Statizoid

GDFI - central government (current LCU) by country

Central government’s 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, by central government. Data are in current local currency.

Countries reporting
32
Highest
5.09 trillion current LCU
Zambia
Lowest
0 current LCU
South Africa
Median
35.27 billion current LCU
Years covered
52
1960–2011
Data points
802

What the numbers show

GDFI - central government (current LCU) is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 5.09 trillion current LCU in Zambia; the lowest is 0 current LCU in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 35.27 billion current LCU, and the mean is 489.01 billion current LCU.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 1,303.8%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 100.0%).

GDFI - central government: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zambia 5.09 trillion current LCU 2011 up 226.6% volatile
2 Tanzania 3.35 trillion current LCU 2011 up 1,058.3% volatile
3 Guinea 1.44 trillion current LCU 2011 up 398.7% volatile
4 Sierra Leone 1.35 trillion current LCU 2011 up 1,303.8% volatile
5 Congo 1.08 trillion current LCU 2011 up 427.8% volatile
6 Senegal 804.49 billion current LCU 2011 up 345.4% volatile
7 Madagascar 524.43 billion current LCU 2009 up 62.3% volatile
8 Mali 502.25 billion current LCU 2011 up 270.8% volatile
9 Rwanda 425.70 billion current LCU 2011 up 634.8% volatile
10 Chad 383.32 billion current LCU 2010 up 271.2% volatile
11 Niger 175.10 billion current LCU 2005 up 121.6% rising
12 Gabon 118.90 billion current LCU 1999 up 109.7% volatile
13 Kenya 118.79 billion current LCU 2009 — volatile
14 Mauritania 70.46 billion current LCU 2011 up 215.0% volatile
15 Mozambique 49.63 billion current LCU 2011 up 320.3% volatile
16 Morocco 45.75 billion current LCU 2011 up 128.5% volatile
17 Burundi 24.80 billion current LCU 1999 up 11.4% rising
18 Cape Verde 22.37 billion current LCU 2011 up 205.5% volatile
19 Comoros 16.60 billion current LCU 2009 up 200.1% rising
20 Guinea-Bissau 12.69 billion current LCU 2002 up 63.4% volatile
21 Central African Republic 9.90 billion current LCU 1996 down 68.0% volatile
22 Botswana 9.34 billion current LCU 2011 up 162.6% volatile
23 Mauritius 8.19 billion current LCU 2011 up 69.3% rising
24 Malawi 8.03 billion current LCU 1999 — volatile
25 Namibia 3.97 billion current LCU 2011 up 64.1% volatile
26 Ghana 3.70 billion current LCU 2011 up 834.5% volatile
27 Lesotho 3.04 billion current LCU 2011 up 349.4% volatile
28 Eswatini 1.46 billion current LCU 2011 up 101.6% volatile
29 Zimbabwe 353.51 million current LCU 2011 up 153.9% volatile
30 Gambia 185.65 million current LCU 1990 up 172.8% rising
31 Democratic Republic of Congo 10.00 million current LCU 1998 — volatile
32 South Africa 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
GDFI - central government (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
32 places, 802 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

Central government’s 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, by central government. Data are in current local currency.