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Gross fixed capital formation, Private sector, Constant prices, Percent of GDP by country

This dataset provides comprehensive data for investment and capital stock for the general government, private sector and public-private partnerships, across the Fund member countries.

Countries reporting
173
Highest
45.15
Ireland
Lowest
1.32
Guinea-Bissau
Median
15.3
Years covered
60
1960–2019
Data points
9,224

What the numbers show

Gross fixed capital formation, Private sector, Constant prices, Percent of GDP is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 45.15 in Ireland; the lowest is 1.32 in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 15.3, and the mean is 15.29.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 34.

Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 1,499.2%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (down 92.3%).

Gross fixed capital formation, Private sector, Constant prices: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 45.15 2019 up 158.6% rising
2 Yemen 41.86 2019 up 97.7% rising
3 Antigua and Barbuda 37.16 2019 up 24.4% rising
4 Brunei Darussalam 31.62 2019 up 93.3% volatile
5 China 30.2 2019 up 46.3% volatile
6 Bahamas 29.08 2019 up 8.5% rising
7 Seychelles 28.48 2019 up 27.0% falling
8 Indonesia 27.33 2019 up 6.3% rising
9 Cyprus 26.94 2017 down 15.3% falling
10 Suriname 26.03 2010 down 18.4% rising
11 Bahrain 25.26 2019 up 32.3% rising
12 Panama 24.58 2019 up 34.9% falling
13 Maldives 23.87 2019 up 49.6% volatile
14 Bhutan 23.81 2019 down 2.6% rising
15 Saint Kitts and Nevis 23.74 2019 down 26.1% flat
16 Republic of Korea 23.73 2019 up 2.0% rising
17 Lebanon 23.46 2019 down 9.8% rising
18 Malta 23.29 2017 down 7.6% rising
19 Mozambique 23.12 2019 up 1,499.2% volatile
20 Morocco 22.41 2019 down 15.8% rising
21 Switzerland 22.37 2019 up 4.3% rising
22 Haiti 22.25 2019 up 78.0% rising
23 Czechia 22.11 2019 up 4.4% flat
24 Zambia 21.97 2019 up 8.7% volatile
25 Dominican Republic 21.73 2019 up 27.5% rising
26 Türkiye 21.71 2019 up 18.1% falling
27 Austria 21.53 2019 up 12.8% flat
28 Kuwait 21.48 2019 up 60.4% volatile
29 Belgium 21.41 2019 up 8.2% flat
30 Estonia 21.38 2019 up 46.1% rising
31 Botswana 21.3 2019 up 63.9% falling
32 Chile 21.13 2019 up 13.5% rising
33 West Bank and Gaza 20.51 2019 up 56.0% rising
34 Romania 20.51 2019 up 8.7% rising
35 Hungary 20.42 2019 up 8.8% rising
36 Cape Verde 20.34 2019 up 3.5% falling
37 Singapore 20 2019 down 13.3% falling
38 Sweden 19.87 2019 up 10.0% flat
39 France 19.84 2019 up 11.0% flat
40 Norway 19.79 2019 up 5.7% falling
41 Mongolia 19.32 2019 up 19.2% volatile
42 Australia 19.31 2019 down 15.4% rising
43 Finland 19.2 2019 up 2.8% falling
44 Ethiopia 19.06 2019 up 301.2% volatile
45 Japan 19 2019 up 9.5% rising
46 Germany 18.95 2019 up 11.1% falling
47 Saint Lucia 18.67 2019 down 11.6% rising
48 Barbados 18.6 2019 down 23.9% rising
49 Lithuania 18.55 2019 up 51.5% rising
50 Bangladesh 18.53 2019 up 8.8% volatile
51 Denmark 18.51 2019 up 11.0% rising
52 India 18.34 2019 down 2.0% rising
