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GDFI - general government (constant LCU) by country

General 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 local, state or central government. Most outlays by government on...

Countries reporting
29
Highest
1.42 trillion constant LCU
Tanzania
Lowest
0 constant LCU
Kenya
Median
52.81 billion constant LCU
Years covered
47
1965–2011
Data points
723

What the numbers show

GDFI - general government (constant LCU) is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 1.42 trillion constant LCU in Tanzania; the lowest is 0 constant LCU in Kenya.

The median across all reporting countries is 52.81 billion constant LCU, and the mean is 281.17 billion constant LCU.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Algeria (up 597.7%), and the largest decrease in Gambia (down 40.6%).

GDFI - general government: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania 1.42 trillion constant LCU 2011 up 350.8% volatile
2 Guinea 1.41 trillion constant LCU 2010 up 418.2% volatile
3 Uganda 1.40 trillion constant LCU 2011 up 118.6% rising
4 Zambia 942.17 billion constant LCU 2011 up 11.5% volatile
5 Senegal 699.02 billion constant LCU 2011 up 313.4% volatile
6 Sierra Leone 498.31 billion constant LCU 2011 up 258.9% volatile
7 Gabon 396.32 billion constant LCU 2011 up 305.4% volatile
8 Congo 335.75 billion constant LCU 2011 up 316.0% volatile
9 Chad 222.89 billion constant LCU 2011 up 176.1% volatile
10 Cameroon 197.95 billion constant LCU 2007 up 140.8% volatile
11 Mali 151.19 billion constant LCU 2011 up 129.4% rising
12 Togo 139.03 billion constant LCU 2011 up 516.7% volatile
13 Cote d'Ivoire 109.50 billion constant LCU 1996 up 36.1% rising
14 Algeria 75.64 billion constant LCU 2009 up 597.7% volatile
15 South Africa 52.81 billion constant LCU 2011 up 85.3% falling
16 Ethiopia 30.83 billion constant LCU 2011 up 236.5% volatile
17 Mozambique 30.44 billion constant LCU 2011 up 149.3% volatile
18 Madagascar 14.95 billion constant LCU 2009 down 39.7% rising
19 Comoros 5.59 billion constant LCU 1998 up 56.9% rising
20 Cape Verde 5.28 billion constant LCU 2010 up 250.4% rising
21 Morocco 3.35 billion constant LCU 1997 up 26.6% falling
22 Namibia 2.64 billion constant LCU 2011 up 57.6% rising
23 Botswana 2.45 billion constant LCU 2011 up 9.0% rising
24 Lesotho 2.02 billion constant LCU 2011 up 403.6% volatile
25 Ghana 1.92 billion constant LCU 2011 up 280.1% rising
26 Gambia 1.79 billion constant LCU 2011 down 40.6% rising
27 Eritrea 960.34 million constant LCU 2007 down 10.7% rising
28 Eswatini 667.50 million constant LCU 2011 down 0.5% falling
29 Kenya 0 constant LCU 2011 — flat

About this data

Indicator
GDFI - general government (constant LCU)
Unit
constant LCU
Source
World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
29 places, 723 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

General 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 local, state or central government. Most outlays by government on military equipment are excluded. According to 93SNA are outlays on weapons and equipment with no alternative civil use treated as intermediate consumption, and part of government consumption expenditure. Data; constant prices, local currencies.