Cold countries Compared by Economy > Gross capital formation > Current US$ > Per capita

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 capita figures expressed per 1 population.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Luxembourg	17,108.72$ per capita	2005
2	Iceland	15,252.63$ per capita	2005
3	Norway	13,181.57$ per capita	2005
4	Ireland	11,316.95$ per capita	2004
5	Denmark	9,989.31$ per capita	2005
6	Switzerland	9,880.6$ per capita	2004
7	Austria	7,897.79$ per capita	2005
8	United States	7,642.63$ per capita	2004
9	Belgium	7,563.81$ per capita	2005
10	Finland	7,440.99$ per capita	2005
11	Sweden	6,765.74$ per capita	2005
12	Canada	6,409.22$ per capita	2004
13	United Kingdom	6,138.28$ per capita	2005
14	Germany	5,820.22$ per capita	2005
15	Slovenia	4,473.14$ per capita	2005
16	Czech Republic	3,219.11$ per capita	2005
17	Estonia	3,098.39$ per capita	2005
18	Hungary	2,563.73$ per capita	2005
19	Slovakia	2,462.28$ per capita	2005
20	Latvia	2,350.65$ per capita	2005
21	Lithuania	1,878.42$ per capita	2005
22	Chile	1,626.08$ per capita	2005
23	Poland	1,512.82$ per capita	2005
24	Russia	1,114.83$ per capita	2005
25	Romania	1,034.04$ per capita	2005
26	Kazakhstan	1,018.7$ per capita	2005
27	Belarus	895.93$ per capita	2005
28	Bhutan	794.71$ per capita	2005
29	China	744.28$ per capita	2005
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	488.9$ per capita	2005
31	Armenia	482.52$ per capita	2005
32	Georgia	376.05$ per capita	2005
33	Ukraine	337.17$ per capita	2005
34	Mongolia	261.19$ per capita	2005
35	Nepal	78.69$ per capita	2005
36	Kyrgyzstan	68.26$ per capita	2005
37	Tajikistan	50.48$ per capita	2005

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