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