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Economy Statistics > Gross capital formation > current US$ (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   United States: 2,244,300,000,000 $   2004 Time series
# 2   Japan: 1,039,145,000,000 $   2004 Time series
# 3   China: 970,916,400,000 $   2005 Time series
# 4   Germany: 479,990,100,000 $   2005 Time series
# 5   France: 428,694,300,000 $   2005 Time series
# 6   United Kingdom: 369,687,300,000 $   2005 Time series
# 7   Italy: 368,515,500,000 $   2005 Time series
# 8   Spain: 333,846,500,000 $   2005 Time series
# 9   India: 268,718,500,000 $   2005 Time series
# 10   Korea, South: 236,940,000,000 $   2005 Time series
# 11   Canada: 205,024,600,000 $   2004 Time series
# 12   Australia: 168,431,400,000 $   2004 Time series
# 13   Mexico: 167,454,100,000 $   2005 Time series
# 14   Brazil: 163,762,500,000 $   2005 Time series
# 15   Russia: 159,547,400,000 $   2005 Time series
# 16   Netherlands: 119,643,100,000 $   2005 Time series
# 17   Turkey: 89,807,730,000 $   2005 Time series
# 18   Belgium: 79,258,550,000 $   2005 Time series
# 19   Switzerland: 73,013,510,000 $   2004 Time series
# 20   Austria: 65,024,870,000 $   2005 Time series
# 21   Indonesia: 63,864,370,000 $   2005 Time series
# 22   Iran: 63,224,630,000 $   2005 Time series
# 23   Sweden: 61,054,320,000 $   2005 Time series
# 24   Norway: 60,942,340,000 $   2005 Time series
# 25   Poland: 57,737,610,000 $   2005 Time series
# 26   Thailand: 55,879,910,000 $   2005 Time series
# 27   Denmark: 54,101,880,000 $   2005 Time series
# 28   Greece: 53,490,860,000 $   2005 Time series
# 29   Saudi Arabia: 50,320,260,000 $   2005 Time series
# 30   Ireland: 46,042,460,000 $   2004 Time series
# 31   South Africa: 43,676,520,000 $   2005 Time series
# 32   Portugal: 40,883,600,000 $   2005 Time series
# 33   Argentina: 39,305,860,000 $   2005 Time series
# 34   Finland: 39,036,190,000 $   2005 Time series
# 35   Hong Kong: 36,482,430,000 $   2005 Time series
# 36   Czech Republic: 32,944,670,000 $   2005 Time series
# 37   United Arab Emirates: 31,670,800,000 $   2005 Time series
# 38   Algeria: 30,681,020,000 $   2005 Time series
# 39   Venezuela: 30,357,850,000 $   2005 Time series
# 40   Chile: 26,497,090,000 $   2005 Time series
# 41   Malaysia: 25,981,580,000 $   2005 Time series
# 42   Hungary: 25,860,480,000 $   2005 Time series
# 43   New Zealand: 24,233,380,000 $   2004 Time series
# 44   Colombia: 23,468,640,000 $   2005 Time series
# 45   Israel: 22,782,750,000 $   2005 Time series
# 46   Romania: 22,370,760,000 $   2005 Time series
# 47   Singapore: 21,692,350,000 $   2005 Time series
# 48   Nigeria: 20,641,780,000 $   2005 Time series
# 49   Pakistan: 18,647,130,000 $   2005 Time series
# 50   Vietnam: 18,577,470,000 $   2005 Time series
# 51   Egypt: 16,121,780,000 $   2005 Time series
# 52   Kuwait: 15,945,210,000 $   2005 Time series
# 53   Ukraine: 15,872,140,000 $   2005 Time series
# 54   Kazakhstan: 15,430,300,000 $   2005 Time series
# 55   Qatar: 15,065,660,000 $   2005 Time series
# 56   Philippines: 14,994,900,000 $   2005 Time series
# 57   Peru: 14,756,670,000 $   2005 Time series
# 58   Bangladesh: 14,724,550,000 $   2005 Time series
# 59   Morocco: 13,272,830,000 $   2005 Time series
# 60   Slovakia: 13,264,300,000 $   2005 Time series
# 61   