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Economy Statistics > Gross capital formation > annual % growth (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Suriname: 64 %   1994 Time series
# 2   Macau: 53.9 %   2005 Time series
# 3   Burundi: 39.02 %   1996 Time series
# 4   Dominica: 35.1 %   2004 Time series
# 5   Iceland: 34.62 %   2005 Time series
# 6   Mauritania: 32.37 %   2005 Time series
# 7   Eritrea: 30.25 %   2005 Time series
# 8   Ethiopia: 30.1 %   2005 Time series
# 9   Cambodia: 29.02 %   2005 Time series
= 10   São Tomé and Príncipe: 28.96 %   2000 Time series
= 10   Colombia: 28.96 %   2005 Time series
# 12   Nigeria: 25.73 %   2005 Time series
# 13   Yemen: 25.6 %   2005 Time series
# 14   Armenia: 24.94 %   2005 Time series
# 15   Mongolia: 24.82 %   2003 Time series
# 16   Ghana: 24.11 %   2003 Time series
# 17   Bulgaria: 23.3 %   2005 Time series
# 18   Oman: 23.28 %   2004 Time series
# 19   Cameroon: 23.08 %   2005 Time series
# 20   Argentina: 22.68 %   2005 Time series
# 21   Chile: 22.17 %   2005 Time series
# 22   Somalia: 21.65 %   1989 Time series
# 23   Sudan: 20.54 %   2004 Time series
# 24   Venezuela: 20.53 %   2005 Time series
# 25   Equatorial Guinea: 20.03 %   1999 Time series
# 26   Bolivia: 19.93 %   2005 Time series
# 27   Seychelles: 19.46 %   2005 Time series
# 28   Vanuatu: 19.4 %   1995 Time series
# 29   Rwanda: 18.89 %   2005 Time series
# 30   Kazakhstan: 17.7 %   2005 Time series
# 31   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 16.62 %   2003 Time series
# 32   India: 16.46 %   2005 Time series
# 33   East Timor: 15.46 %   2005 Time series
# 34   Congo, Republic of the: 15.3 %   2005 Time series
# 35   Kuwait: 15.2 %   2004 Time series
# 36   Mali: 14.79 %   2005 Time series
# 37   Guinea-Bissau: 14.49 %   2005 Time series
# 38   Slovakia: 14.11 %   2005 Time series
# 39   Turkmenistan: 13.8 %   2000 Time series
# 40   Côte d'Ivoire: 13.79 %   2005 Time series
# 41   Estonia: 13.24 %   2005 Time series
# 42   Saudi Arabia: 13.01 %   2003 Time series
# 43   Georgia: 13 %   2005 Time series
# 44   Kenya: 12.77 %   2005 Time series
# 45   Thailand: 12.34 %   2005 Time series
# 46   Sri Lanka: 12.03 %   2005 Time series
# 47   Belarus: 11.9 %   2005 Time series
# 48   Uganda: 11.71 %   2005 Time series
# 49   Benin: 11.5 %   2005 Time series
# 50   Costa Rica: 11.46 %   2005 Time series
# 51   Russia: 11.4 %   2005 Time series
# 52   Burma: 11.27 %   2000 Time series
# 53   Malta: 11.14 %   1993 Time series
# 54   Maldives: 11.06 %   2004 Time series
# 55   Burkina Faso: 11 %   2005 Time series
# 56   China: 10.9 %   2005 Time series
# 57   Norway: 10.75 %   2005 Time series
# 58   Vietnam: 10.71 %   2005 Time series
# 59   Bangladesh: 10.7 %   2005 Time series
# 60   Bhutan: 10.66 %   2004 Time series
# 61   Egypt: 10.29 %   2005 Time series
# 62   Turkey: 10.25 %   2005 Time series
# 63   Israel: 10.23 %   2005 Time series
# 64   Uruguay: 10.14 %   2005 Time series
# 65   United States: 10.07 %   2004 Time series
# 66   Nicaragua: 10.06 %   2005 Time series
# 67   Ecuador: 9.98 %   2005 Time series
# 68   Dominican Republic: 9.56 %   2005 Time series
# 69   Tanzania: 9.52 %   2005 Time series
# 70   New Zealand: 9.05 %   2004 Time series
# 71   Lithuania: 8.59 %   2005 Time series
= 72   Belize: 8.19 %   2005 Time series
= 72   Serbia and Montenegro: 8.19 %   2005 Time series
