
0.231 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#79
Uzbekistan :
0.231 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#80
Turkmenistan :
0.23 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#81
Chile :
0.23 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#82
Japan :
0.227 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#83
Bahrain :
0.227 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#84
Mali :
0.227 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#85
Romania :
0.227 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#86
Madagascar :
0.224 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#87
Rwanda :
0.224 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#88
Portugal :
0.223 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#89
Indonesia :
0.222 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#90
Paraguay :
0.221 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#91
Mexico :
0.218 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#92
Venezuela :
0.217 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#93
Argentina :
0.215 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#94
Luxembourg :
0.214 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#95
Belgium :
0.214 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#96
Austria :
0.212 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#97
Uganda :
0.212 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#98
Cameroon :
0.212 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#99
Saint Lucia :
0.21 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#100
Canada :
0.21 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#101
Russia :
0.209 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#102
Denmark :
0.209 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#103
Nigeria :
0.209 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#104
Italy :
0.209 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#105
Norway :
0.206 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#106
Burkina Faso :
0.206 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#107
Brazil :
0.206 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#108
Hong Kong :
0.205 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#109
Belize :
0.205 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#110
Gabon :
0.205 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#111
Mozambique :
0.204 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#112
Switzerland :
0.204 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#113
Syria :
0.203 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#114
Lebanon :
0.203 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#115
France :
0.202 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#116
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.202 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#117
Finland :
0.202 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#118
Eritrea :
0.201 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#119
Vanuatu :
0.2 $
per $1 of GDP
1999 ...
#120
Macedonia, Republic of :
0.2 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#121
Dominican Republic :
0.199 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#122
Malaysia :
0.199 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#123
Cambodia :
0.197 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#124
Kuwait :
0.197 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#125
Benin :
0.196 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#126
Panama :
0.194 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#127
United States :