GDFI - general government (current 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
42
Highest
5.09 trillion current LCU
Zambia
Lowest
10.00 million current LCU
Democratic Republic of Congo
Median
99.78 billion current LCU
Years covered
52
1960–2011
Data points
1,194

What the numbers show

GDFI - general government (current LCU) is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 5.09 trillion current LCU in Zambia; the lowest is 10.00 million current LCU in Democratic Republic of Congo.

The median across all reporting countries is 99.78 billion current LCU, and the mean is 589.38 billion current LCU.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of Congo (up 4,862,000,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 32.1%).

GDFI - general 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 Algeria 3.33 trillion current LCU 2010 up 935.1% volatile
4 Uganda 2.62 trillion current LCU 2011 up 327.9% volatile
5 Guinea 1.44 trillion current LCU 2011 up 398.7% volatile
6 Sierra Leone 1.35 trillion current LCU 2011 up 1,303.8% volatile
7 Congo 1.08 trillion current LCU 2011 up 427.8% volatile
8 Gabon 857.00 billion current LCU 2011 up 423.9% volatile
9 Angola 846.26 billion current LCU 2011 up 6,659.7% volatile
10 Senegal 804.49 billion current LCU 2011 up 345.4% volatile
11 Cote d'Ivoire 694.30 billion current LCU 2011 up 384.5% volatile
12 Madagascar 524.43 billion current LCU 2009 up 62.3% volatile
13 Mali 502.25 billion current LCU 2011 up 270.8% volatile
14 Rwanda 425.70 billion current LCU 2011 up 634.8% volatile
15 Chad 383.32 billion current LCU 2010 up 271.2% volatile
16 Burundi 239.84 billion current LCU 2011 up 984.4% volatile
17 Niger 175.10 billion current LCU 2005 up 121.6% rising
18 Kenya 160.27 billion current LCU 2011 volatile
19 Togo 150.73 billion current LCU 2011 up 562.0% volatile
20 Cameroon 146.56 billion current LCU 1999 down 32.1% volatile
21 Egypt 104.30 billion current LCU 2011 volatile
22 Ethiopia 95.26 billion current LCU 2011 up 966.2% volatile
23 South Africa 83.70 billion current LCU 2011 up 226.1% volatile
24 Mauritania 70.46 billion current LCU 2011 up 215.0% volatile
25 Mozambique 50.60 billion current LCU 2011 up 328.5% volatile
26 Morocco 45.75 billion current LCU 2011 up 128.5% volatile
27 Central African Republic 44.08 billion current LCU 1999 up 82.5% volatile
28 Cape Verde 22.37 billion current LCU 2011 up 205.5% volatile
29 Guinea-Bissau 12.69 billion current LCU 2002 up 63.4% volatile
30 Botswana 9.34 billion current LCU 2011 up 162.6% volatile
31 Comoros 8.94 billion current LCU 2009 up 61.6% rising
32 Mauritius 8.19 billion current LCU 2011 up 69.3% volatile
33 Malawi 8.03 billion current LCU 1999 up 3,407.7% volatile
34 Namibia 3.97 billion current LCU 2011 up 259.3% volatile
35 Ghana 3.70 billion current LCU 2011 up 834.5% volatile
36 Lesotho 3.04 billion current LCU 2011 up 349.4% volatile
37 Eritrea 3.02 billion current LCU 2005 up 564.6% volatile
38 Gambia 2.29 billion current LCU 2011 up 32.2% volatile
39 Tunisia 2.00 billion current LCU 2011 up 49.0% volatile
40 Eswatini 1.46 billion current LCU 2011 up 101.6% volatile
41 Zimbabwe 353.51 million current LCU 2011 up 153.9% volatile
42 Democratic Republic of Congo 10.00 million current LCU 1998 up 4,862,000,000.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
GDFI - general 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
42 places, 1,194 data points, 1960–2011
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 are in current local currency.