Croatia: 12,050,100,000 $   2005 Time series
# 62   Slovenia: 8,948,507,000 $   2005 Time series
# 63   Ecuador: 8,849,701,000 $   2005 Time series
# 64   Belarus: 8,758,206,000 $   2005 Time series
# 65   Luxembourg: 7,813,705,000 $   2005 Time series
# 66   Bulgaria: 7,461,361,000 $   2005 Time series
# 67   Tunisia: 6,704,549,000 $   2005 Time series
# 68   Sudan: 6,416,790,000 $   2005 Time series
# 69   Lithuania: 6,413,485,000 $   2005 Time series
# 70   Sri Lanka: 6,155,451,000 $   2005 Time series
# 71   Guatemala: 6,028,600,000 $   2005 Time series
# 72   Dominican Republic: 5,878,644,000 $   2005 Time series
# 73   Latvia: 5,407,664,000 $   2005 Time series
# 74   Syria: 5,349,294,000 $   2005 Time series
# 75   Costa Rica: 5,113,511,000 $   2005 Time series
# 76   Puerto Rico: 5,036,000,000 $   1991 Time series
# 77   Serbia and Montenegro: 4,825,580,000 $   2005 Time series
# 78   Azerbaijan: 4,747,265,000 $   2005 Time series
# 79   Iceland: 4,526,219,000 $   2005 Time series
# 80   Lebanon: 4,445,626,000 $   2005 Time series
# 81   Oman: 4,325,869,000 $   2004 Time series
# 82   Estonia: 4,170,742,000 $   2005 Time series
# 83   Yemen: 4,036,240,000 $   2005 Time series
# 84   Cameroon: 3,573,285,000 $   2005 Time series
# 85   Botswana: 3,253,351,000 $   2005 Time series
# 86   Uzbekistan: 3,219,309,000 $   2005 Time series
# 87   Kenya: 3,146,782,000 $   2005 Time series
# 88   Ghana: 3,109,130,000 $   2005 Time series
# 89   Jamaica: 3,030,006,000 $   2005 Time series
# 90   Jordan: 3,009,199,000 $   2005 Time series
# 91   Panama: 3,006,905,000 $   2005 Time series
# 92   Ethiopia: 2,936,121,000 $   2005 Time series
# 93   Libya: 2,696,194,000 $   2002 Time series
# 94   El Salvador: 2,620,100,000 $   2005 Time series
# 95   Bahrain: 2,501,662,000 $   2004 Time series
# 96   Honduras: 2,477,211,000 $   2005 Time series
# 97   Angola: 2,472,918,000 $   2005 Time series
# 98   Trinidad and Tobago: 2,471,251,000 $   2004 Time series
# 99   Tanzania: 2,288,925,000 $   2005 Time series
# 100   Uruguay: 2,209,925,000 $   2005 Time series
# 101   Nepal: 2,135,094,000 $   2005 Time series
# 102   Albania: 1,977,754,000 $   2005 Time series
# 103   Senegal: 1,924,667,000 $   2005 Time series
# 104   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1,910,164,000 $   2005 Time series
# 105   Zambia: 1,877,043,000 $   2005 Time series
# 106   Turkmenistan: 1,855,361,000 $   2005 Time series
# 107   Uganda: 1,847,709,000 $   2005 Time series
# 108   Afghanistan: 1,830,447,000 $   2005 Time series
# 109   Cyprus: 1,795,503,000 $   1999 Time series
# 110   Côte d'Ivoire: 1,754,230,000 $   2005 Time series
# 111   Georgia: 1,682,590,000 $   2005 Time series
# 112   Gabon: 1,652,586,000 $   2005 Time series
# 113   Paraguay: 1,617,237,000 $   2005 Time series
# 114   Namibia: 1,561,553,000 $   2005 Time series
# 115   Mauritius: 1,462,889,000 $   2005 Time series
# 116   Armenia: 1,455,439,000 $   2005 Time series
# 117   Nicaragua: 1,441,750,000 $   2005 Time series
# 118   Mozambique: 1,350,597,000 $   2005 Time series
# 119   Malta: 1,287,572,000 $   2005 Time series
# 120   Bolivia: 1,283,225,000 $   2005 Time series
# 121   Congo, Republic of the: 1,226,804,000 $   2005 Time series
# 122   Cambodia: 1,217,715,000 $   2005 Time series
# 123   Mali: 1,202,242,000 $   2005 Time series
# 