Gross fixed capital formation, General government, Constant prices, Percent of GDP by country
This dataset provides comprehensive data for investment and capital stock for the general government, private sector and public-private partnerships, across the Fund member countries.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
18.69
Maldives
Lowest
0.6729
Zimbabwe
Median
3.81
Years covered
60
1960–2019
Data points
9,224
What the numbers show
Gross fixed capital formation, General government, Constant prices, Percent of GDP is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 18.69 in Maldives; the lowest is 0.6729 in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.81, and the mean is 4.61.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28.
Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 280.4%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 87.6%).
Gross fixed capital formation, General government … General Percent: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maldives | 18.69 | 2019 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Oman | 18.35 | 2019 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 3 | China | 17.33 | 2019 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 14 | 2019 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 5 | Dominica | 13.96 | 2019 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 6 | Libya | 13.79 | 2008 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 7 | Venezuela | 13.35 | 2019 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 8 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12.78 | 2019 | up 89.7% | rising |
| 9 | Guyana | 12.49 | 2019 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 10 | Lesotho | 10.6 | 2019 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 10.24 | 2019 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Algeria | 9.19 | 2019 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 8.89 | 2019 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Niger | 8.29 | 2019 | up 86.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Afghanistan | 8.12 | 2019 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 16 | Bolivia | 8.1 | 2019 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.74 | 2019 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 18 | Suriname | 7.59 | 2010 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 19 | Djibouti | 7.43 | 2019 | down 48.7% | rising |
| 20 | Tajikistan | 7.26 | 2019 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Rwanda | 7.23 | 2019 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 22 | Azerbaijan | 7.16 | 2019 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Zambia | 7.11 | 2019 | up 236.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Montenegro | 6.91 | 2019 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Tanzania | 6.87 | 2019 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 26 | Bhutan | 6.85 | 2019 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 27 | Kuwait | 6.84 | 2019 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Iraq | 6.75 | 2019 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Mongolia | 6.75 | 2019 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Central African Republic | 6.7 | 2019 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Liberia | 6.48 | 2019 | up 280.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Ecuador | 6.39 | 2019 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 6.32 | 2019 | up 88.2% | rising |
| 34 | Myanmar | 6.31 | 2019 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Laos | 6.24 | 2016 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 36 | Botswana | 6.24 | 2019 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Malaysia | 6.23 | 2019 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 38 | Norway | 6.02 | 2019 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 39 | Belize | 5.98 | 2019 | up 41.1% | falling |
| 40 | Georgia | 5.95 | 2019 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Mozambique | 5.95 | 2019 | down 44.0% | rising |
| 42 | Hungary | 5.85 | 2019 | up 75.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Hong Kong | 5.8 | 2019 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 44 | Vietnam | 5.77 | 2019 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Kenya | 5.52 | 2019 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 46 | Gambia | 5.34 | 2019 | up 117.6% | volatile |
| 47 | New Zealand | 5.22 | 2019 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 48 | India | 5.11 | 2019 | down 23.6% | flat |
| 49 | Japan | 5.02 | 2019 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 50 | Latvia | 5.01 | 2019 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Thailand | 4.98 | 2019 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 52 | Estonia | 4.98 | 2019 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 4.95 | 2019 | up 98.8% | falling |
| 54 | Seychelles | 4.91 | 2019 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 55 | South Korea | 4.79 | 2019 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 56 | Burkina Faso | 4.76 | 2019 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 57 | Panama | 4.74 | 2019 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Namibia | 4.74 | 2019 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 59 | Comoros | 4.71 | 2019 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 60 | Singapore | 4.65 | 2019 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 61 | Nicaragua | 4.57 | 2019 | up 20.6% | flat |
| 62 | Croatia | 4.54 | 2019 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 63 | Congo | 4.51 | 2019 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Sweden | 4.51 | 2019 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 65 | Albania | 4.51 | 2019 | down 39.8% | rising |
| 66 | Czechia | 4.44 | 2019 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 67 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.44 | 2019 | up 181.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Morocco | 4.4 | 2019 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Uganda | 4.38 | 2019 | up 132.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Poland | 4.31 | 2019 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 71 | Saint Lucia | 4.31 | 2019 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 72 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.3 | 2019 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Bahrain | 4.25 | 2019 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 74 | Finland | 4.24 | 2019 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 75 | Mali | 4.17 | 2019 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 4.16 | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 77 | Egypt | 4.16 | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 78 | Nepal | 4.15 | 2019 | up 171.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Senegal | 4.12 | 2019 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 80 | North Macedonia | 4.1 | 2017 | up 104.0% | rising |
