Gross capital formation (current LCU), per square kilometre by country
Gross capital formation (current LCU) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
184
Highest
43.63 billion current LCU per square kilometre
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Lowest
-1.12 million current LCU per square kilometre
Djibouti
Median
2.51 million current LCU per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
8,138
What the numbers show
Gross capital formation (current LCU), per square kilometre is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 43.63 billion current LCU per square kilometre in Iran, Islamic Republic of; the lowest is -1.12 million current LCU per square kilometre in Djibouti.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.51 million current LCU per square kilometre, and the mean is 413.38 million current LCU per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 39,083.
Over the past decade 168 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (up 2,079,370,000,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Djibouti (down 112.5%).
Gross capital formation (current LCU), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 43.63 billion current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,812.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 10.43 billion current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 141.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Korea | 7.87 billion current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Indonesia | 3.35 billion current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Lebanon | 3.20 billion current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Macau, China | 1.71 billion current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 945.79 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 834.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Japan | 469.48 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 9 | Hong Kong, China | 458.58 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Cambodia | 328.24 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 170.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Rwanda | 267.11 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 434.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Colombia | 234.33 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Hungary | 215.88 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 194.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Uganda | 208.23 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Singapore | 202.01 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Guinea | 181.82 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 228.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Iraq | 165.34 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 162.48 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2016 | up 255.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Paraguay | 160.94 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 147.76 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Maldives | 112.99 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 113.9% | rising |
| 22 | Somalia | 112.17 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 401.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 108.06 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Bangladesh | 106.94 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 309.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Chile | 88.61 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 87.18 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 182.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Armenia | 77.23 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Mauritius | 63.55 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Comoros | 47.63 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 30 | French Polynesia | 44.19 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 31 | Senegal | 40.92 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 250.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 39.04 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 226.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Côte d'Ivoire | 37.82 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 148.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Benin | 36.55 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 253.4% | volatile |
| 35 | India | 33.64 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 161.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Czechia | 28.01 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 112.8% | rising |
| 37 | Madagascar | 26.15 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 236.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Serbia | 25.81 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 206.8% | rising |
| 39 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 25.66 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 545.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Togo | 24.28 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Malawi | 23.84 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 42 | Israel | 22.97 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Qatar | 22.88 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2022 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Albania | 20.23 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Philippines | 19.09 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 128.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Bermuda | 17.87 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 47 | Denmark | 16.48 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Seychelles | 16.12 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Mongolia | 15.32 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 133.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Pakistan | 15.16 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 211.4% | volatile |
| 51 | New Caledonia | 15.07 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Equatorial Guinea | 14.36 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Haiti | 13.90 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 233.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 13.75 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 55 | Argentina | 13.63 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6,335.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Malta | 12.99 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 199.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 12.46 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 280.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Türkiye | 12.18 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,531.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Cameroon | 12.08 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Guinea-Bissau | 11.73 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 213.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Nepal | 11.66 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 189.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Iceland | 11.03 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 271.0% | volatile |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 10.61 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Burkina Faso | 9.03 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Gabon | 8.25 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Thailand | 7.89 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Angola | 7.73 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 140.6% | volatile |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 7.20 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 69 | Congo | 6.86 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Aruba | 6.85 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 71 | Bahrain | 6.33 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Netherlands | 6.26 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.25 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 74 | Faroe Islands | 6.22 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 166.2% | rising |
| 75 | Switzerland | 6.03 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 76 | China | 5.67 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Algeria | 5.32 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Luxembourg | 5.24 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 79 | San Marino | 5.18 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101.1% | rising |
