Which has higher gross public investment, Gabon or Sierra Leone?

Sierra Leone, at 10.8% against 10.7% in Gabon as of 2011.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Sierra Leone?

32 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2011.

Where does this data come from?

World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files, published as Gross public investment (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Gabon vs Sierra Leone: Gross public investment

Gabon

10.7%

in 2011

Sierra Leone

10.8%

in 2011

Gabon rank

13th

Sierra Leone rank

12th

Gross public investment over time

Gabon
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 10.8% against 10.7% in Gabon, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Gabon ahead.

Gabon ranks 13th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 49 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gabon	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1980s	6.7%	4.0%	2.7%	Gabon
1990s	6.5%	3.9%	2.6%	Gabon
2000s	4.4%	4.5%	0.2%	Sierra Leone
2010s	9.9%	8.8%	1.1%	Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross public investment, Gabon or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 10.8% against 10.7% in Gabon as of 2011.
What is the difference in gross public investment between Gabon and Sierra Leone?: 0.1%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Sierra Leone?: 32 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2011.
How do Gabon and Sierra Leone rank globally for gross public investment?: Gabon ranks 13th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 49 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files, published as Gross public investment (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Gross public investment (% of GDP)
Unit: % of GDP
Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 55 places, 1,642 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Gross public investment (see definition below) as a percentage of GDP (%) . Public sectors’ gross domestic fixed investment (gross fixed capital formation) comprises all additions to the stocks of fixed assets (purchases and own-account capital formation), less any sales of second-hand and scrapped fixed assets measured at constant prices, done by government units and non-financial public enterprises. Most outlays by government on military equipment are excluded. According to 1993 SNA are outlays on weapons and equipment with no alternative civil use treated as intermediate consumption, and part of governments consumption expenditure.