DEFINITION
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.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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
= 19
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
= 27
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
= 30
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
= 40
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
= 44
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
= 52
Slovenia :
0.244 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 52
Moldova :
0.244 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 52
Kazakhstan :
0.244 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 56
Afghanistan :
0.243 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 56
Djibouti :
0.243 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 58
Bulgaria :
0.238 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 58
Algeria :
0.238 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 60
Jordan :
0.237 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 60
Congo, Republic of the :
0.237 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 60
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
= 67
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
= 74
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
= 81
Senegal :
0.216 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 81
Portugal :
0.216 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 81
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
= 87
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
= 91
Uganda :
0.209 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 91
Switzerland :
0.209 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
= 91
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
= 96
Denmark :
0.206 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 96
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
= 100
Canada :
0.204 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
= 102
Luxembourg :
0.203 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 102
Lebanon :
0.203 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 102
Paraguay :
0.203 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 102
Syria :
0.203 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 106
Vanuatu :
0.202 $
per $1 of GDP
1999
= 106
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
= 111
France :
0.197 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 113
Turkey :
0.196 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 113
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
= 117
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
0.192 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 119
Colombia :
0.19 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 119
Barbados :
0.19 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
= 119
Ukraine :
0.19 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 119
Venezuela :
0.19 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 123
Benin :
0.189 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 123
Costa Rica :
0.189 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 123
Nepal :
0.189 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 126
Belize :
0.188 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 126
Tanzania :
0.188 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 126
Peru :
0.188 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 129
Norway :
0.187 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 129
Bahamas, The :
0.187 $
per $1 of GDP
1987
= 129
Cape Verde :
0.187 $
per $1 of GDP
2003
= 129
United States :
0.187 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
= 129
Serbia and Montenegro :
0.187 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 134
Kenya :
0.186 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 135
Sudan :
0.185 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 135
Niger :
0.185 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 135
Swaziland :
0.185 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 138
Brazil :
0.183 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 139
Poland :
0.182 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 139
Russia :
0.182 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 141
Egypt :
0.18 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 142
Oman :
0.178 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
# 143
Cambodia :
0.176 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 144
Israel :
0.175 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 144
Cyprus :
0.175 $
per $1 of GDP
1999
= 146
Zimbabwe :
0.173 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 146
Panama :
0.173 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 148
Macedonia, Republic of :
0.172 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 148
South Africa :
0.172 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 150
Germany :
0.171 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 151
Sweden :
0.17 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 152
Tonga :
0.167 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
# 153
United Kingdom :
0.166 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 154
Chad :
0.162 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 155
Liberia :
0.159 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 156
Puerto Rico :
0.155 $
per $1 of GDP
1991
# 157
El Salvador :
0.154 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 158
Pakistan :
0.153 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 159
Guatemala :
0.151 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 160
Sierra Leone :
0.15 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 160
Saudi Arabia :
0.15 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 162
Philippines :
0.149 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 162
Somalia :
0.149 $
per $1 of GDP
1990
# 164
Central African Republic :
0.148 $
per $1 of GDP
2002
# 165
Guinea-Bissau :
0.146 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 166
Kyrgyzstan :
0.145 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 167
Libya :
0.138 $
per $1 of GDP
2002
# 168
Malawi :
0.137 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 169
Uruguay :
0.129 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 169
Seychelles :
0.129 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 171
Tajikistan :
0.128 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
= 171
Bolivia :
0.128 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 173
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.127 $
per $1 of GDP
2004
# 174
Papua New Guinea :
0.121 $
per $1 of GDP
1999
# 175
Guinea :
0.12 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 176
Burundi :
0.118 $
per $1 of GDP
2005
# 177
Fiji :
0.115 $
per $1 of GDP
2000
# 178
Macau :
0.108 $
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 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.
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