Sub-Saharan Africa 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	Botswana	1,843.34$ per capita	2005
2	Gabon	1,194.2$ per capita	2005
3	Mauritius	1,176.66$ per capita	2005
4	Seychelles	1,047.68$ per capita	2005
5	Equatorial Guinea	975.41$ per capita	1998
6	South Africa	931.5$ per capita	2005
7	Namibia	768.76$ per capita	2005
8	Swaziland	445.65$ per capita	2005
9	Lesotho	328.94$ per capita	2005
10	Cape Verde	308.26$ per capita	2003
11	Mauritania	268.17$ per capita	2005
12	Cameroon	218.93$ per capita	2005
13	Djibouti	217.17$ per capita	2005
14	Sudan	177.1$ per capita	2005
15	Sao Tome and Principe	170.57$ per capita	2005
16	Senegal	165.09$ per capita	2005
17	Zambia	160.87$ per capita	2005
18	Angola	155.13$ per capita	2005
19	Nigeria	146.03$ per capita	2005
20	Ghana	140.6$ per capita	2005
21	Benin	99.52$ per capita	2005
22	Chad	97.79$ per capita	2005
23	Cote d'Ivoire	96.63$ per capita	2005
24	Kenya	91.86$ per capita	2005
25	Mali	88.93$ per capita	2005
26	Burkina Faso	80.63$ per capita	2005
27	The Gambia	76.01$ per capita	2005
28	Mozambique	68.24$ per capita	2005
29	Uganda	64.12$ per capita	2005
30	Togo	63.09$ per capita	2005
31	Madagascar	60.57$ per capita	2005
32	Comoros	60$ per capita	2005
33	Tanzania	59.49$ per capita	2005
34	Rwanda	53.35$ per capita	2005
35	Niger	45.14$ per capita	2005
36	Eritrea	44.29$ per capita	2005
37	Guinea	43.84$ per capita	2005
38	Ethiopia	41.2$ per capita	2005
39	Central African Republic	39.88$ per capita	2002
40	Zimbabwe	35.97$ per capita	2005
41	Sierra Leone	32.44$ per capita	2005
42	Guinea-Bissau	27.71$ per capita	2005
43	Liberia	26.55$ per capita	2005
44	Malawi	23.36$ per capita	2005
45	Somalia	21.3$ per capita	1990
46	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17.52$ per capita	2005
47	Burundi	12.79$ per capita	2005

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