| 80 | Curaçao | 5.04 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2018 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 81 | Belgium | 4.99 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 82 | Kenya | 4.29 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 105.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Gambia | 3.96 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 450.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Mexico | 3.82 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 93.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Sweden | 3.81 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Norway | 3.44 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Uruguay | 3.10 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Bhutan | 2.95 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Russian Federation | 2.91 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 180.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Mali | 2.67 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 73.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Germany | 2.66 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 92 | Vanuatu | 2.59 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Niger | 2.44 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.40 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 281.6% | volatile |
| 95 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.10 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Ukraine | 2.07 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 378.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Ireland | 2.03 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 316.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Poland | 1.97 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Puerto Rico | 1.90 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Republic of Moldova | 1.85 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Romania | 1.81 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 161.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Ethiopia | 1.71 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 554.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Cuba | 1.71 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,360.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Chad | 1.71 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Egypt | 1.68 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 533.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Honduras | 1.68 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 128.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Italy | 1.67 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Austria | 1.51 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Yemen | 1.35 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2018 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Malaysia | 1.27 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Guatemala | 1.26 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.6% | volatile |
| 112 | France | 1.20 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Nicaragua | 1.19 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.14 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Eswatini | 1.03 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.4% | rising |
| 116 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.02 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 117 | Morocco | 961,477 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 118 | South Africa | 892,918 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Palestine, State of | 775,734 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Cyprus | 753,848 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 207.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Slovenia | 716,069 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 102.3% | rising |
| 122 | United States of America | 655,811 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Spain | 633,066 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Saudi Arabia | 632,682 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Portugal | 604,929 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 121.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Central African Republic | 590,886 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 486.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Slovakia | 506,889 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 128 | Kuwait | 506,596 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Tonga | 502,781 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Panama | 423,613 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Ghana | 394,719 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 191.3% | volatile |
| 132 | New Zealand | 381,907 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 94.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Sierra Leone | 373,160 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 369.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Samoa | 370,169 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 537.3% | rising |
| 135 | Lesotho | 350,362 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Bahamas | 348,801 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 137 | El Salvador | 348,249 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Croatia | 347,516 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.5% | rising |
| 139 | Mozambique | 332,029 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Afghanistan | 316,741 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Sudan | 306,101 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 958.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Tajikistan | 302,812 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 322.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Georgia | 290,973 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 219.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Marshall Islands | 282,761 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 145 | Greece | 281,830 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Guyana | 270,815 current LCU per square kilometre | 2005 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Lithuania | 268,867 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Belarus | 265,361 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Azerbaijan | 264,330 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 263,674 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 132.7% | rising |
| 151 | Zambia | 235,781 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 242.6% | rising |
| 152 | Estonia | 225,536 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Palau | 214,339 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 154 | Finland | 206,780 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Brazil | 206,355 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 182,701 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,079,370,000,000.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Bulgaria | 172,296 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 111.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Mauritania | 169,158 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Latvia | 156,983 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Peru | 153,440 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Botswana | 140,388 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 166.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Kiribati | 134,107 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 163 | Montenegro | 133,743 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 186.7% | rising |
| 164 | Fiji | 133,547 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Ecuador | 100,815 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 95,654 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Australia | 79,981 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Canada | 79,750 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Tunisia | 79,107 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Namibia | 78,852 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 88.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 63,378 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Turkmenistan | 57,129 current LCU per square kilometre | 2009 | up 1,587.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Belize | 50,613 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Jordan | 41,613 current LCU per square kilometre | 2007 | up 177.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Oman | 35,168 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Eritrea | 33,106 current LCU per square kilometre | 2011 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 177 | Timor-Leste | 28,656 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Suriname | 27,052 current LCU per square kilometre | 2010 | — | rising |
| 179 | Libya | 20,329 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Greenland | 20,099 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 181 | Zimbabwe | 17,504 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 962,299.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5,965 current LCU per square kilometre | 1969 | up 124.6% | rising |
| 183 | Papua New Guinea | 5,588 current LCU per square kilometre | 2004 | up 114.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Djibouti | -1.12 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 112.5% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Gross capital formation (current LCU) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Gross capital formation (current LCU) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Gross capital formation Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gross capital formation (current LCU) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.