124   Macedonia, Republic of: 1,152,156,000 $   2005 Time series
# 125   Madagascar: 1,126,945,000 $   2005 Time series
# 126   Burkina Faso: 1,066,616,000 $   2005 Time series
# 127   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 1,008,336,000 $   2005 Time series
# 128   Chad: 953,354,200 $   2005 Time series
# 129   Laos: 918,737,200 $   2005 Time series
# 130   Moldova: 869,106,300 $   2005 Time series
# 131   Haiti: 866,273,300 $   2003 Time series
# 132   Benin: 839,861,400 $   2005 Time series
# 133   Mauritania: 822,934,700 $   2005 Time series
# 134   New Caledonia: 794,203,300 $   1990 Time series
# 135   Macau: 751,965,800 $   2002 Time series
# 136   Mongolia: 667,075,000 $   2005 Time series
# 137   Niger: 629,990,800 $   2005 Time series
# 138   Lesotho: 590,377,200 $   2005 Time series
# 139   Papua New Guinea: 560,136,900 $   1999 Time series
# 140   Barbados: 536,916,400 $   2004 Time series
# 141   Bahamas, The: 510,100,000 $   1987 Time series
# 142   Bhutan: 506,242,200 $   2005 Time series
# 143   Swaziland: 504,030,100 $   2005 Time series
# 144   Rwanda: 482,189,700 $   2005 Time series
# 145   Zimbabwe: 467,984,100 $   2005 Time series
# 146   Suriname: 445,495,100 $   2005 Time series
# 147   Fiji: 438,860,900 $   2004 Time series
# 148   Equatorial Guinea: 417,481,600 $   1998 Time series
# 149   Guinea: 394,713,700 $   2005 Time series
# 150   Togo: 387,690,600 $   2005 Time series
# 151   Kyrgyzstan: 351,075,100 $   2005 Time series
# 152   Tajikistan: 330,620,400 $   2005 Time series
# 153   Malawi: 301,037,000 $   2005 Time series
# 154   Maldives: 267,953,600 $   2005 Time series
# 155   Belize: 226,650,000 $   2005 Time series
# 156   Antigua and Barbuda: 214,518,500 $   2002 Time series
# 157   Guyana: 202,695,400 $   2005 Time series
# 158   Eritrea: 194,944,100 $   2005 Time series
# 159   Sierra Leone: 179,224,100 $   2005 Time series
# 160   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 174,922,200 $   2004 Time series
# 161   Djibouti: 172,232,000 $   2005 Time series
# 162   Saint Lucia: 160,855,600 $   2004 Time series
# 163   Grenada: 155,559,300 $   2004 Time series
# 164   Central African Republic: 155,049,600 $   2002 Time series
# 165   Cape Verde: 149,097,800 $   2003 Time series
# 166   Somalia: 142,141,900 $   1990 Time series
# 167   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 137,463,000 $   2005 Time series
# 168   Gambia, The: 115,310,600 $   2005 Time series
# 169   East Timor: 111,680,000 $   2005 Time series
# 170   Burundi: 96,515,400 $   2005 Time series
# 171   Solomon Islands: 93,545,000 $   2004 Time series
# 172   Seychelles: 88,522,310 $   2005 Time series
# 173   Liberia: 87,181,460 $   2005 Time series
# 174   Dominica: 71,174,760 $   2005 Time series
# 175   Vanuatu: 50,218,860 $   1999 Time series
# 176   Guinea-Bissau: 43,962,200 $   2005 Time series
# 177   Micronesia, Federated States of: 40,200,000 $   1983 Time series
# 178   Comoros: 36,029,850 $   2005 Time series
# 179   Tonga: 32,951,920 $   2004 Time series
# 180   São Tomé and Príncipe: 26,697,480 $   2005 Time series
# 181   Kiribati: 19,095,180 $   1992 Time series
Total: 9,575,595,142,120 $   
Weighted average: 52,903,840,564.2 $   



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.

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