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Gross fixed capital formation (formerly gross domestic fixed investment) includes 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. 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 fixed 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 :
0.611 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#3
Kiribati :
0.558 $
per $1 of GDP
1992 ...
#4
Mauritania :
0.445 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#5
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
0.432 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#6
China :
0.423 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#7
Lesotho :
0.406 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#8
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.391 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#9
São Tomé and Príncipe :
0.378 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#10
Azerbaijan :
0.36 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#11
Grenada :
0.356 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#12
Micronesia, Federated States of :
0.355 $
per $1 of GDP
1983 ...
#13
Solomon Islands :
0.353 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#14
Maldives :
0.35 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#15
Qatar :
0.336 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#16
Suriname :
0.332 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#17
Vietnam :
0.331 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#18
New Caledonia :
0.329 $
per $1 of GDP
1990 ...
#19
Laos :
0.32 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#20
East Timor :
0.32 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#21
Mongolia :
0.317 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#22
Jamaica :
0.316 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#23
Antigua and Barbuda :
0.3 $
per $1 of GDP
2002 ...
#24
Latvia :
0.298 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#25
Haiti :
0.295 $
per $1 of GDP
2003 ...
#26
Spain :
0.294 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#27
Armenia :
0.293 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#28
Korea, South :
0.293 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#29
Estonia :
0.291 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#30
Ghana :
0.29 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#31
Thailand :
0.29 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#32
Iceland :
0.287 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#33
Croatia :
0.286 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#34
Nicaragua :
0.284 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#35
India :
0.281 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#36
Belarus :
0.279 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#37
Iran :
0.274 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#38
Yemen :
0.268 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#39
Ethiopia :
0.263 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#40
Sri Lanka :
0.262 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#41
Slovakia :
0.262 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#42
Georgia :
0.259 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#43
Guyana :
0.258 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#44
Czech Republic :
0.255 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#45
Australia :
0.255 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#46
Morocco :
0.253 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#47
Namibia :
0.252 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#48
Dominica :
0.251 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#49
Gambia, The :
0.248 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#50
Zambia :
0.247 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#51
Bangladesh :
0.245 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#52
Ireland :
0.244 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#53
Slovenia :
0.244 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#54
Moldova :
0.244 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#55
Kazakhstan :
0.244 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#56
Afghanistan :
0.243 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#57
Djibouti :
0.243 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#58
Bulgaria :
0.238 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#59
Algeria :
0.238 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#60
Jordan :
0.237 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#61
Congo, Republic of the :
0.237 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#62
Greece :
0.237 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#63
Albania :
0.236 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#64
New Zealand :
0.235 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#65
Honduras :
0.233 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#66
Hungary :
0.232 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#67
Uzbekistan :
0.231 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#68
Romania :
0.231 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#69
Turkmenistan :
0.23 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#70
Japan :
0.229 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#71
United Arab Emirates :
0.228 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#72
Mali :
0.227 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#73
Tunisia :
0.226 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#74
Madagascar :
0.224 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#75
Rwanda :
0.224 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#76
Lithuania :
0.223 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#77
Chile :
0.221 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#78
Indonesia :
0.22 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#79
Ecuador :
0.219 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#80
Singapore :
0.218 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#81
Bahrain :
0.216 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#82
Senegal :
0.216 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#83
Portugal :
0.216 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#84
Malta :
0.216 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#85
Argentina :
0.215 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#86
Botswana :
0.214 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#87
Mauritius :
0.213 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#88
Togo :
0.213 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#89
Cameroon :
0.212 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#90
Saint Lucia :
0.211 $
per $1 of GDP
2003 ...
#91
Nigeria :
0.209 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#92
Uganda :
0.209 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#93
Switzerland :
0.209 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#94
Hong Kong :
0.209 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#95
Austria :
0.208 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#96
Italy :
0.206 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#97
Denmark :
0.206 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#98
Burkina Faso :
0.206 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#99
Gabon :
0.205 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#100
Mozambique :
0.204 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#101
Canada :
0.204 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#102
Luxembourg :
0.203 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#103
Lebanon :
0.203 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#104
Paraguay :
0.203 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#105
Syria :
0.203 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#106
Vanuatu :
0.202 $
per $1 of GDP
1999 ...
#107
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.202 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#108
Eritrea :
0.201 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#109
Malaysia :
0.2 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#110
Belgium :
0.199 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#111
Kuwait :
0.197 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#112
France :
0.197 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#113
Turkey :
0.196 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#114
Dominican Republic :
0.196 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#115
Netherlands :
0.195 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#116
Mexico :
0.193 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#117
Finland :
0.192 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#118
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
0.192 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#119
Colombia :
0.19 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#120
Barbados :
0.19 $
per $1 of GDP
2004 ...
#121
Ukraine :
0.19 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#122
Venezuela :
0.19 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#123
Benin :
0.189 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#124
Costa Rica :
0.189 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#125
Nepal :
0.189 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...
#126
Belize :
0.188 $
per $1 of GDP
2005 ...