| 81 | Peru | 4.08 | 2019 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 82 | Cyprus | 4.04 | 2017 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 83 | Mauritius | 4 | 2019 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 84 | Serbia | 3.91 | 2019 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Australia | 3.9 | 2019 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 86 | Canada | 3.87 | 2019 | down 17.1% | flat |
| 87 | Slovenia | 3.81 | 2019 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 3.79 | 2019 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 89 | Philippines | 3.74 | 2019 | up 69.9% | flat |
| 90 | Fiji | 3.67 | 2019 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 91 | Cameroon | 3.66 | 2019 | up 117.2% | falling |
| 92 | Slovakia | 3.63 | 2019 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 93 | Malawi | 3.62 | 2019 | up 74.7% | falling |
| 94 | France | 3.61 | 2019 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 95 | Colombia | 3.56 | 2019 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 96 | Romania | 3.48 | 2019 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 97 | United States | 3.47 | 2019 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 98 | Indonesia | 3.42 | 2019 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 99 | Taiwan | 3.42 | 2019 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 100 | Cambodia | 3.41 | 2019 | down 51.8% | rising |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 3.4 | 2019 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Honduras | 3.4 | 2019 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Netherlands | 3.39 | 2019 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 104 | Haiti | 3.37 | 2019 | down 66.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Paraguay | 3.34 | 2019 | up 44.7% | falling |
| 106 | Turkey | 3.33 | 2019 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 107 | Tunisia | 3.32 | 2019 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 108 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.3 | 2019 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Macao | 3.27 | 2019 | up 30.7% | falling |
| 110 | Yemen | 3.26 | 2019 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Denmark | 3.25 | 2019 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Togo | 3.19 | 2019 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Eswatini | 3.14 | 2019 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Jordan | 3.13 | 2019 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Lithuania | 3.12 | 2019 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 116 | Uruguay | 3.1 | 2019 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Angola | 3.09 | 2019 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Barbados | 3.08 | 2019 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 119 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.07 | 2019 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 120 | Switzerland | 3.05 | 2019 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 121 | Iceland | 3.02 | 2019 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 122 | Austria | 3.01 | 2019 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 123 | Madagascar | 2.99 | 2019 | up 89.1% | falling |
| 124 | Malta | 2.96 | 2017 | down 42.3% | flat |
| 125 | Burundi | 2.78 | 2019 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 126 | United Kingdom | 2.75 | 2019 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 127 | Sudan | 2.69 | 2010 | up 178.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Belgium | 2.61 | 2019 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 129 | Benin | 2.6 | 2019 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Ukraine | 2.59 | 2019 | up 126.2% | falling |
| 131 | Israel | 2.57 | 2019 | up 38.4% | falling |
| 132 | El Salvador | 2.54 | 2019 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 133 | Greece | 2.41 | 2019 | down 54.4% | rising |
| 134 | Ireland | 2.4 | 2019 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 135 | Germany | 2.39 | 2019 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 136 | Cape Verde | 2.36 | 2019 | down 64.5% | rising |
| 137 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.36 | 2019 | down 79.9% | rising |
| 138 | Grenada | 2.36 | 2019 | down 57.9% | rising |
| 139 | South Africa | 2.36 | 2019 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 140 | Chile | 2.35 | 2019 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 141 | Costa Rica | 2.34 | 2019 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 142 | Italy | 2.3 | 2019 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 143 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.27 | 2019 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Belarus | 2.22 | 2013 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 145 | Brazil | 2.2 | 2019 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 146 | Mexico | 2.17 | 2019 | down 57.5% | rising |
| 147 | Mauritania | 2.17 | 2019 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 148 | Lebanon | 2.06 | 2019 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Spain | 2.05 | 2019 | down 57.1% | rising |
| 150 | Chad | 2 | 2019 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Eritrea | 2 | 2019 | down 83.5% | falling |
| 152 | Russia | 1.93 | 2019 | down 60.2% | rising |
| 153 | Guinea | 1.9 | 2019 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Bahamas | 1.89 | 2019 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Syria | 1.87 | 2010 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 156 | Argentina | 1.86 | 2019 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 157 | Portugal | 1.84 | 2019 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 158 | Papua New Guinea | 1.79 | 1993 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 159 | West Bank and Gaza | 1.76 | 2019 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 160 | Pakistan | 1.74 | 2019 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 161 | Brunei | 1.72 | 2019 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.62 | 2019 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Sierra Leone | 1.57 | 2019 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 164 | Gabon | 1.56 | 2019 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Kazakhstan | 1.56 | 2019 | down 40.1% | rising |
| 166 | Guatemala | 1.53 | 2019 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 167 | Armenia | 1.53 | 2019 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 168 | Moldova | 1.46 | 2019 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 169 | Dominican Republic | 1.29 | 2019 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 170 | Nigeria | 1.18 | 2019 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Iran | 1.14 | 2019 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Ghana | 0.9861 | 2019 | down 61.4% | rising |
| 173 | Zimbabwe | 0.6729 | 2008 | up 41.5% | volatile |
About this data
This dataset provides comprehensive data for investment and capital stock for the general government, private sector and public-private partnerships, across the Fund member countries.