Bangladesh vs Korea: Gross capital formation
Bangladesh
-2.5%
in 2025
Korea
-1.7%
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
133rd
Korea rank
131st
Gross capital formation over time
- Bangladesh
- Korea
How they compare
Korea currently reports -1.7% against -2.5% in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Korea ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 133rd and Korea ranks 131st of 169 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 5 and Korea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.4% | 24.6% | 9.3% | Korea |
| 1970s | 21.7% | 16.7% | 4.9% | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 9.2% | 9.8% | 0.6% | Korea |
| 1990s | 7.8% | 7.6% | 0.2% | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 8.2% | 3.7% | 4.5% | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 8.7% | 4.5% | 4.3% | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 4.5% | 0.2% | 4.3% | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross capital formation, Bangladesh or Korea?
- Korea, at -1.7% against -2.5% in Bangladesh as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gross capital formation between Bangladesh and Korea?
- 0.8%, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Korea?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Bangladesh and Korea rank globally for gross capital formation?
- Bangladesh ranks 133rd and Korea ranks 131st of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as Gross capital formation (annual % growth). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Gross capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of produced assets for purposes of fixed capital formation, inventories or valuables. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.