Economy > Gross fixed capital formation > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Countries Compared

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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#	COUNTRY	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 $1 of GDP	2005
9	Sao Tome and Principe	0.378$ per $1 of GDP	2005
10	Azerbaijan	0.36$ per $1 of GDP	2005
11	Grenada	0.356$ per $1 of GDP	2004
12	Federated States of Micronesia	0.355$ 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 $1 of GDP	1990
=19	East Timor	0.32$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=19	Laos	0.32$ 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 $1 of GDP	2005
=27	South Korea	0.293$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=27	Armenia	0.293$ per $1 of GDP	2005
29	Estonia	0.291$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=30	Thailand	0.29$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=30	Ghana	0.29$ 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 $1 of GDP	2005
=40	Slovakia	0.262$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=40	Sri Lanka	0.262$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	0.259$ per $1 of GDP	2004
42	Georgia	0.259$ per $1 of GDP	2005
43	Guyana	0.258$ per $1 of GDP	2005
44	Palestine	0.257$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=45	Czech Republic	0.255$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=45	Australia	0.255$ per $1 of GDP	2004
47	Morocco	0.253$ per $1 of GDP	2005
48	Namibia	0.252$ per $1 of GDP	2005
49	Dominica	0.251$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Catholic countries average (profile)	0.25$ per $1 of GDP	1998
50	The Gambia	0.248$ per $1 of GDP	2004
51	Zambia	0.247$ per $1 of GDP	2005
52	Bangladesh	0.245$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	0.245$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=53	Moldova	0.244$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=53	Slovenia	0.244$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=53	Kazakhstan	0.244$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=53	Ireland	0.244$ per $1 of GDP	2004
=57	Afghanistan	0.243$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=57	Djibouti	0.243$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	0.24$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Former British colonies average (profile)	0.239$ per $1 of GDP	2004
=59	Bulgaria	0.238$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=59	Algeria	0.238$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=61	Congo, Republic of the	0.237$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=61	Jordan	0.237$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=61	Greece	0.237$ per $1 of GDP	2005
64	Albania	0.236$ per $1 of GDP	2005
65	New Zealand	0.235$ per $1 of GDP	2004
66	Honduras	0.233$ per $1 of GDP	2005
67	Hungary	0.232$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=68	Uzbekistan	0.231$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=68	Romania	0.231$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	South Asia average (profile)	0.231$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Cold countries average (profile)	0.23$ per $1 of GDP	2004
70	Turkmenistan	0.23$ per $1 of GDP	2005
71	Japan	0.229$ per $1 of GDP	2004
	NATO countries average (profile)	0.228$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	0.228$ per $1 of GDP	2004
72	United Arab Emirates	0.228$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Europe average (profile)	0.228$ per $1 of GDP	2004
73	Mali	0.227$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Eurozone average (profile)	0.227$ per $1 of GDP	2005
74	Tunisia	0.226$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	0.225$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=75	Madagascar	0.224$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=75	Rwanda	0.224$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	European Union average (profile)	0.224$ per $1 of GDP	2005
77	Lithuania	0.223$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Former French colonies average (profile)	0.222$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Emerging markets average (profile)	0.221$ per $1 of GDP	2005
78	Chile	0.221$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Muslim countries average (profile)	0.221$ per $1 of GDP	2005
79	Indonesia	0.22$ per $1 of GDP	2005
80	Ecuador	0.219$ per $1 of GDP	2005
81	Singapore	0.218$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	0.217$ per $1 of GDP	2004
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	0.216$ per $1 of GDP	2004
=82	Portugal	0.216$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=82	Senegal	0.216$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=82	Malta	0.216$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=82	Bahrain	0.216$ per $1 of GDP	2004
86	Argentina	0.215$ per $1 of GDP	2005
87	Botswana	0.214$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=88	Mauritius	0.213$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=88	Togo	0.213$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	0.213$ per $1 of GDP	2002
90	Cameroon	0.212$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Hot countries average (profile)	0.212$ per $1 of GDP	1990
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	0.211$ per $1 of GDP	1990
91	Saint Lucia	0.211$ per $1 of GDP	2003
	OPEC countries average (profile)	0.211$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Religious countries average (profile)	0.209$ per $1 of GDP	2000
=92	Nigeria	0.209$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=92	Hong Kong	0.209$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=92	Uganda	0.209$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=92	Switzerland	0.209$ per $1 of GDP	2004
96	Austria	0.208$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=97	Burkina Faso	0.206$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=97	Denmark	0.206$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=97	Italy	0.206$ per $1 of GDP	2005
100	Gabon	0.205$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=101	Mozambique	0.204$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=101	Canada	0.204$ per $1 of GDP	2004
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	0.204$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=103	Luxembourg	0.203$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=103	Lebanon	0.203$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=103	Syria	0.203$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=103	Paraguay	0.203$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=107	Trinidad and Tobago	0.202$ per $1 of GDP	2004
=107	Vanuatu	0.202$ per $1 of GDP	1999
109	Eritrea	0.201$ per $1 of GDP	2005
110	Malaysia	0.2$ per $1 of GDP	2005
111	Belgium	0.199$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=112	France	0.197$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=112	Kuwait	0.197$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=114	Turkey	0.196$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=114	Dominican Republic	0.196$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	failed states average (profile)	0.196$ per $1 of GDP	2002
116	Netherlands	0.195$ per $1 of GDP	2005
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	0.194$ per $1 of GDP	2004
117	Mexico	0.193$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=118	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.192$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=118	Finland	0.192$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=120	Colombia	0.19$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=120	Venezuela	0.19$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=120	Ukraine	0.19$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=120	Barbados	0.19$ per $1 of GDP	2004
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	0.189$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=124	Costa Rica	0.189$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=124	Nepal	0.189$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=124	Benin	0.189$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=127	Peru	0.188$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=127	Belize	0.188$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=127	Tanzania	0.188$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=130	Norway	0.187$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=130	Serbia and Montenegro	0.187$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=130	United States	0.187$ per $1 of GDP	2004
=130	Cape Verde	0.187$ per $1 of GDP	2003
=130	The Bahamas	0.187$ per $1 of GDP	1987
135	Kenya	0.186$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=136	Niger	0.185$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=136	Sudan	0.185$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=136	Swaziland	0.185$ per $1 of GDP	2005
139	Brazil	0.183$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=140	Poland	0.182$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=140	Russia	0.182$ per $1 of GDP	2005
142	Egypt	0.18$ per $1 of GDP	2005
143	Oman	0.178$ per $1 of GDP	2004
144	Cambodia	0.176$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=145	Israel	0.175$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=145	Cyprus	0.175$ per $1 of GDP	1999
=147	Zimbabwe	0.173$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=147	Panama	0.173$ per $1 of GDP	2005
149	South Africa	0.172$ 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 $1 of GDP	2005
=160	Saudi Arabia	0.15$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=160	Sierra Leone	0.15$ 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 $1 of GDP	2005
=171	Bolivia	0.128$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=171	Tajikistan	0.128$ per $1 of GDP	2005
173	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.127$ 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 $1 of GDP	2002
179	Cote d'Ivoire	0.107$ per $1 of GDP	2005
180	Comoros	0.093$ per $1 of GDP	2005
181	Angola	0.075$ per $1 of GDP	2005

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