Heavily indebted 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	Iceland	15,252.63$ per capita	2005
2	Ireland	11,316.95$ per capita	2004
3	Japan	8,133.38$ per capita	2004
4	Austria	7,897.79$ per capita	2005
5	Spain	7,692.64$ per capita	2005
6	United States	7,642.63$ per capita	2004
7	Belgium	7,563.81$ per capita	2005
8	Netherlands	7,331.14$ per capita	2005
9	France	7,042.44$ per capita	2005
10	Canada	6,409.22$ per capita	2004
11	Italy	6,287.9$ per capita	2005
12	United Kingdom	6,138.28$ per capita	2005
13	Germany	5,820.22$ per capita	2005
14	Singapore	4,996.16$ per capita	2005
15	Greece	4,817.26$ per capita	2005
16	Portugal	3,875.43$ per capita	2005
17	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3,723.02$ per capita	2004
18	Israel	3,290.59$ per capita	2005
19	Malta	3,191.01$ per capita	2005
20	Antigua and Barbuda	2,725.36$ per capita	2002
21	Cyprus	2,614.68$ per capita	1999
22	Hungary	2,563.73$ per capita	2005
23	Barbados	1,996.86$ per capita	2004
24	Grenada	1,471.05$ per capita	2004
25	Puerto Rico	1,411.64$ per capita	1991
26	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,154.66$ per capita	2005
27	Jamaica	1,141.46$ per capita	2005
28	Lebanon	1,108.43$ per capita	2005
29	Seychelles	1,047.68$ per capita	2005
30	Saint Lucia	990.28$ per capita	2004
31	Dominica	988.54$ per capita	2005
32	Belize	776.73$ per capita	2005
33	Jordan	556.08$ per capita	2005
34	Morocco	440.33$ per capita	2005
35	Sri Lanka	313.65$ per capita	2005
36	Cape Verde	308.26$ per capita	2003
37	Egypt	217.76$ per capita	2005
38	Sudan	177.1$ per capita	2005
39	Sao Tome and Principe	170.57$ per capita	2005
40	Eritrea	44.29$ per capita	2005
41	Zimbabwe	35.97$ per capita	2005
42	Malawi	23.36$ per capita	2005

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