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.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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
= 8
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
= 12
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
= 21
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.32 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 21
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
= 25
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
= 31
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
= 35
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
= 42
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
= 48
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
= 52
Guyana :
0.258 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 54
Morocco :
0.257 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 54
Australia :
0.257 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
= 56
Namibia :
0.255 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 56
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
= 59
Afghanistan :
0.25 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 59
Gambia, The :
0.25 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 59
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
= 67
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
= 71
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
= 74
Senegal :
0.234 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 76
Sudan :
0.233 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 76
Mauritius :
0.233 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 78
Malta :
0.231 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 78
Uzbekistan :
0.231 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 80
Turkmenistan :
0.23 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 80
Chile :
0.23 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 82
Japan :
0.227 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
= 82
Bahrain :
0.227 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
= 82
Mali :
0.227 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 82
Romania :
0.227 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 86
Madagascar :
0.224 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 86
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
= 94
Belgium :
0.214 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 96
Austria :
0.212 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 96
Uganda :
0.212 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 96
Cameroon :
0.212 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 99
Saint Lucia :
0.21 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
= 99
Canada :
0.21 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
= 101
Russia :
0.209 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 101
Denmark :
0.209 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 101
Nigeria :
0.209 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 101
Italy :
0.209 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 105
Norway :
0.206 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 105
Burkina Faso :
0.206 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 105
Brazil :
0.206 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 108
Hong Kong :
0.205 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 108
Belize :
0.205 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 108
Gabon :
0.205 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 111
Mozambique :
0.204 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 111
Switzerland :
0.204 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
= 113
Syria :
0.203 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 113
Lebanon :
0.203 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 115
France :
0.202 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 115
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.202 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
= 115
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
= 119
Macedonia, Republic of :
0.2 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 121
Dominican Republic :
0.199 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 121
Malaysia :
0.199 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 123
Cambodia :
0.197 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 123
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 :
0.192 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
= 127
Barbados :
0.192 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
= 127
Colombia :
0.192 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 127
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
0.192 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 127
Ukraine :
0.192 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 127
Netherlands :
0.192 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 133
Guatemala :
0.19 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 133
Poland :
0.19 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 135
Tanzania :
0.189 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 136
Bahamas, The :
0.188 $
per $1 of GDP
1987
= 137
Cape Verde :
0.187 $
per $1 of GDP
2003
= 137
Cyprus :
0.187 $
per $1 of GDP
1999
= 139
Peru :
0.186 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 139
Singapore :
0.186 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 141
Swaziland :
0.185 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 141
Niger :
0.185 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 141
Israel :
0.185 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 144
Serbia and Montenegro :
0.184 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 145
South Africa :
0.182 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 146
Egypt :
0.18 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 147
Oman :
0.178 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
# 148
Togo :
0.176 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 149
Tonga :
0.175 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
# 150
Chad :
0.174 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 151
Germany :
0.172 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 152
Sweden :
0.171 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 153
Fiji :
0.17 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
= 154
Kenya :
0.168 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 154
Pakistan :
0.168 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 154
United Kingdom :
0.168 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 157
Papua New Guinea :
0.164 $
per $1 of GDP
1999
# 158
Saudi Arabia :
0.162 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 159
Liberia :
0.159 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 160
Puerto Rico :
0.156 $
per $1 of GDP
1991
# 161
Somalia :
0.155 $
per $1 of GDP
1990
# 162
El Salvador :
0.154 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 163
Philippines :
0.151 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 164
Sierra Leone :
0.15 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 165
Central African Republic :
0.148 $
per $1 of GDP
2002
# 166
Guinea-Bissau :
0.146 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 167
Malawi :
0.145 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 168
Kyrgyzstan :
0.144 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 169
Tajikistan :
0.143 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 170
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.142 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 171
Libya :
0.14 $
per $1 of GDP
2002
# 172
Zimbabwe :
0.139 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 173
Bolivia :
0.137 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 174
Uruguay :
0.132 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 175
Seychelles :
0.128 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 176
Burundi :
0.121 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 177
Guinea :
0.12 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 178
Macau :
0.113 $
per $1 of GDP
2002
# 179
Côte d'Ivoire :
0.107 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 180
Comoros :
0.093 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 181
Angola :
0.075 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
Weighted average:
0.2 $
per $1 of GDP
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.
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