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GDFI - private sector (constant LCU) by country

Private sector’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. Data are in constant local prices.

Countries reporting
38
Highest
3.70 trillion constant LCU
Uganda
Lowest
443.35 million constant LCU
Eritrea
Median
71.34 billion constant LCU
Years covered
47
1965–2011
Data points
952

What the numbers show

GDFI - private sector (constant LCU) is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 3.70 trillion constant LCU in Uganda; the lowest is 443.35 million constant LCU in Eritrea.

The median across all reporting countries is 71.34 billion constant LCU, and the mean is 474.55 billion constant LCU.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8,334.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Kenya (up 3,105.1%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 66.9%).

GDFI - private sector: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uganda 3.70 trillion constant LCU 2011 up 162.1% volatile
2 Zambia 3.11 trillion constant LCU 2011 up 653.7% volatile
3 Guinea 1.98 trillion constant LCU 2010 down 18.9% falling
4 Tanzania 1.76 trillion constant LCU 2011 up 43.3% rising
5 Sierra Leone 1.40 trillion constant LCU 2011 up 598.2% volatile
6 Cameroon 1.38 trillion constant LCU 2007 up 69.7% flat
7 Senegal 1.10 trillion constant LCU 2011 up 86.5% volatile
8 Chad 447.81 billion constant LCU 2011 up 76.2% volatile
9 Mauritania 392.19 billion constant LCU 2011 up 623.5% volatile
10 Burkina Faso 376.43 billion constant LCU 2011 up 112.5% volatile
11 Gabon 363.62 billion constant LCU 2011 up 14.4% falling
12 Kenya 343.89 billion constant LCU 2010 up 3,105.1% volatile
13 Cote d'Ivoire 304.00 billion constant LCU 1996 down 31.0% falling
14 Mali 270.29 billion constant LCU 2011 up 20.2% volatile
15 South Africa 242.98 billion constant LCU 2011 up 78.4% volatile
16 Congo 192.48 billion constant LCU 2011 up 47.2% rising
17 Togo 154.95 billion constant LCU 2011 up 37.2% rising
18 Madagascar 143.36 billion constant LCU 2009 up 365.7% volatile
19 Benin 99.03 billion constant LCU 2010 up 36.4% rising
20 Mauritius 43.65 billion constant LCU 2010 up 66.6% volatile
21 Egypt 41.70 billion constant LCU 2011 up 89.8% volatile
22 Malawi 40.23 billion constant LCU 2011 up 108.4% rising
23 Algeria 33.16 billion constant LCU 2008 down 0.3% flat
24 Mozambique 23.80 billion constant LCU 2011 up 202.9% volatile
25 Morocco 19.70 billion constant LCU 1997 up 49.7% volatile
26 Djibouti 17.93 billion constant LCU 2006 up 427.2% volatile
27 Ethiopia 11.39 billion constant LCU 2011 up 96.3% rising
28 Cape Verde 8.73 billion constant LCU 2010 up 79.5% volatile
29 Namibia 7.35 billion constant LCU 2011 up 180.9% volatile
30 Botswana 7.13 billion constant LCU 2011 up 170.7% volatile
31 Comoros 5.12 billion constant LCU 1998 up 23.5% rising
32 Sudan 4.97 billion constant LCU 2008 up 296.1% rising
33 Ghana 3.44 billion constant LCU 2011 down 2.8% falling
34 Lesotho 2.38 billion constant LCU 2011 up 82.4% rising
35 Gambia 2.18 billion constant LCU 2011 up 171.9% rising
36 Liberia 684.53 million constant LCU 2011 up 331.3% volatile
37 Eswatini 597.66 million constant LCU 2011 down 66.9% falling
38 Eritrea 443.35 million constant LCU 2007 down 16.6% rising

About this data

Indicator
GDFI - private sector (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
38 places, 952 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Private sector’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. Data are in constant local prices.