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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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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Algeria	$57.89 billion	2009
2	Vietnam	$34.35 billion	2009
3	Morocco	$32.87 billion	2009
4	Tunisia	$10.61 billion	2009
5	Lebanon	$10.42 billion	2009
6	Syria	$8.51 billion	2009
7	Cameroon	$3.67 billion	2007
8	Senegal	$3.58 billion	2009
9	Gabon	$3.14 billion	2009
10	Madagascar	$3.11 billion	2009
11	Cote d'Ivoire	$2.62 billion	2009
12	Chad	$2.32 billion	2009
13	Cambodia	$2.11 billion	2009
14	Mozambique	$2.05 billion	2009
15	Laos	$2.03 billion	2008
16	Haiti	$1.78 billion	2009
17	Benin	$1.66 billion	2009
18	Mali	$1.60 billion	2007
19	Burkina Faso	$1.05 billion	2006
20	Guinea	$885.61 million	2009
21	Niger	$769.24 million	2005
22	Mauritania	$685.64 million	2007
23	Togo	$387.69 million	2005
24	Djibouti	$317.86 million	2007
25	Central African Republic	$213.05 million	2009

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