Libya vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Gross public investment
Gross public investment over time
- Libya
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Libya currently reports 22.0% against 7.6% in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 14.4%.
That makes Libya's figure about 2.9 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
Across all 7 years both countries report, Libya has been ahead every year.
Libya ranks 3rd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th of 49 countries.
Libya has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross public investment, Libya or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Libya, at 22.0% against 7.6% in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2008.
- What is the difference in gross public investment between Libya and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 14.4%, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2008.
- How do Libya and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for gross public investment?
- Libya ranks 3rd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th 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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About this data
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.