Gross capital formation, Percent of GDP (9/26/2025) by country
The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the biannual WEO exercise, which begins in January and June of each year and results in the April and September/October WEO publication. Selected series from the publication are available in a database format.
What the numbers show
Gross capital formation, Percent of GDP (9/26/2025) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 43.68 in Iran, Islamic Republic of; the lowest is 11.32 in Egypt.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.84, and the mean is 25.58.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 36.7%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 37.8%).
Gross capital formation, Percent of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 43.68 | 2031 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 2 | Maldives | 34.44 | 2031 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 3 | India | 34.15 | 2031 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 33.36 | 2031 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 30.48 | 2031 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 6 | Republic of Korea | 29.51 | 2031 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 29.37 | 2031 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 8 | Japan | 27.79 | 2031 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 9 | Brunei Darussalam | 27.11 | 2031 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 10 | Singapore | 26.72 | 2031 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 11 | Lithuania | 25.87 | 2031 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 12 | Latvia | 25.06 | 2031 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 13 | Australia | 25.04 | 2031 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 14 | Montenegro | 24.64 | 2031 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 15 | Taiwan, China | 24.43 | 2031 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 16 | Ecuador | 23.75 | 2031 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 17 | Estonia | 23.54 | 2031 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 18 | Honduras | 23.39 | 2031 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 22.33 | 2031 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 20 | Spain | 21.47 | 2031 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 21 | Thailand | 21.14 | 2031 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 22 | Hong Kong, China | 21.11 | 2031 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 23 | Nigeria | 19.68 | 2031 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 24 | Ghana | 18.08 | 2031 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 25 | Poland | 17.7 | 2031 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 26 | Egypt | 11.32 | 2031 | down 37.8% | falling |
About this data
The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the biannual WEO exercise, which begins in January and June of each year and results in the April and September/October WEO publication. Selected series from the publication are available in a database format.