# 74   Sweden: 7.81 %   2005 Time series
# 75   Laos: 7.73 %   2005 Time series
# 76   Belgium: 7.71 %   2005 Time series
# 77   Bahamas, The: 7.59 %   1987 Time series
# 78   Peru: 7.37 %   2005 Time series
# 79   Trinidad and Tobago: 7.33 %   2005 Time series
# 80   Algeria: 7.27 %   2005 Time series
# 81   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 7.23 %   2005 Time series
# 82   Senegal: 7.06 %   2005 Time series
# 83   Uzbekistan: 7 %   2005 Time series
# 84   Antigua and Barbuda: 6.59 %   2002 Time series
# 85   Canada: 6.54 %   2004 Time series
# 86   Croatia: 6.29 %   2005 Time series
# 87   Iran: 5.81 %   2005 Time series
# 88   Togo: 5.7 %   2005 Time series
# 89   Swaziland: 5.64 %   2005 Time series
# 90   South Africa: 5.36 %   2005 Time series
# 91   United Arab Emirates: 5.32 %   2004 Time series
# 92   Latvia: 5.14 %   2005 Time series
# 93   Syria: 5.09 %   2005 Time series
# 94   Jordan: 4.97 %   2005 Time series
# 95   Romania: 4.71 %   2005 Time series
# 96   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 4.7 %   2002 Time series
# 97   Moldova: 4.58 %   2005 Time series
# 98   Tajikistan: 4.55 %   2003 Time series
# 99   Australia: 4.35 %   2004 Time series
# 100   Albania: 4.33 %   2005 Time series
# 101   Indonesia: 4.24 %   2005 Time series
# 102   Finland: 4.21 %   2005 Time series
# 103   Gabon: 4.09 %   2005 Time series
# 104   Fiji: 4 %   1999 Time series
# 105   Comoros: 3.68 %   2005 Time series
# 106   Namibia: 3.5 %   2005 Time series
# 107   Djibouti: 3.47 %   2005 Time series
# 108   Czech Republic: 2.86 %   2005 Time series
# 109   France: 2.85 %   2005 Time series
# 110   El Salvador: 2.64 %   2005 Time series
# 111   Ukraine: 2.45 %   2005 Time series
# 112   Madagascar: 2.27 %   2005 Time series
# 113   Zambia: 2.21 %   2005 Time series
# 114   Pakistan: 1.67 %   2005 Time series
# 115   Guatemala: 1.51 %   2005 Time series
# 116   Korea, South: 1.36 %   2005 Time series
# 117   Azerbaijan: 1.22 %   2005 Time series
# 118   Solomon Islands: 1.04 %   1986 Time series
# 119   United Kingdom: 1.03 %   2005 Time series
# 120   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1.02 %   2003 Time series
# 121   Lebanon: 1 %   2005 Time series
# 122   Singapore: 0.91 %   2005 Time series
# 123   Mozambique: 0.72 %   2005 Time series
# 124   Paraguay: 0.53 %   2005 Time series
# 125   Hong Kong: 0.5 %   2005 Time series
# 126   Poland: 0.49 %   2005 Time series
# 127   Mauritius: 0.45 %   2005 Time series
# 128   Central African Republic: 0.32 %   1991 Time series
# 129   Cyprus: 0.28 %   1994 Time series
# 130   Malawi: 0.27 %   2005 Time series
# 131   Mexico: -0.18 %   2005 Time series
# 132   Netherlands: -0.19 %   2005 Time series
# 133   Hungary: -0.25 %   2005 Time series
# 134   Sierra Leone: -0.5 %   1995 Time series
# 135   Brazil: -0.58 %   2005 Time series
# 136   Panama: -0.8 %   2005 Time series
# 137   Slovenia: -1.07 %   2005 Time series
# 138   Kyrgyzstan: -1.11 %   2005 Time series
# 139   Macedonia, Republic of: -1.2 %   2005 Time series
# 140   Morocco: -1.3 %   2005 Time series
# 141   Tunisia: -1.4 %   2005 Time series
# 142   Barbados: -1.93 %   2002 Time series
# 143   Afghanistan: -2.73 %   2005 Time series
# 144   Honduras: -2.82 %   2005 Time series
# 145   Portugal: -3.66 %   2005 Time series
# 146   Japan: -4.15 %   2004 Time series
# 147   Guinea: -4.2 %   2005 Time series
# 148   Angola: -4.28 %   1990 Time series
# 149   Malaysia: -4.78 %   2005 Time series
# 150   Philippines: -6.04 %   2005 Time series
# 151   Gambia, The: -6.58 %   2005 Time series
# 152   Haiti: -7.4 %   1993 Time series
# 153   Puerto Rico: -7.73 %   1991 Time series
# 154   Guyana: -8.21 %   2002 Time series
# 155   Niger: -8.8 %   1999 Time series
# 156   Cape Verde: -8.9 %   2003 Time series
# 157   Papua New Guinea: -10.42 %   1999 Time series
# 158   Botswana: -12.6 %   2005 Time series
# 159   Libya: -17.03 %   1983 Time series
# 160   Grenada: -18.27 %   2004 Time series
# 161   Bahrain: -19.17 %   1985 Time series
# 162   Chad: -26.16 %   2005 Time series
# 163   Lesotho: -26.83 %   2005 Time series
# 164   Zimbabwe: -63.39 %   2005 Time series
Weighted average: 7.7 %   



DEFINITION: Annual growth rate of gross capital formation based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2000 U.S. dollars. 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.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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