53 Israel 18.28 2019 up 15.7% falling
54 Nepal 18.28 2019 up 51.9% rising
55 New Zealand 18.23 2019 up 38.5% rising
56 Canada 18.22 2019 up 0.2% rising
57 Colombia 18.17 2019 up 7.3% rising
58 Slovakia 17.95 2019 up 9.1% falling
59 Ecuador 17.81 2019 up 48.8% falling
60 Honduras 17.6 2019 down 0.2% rising
61 Netherlands 17.57 2019 up 9.9% flat
62 Croatia 17.56 2019 down 4.4% rising
63 Mauritania 17.55 2019 down 11.0% falling
64 Myanmar 17.51 2019 up 67.4% volatile
65 Spain 17.42 2019 up 5.4% flat
66 United States of America 17.37 2019 up 28.0% rising
67 Latvia 17.15 2019 down 2.2% rising
68 Lao People's Democratic Republic 16.79 2016 up 6.9% volatile
69 Malaysia 16.67 2019 up 51.4% rising
70 Viet Nam 16.45 2019 up 15.0% rising
71 Algeria 16.34 2019 up 61.5% falling
72 Tanzania, United Republic of 16.27 2019 up 80.1% falling
73 Taiwan, China 16.19 2019 up 27.2% rising
74 Iceland 16.19 2019 up 63.0% falling
75 Portugal 16.02 2019 down 2.4% falling
76 Hong Kong, China 15.99 2019 down 24.7% falling
77 Belarus 15.94 2013 up 104.9% rising
78 Peru 15.94 2019 up 4.8% rising
79 Slovenia 15.93 2019 down 19.7% falling
80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15.9 2019 up 44.3% rising
81 Grenada 15.86 2019 up 12.6% rising
82 Philippines 15.84 2019 up 52.8% rising
83 Italy 15.78 2019 down 3.3% falling
84 El Salvador 15.77 2019 up 35.3% rising
85 Gabon 15.71 2019 up 20.7% falling
86 Bulgaria 15.52 2019 down 28.3% volatile
87 Montenegro 15.3 2019 up 23.8% rising
88 Iran, Islamic Republic of 15.21 2019 down 28.1% rising
89 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.15 2019 up 19.5% flat
90 Niger 15.08 2019 down 18.8% falling
91 Mexico 15.01 2019 up 8.6% falling
92 Senegal 14.97 2019 up 63.8% rising
93 Sri Lanka 14.88 2019 up 18.4% rising
94 Thailand 14.72 2019 up 7.4% falling
95 Albania 14.61 2019 down 24.2% rising
96 Belize 14.57 2019 down 3.6% falling
97 North Macedonia 14.56 2017 up 54.3% rising
98 Angola 14.54 2019 down 28.1% falling
99 Congo 14.34 2019 down 32.2% flat
100 Poland 14.34 2019 down 3.3% rising
101 Cambodia 14.29 2019 up 57.0% volatile
102 Djibouti 14.28 2019 up 73.5% volatile
103 Brazil 14.17 2019 up 2.9% falling
104 Benin 14.11 2019 up 89.8% rising
105 Saudi Arabia 14.05 2019 down 3.6% rising
106 Serbia 13.98 2019 up 19.8% rising
107 Burkina Faso 13.87 2019 up 103.2% volatile
108 Georgia 13.82 2019 up 151.2% rising
109 South Africa 13.25 2019 down 7.0% rising
110 Luxembourg 13.21 2019 up 0.7% flat
111 Uzbekistan 12.92 2019 up 82.4% volatile
112 Guatemala 12.82 2019 up 8.3% falling
113 Russian Federation 12.78 2019 up 22.7% falling
114 Fiji 12.66 2019 up 21.7% falling
115 Côte d'Ivoire 12.64 2019 up 95.9% falling
116 Cameroon 12.52 2019 up 1.4% rising
117 Jordan 12.22 2019 down 1.3% rising
118 Kazakhstan 12.19 2019 up 24.9% falling
119 Uruguay 11.96 2019 down 7.0% rising
120 Macau, China 11.76 2019 down 35.6% rising
121 United Arab Emirates 11.71 2019 down 46.0% falling
122 Liberia 11.7 2019 up 21.5% rising
123 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.49 2019 down 38.3% flat
124 Sudan 11.11 2010 up 84.9% rising
125 Costa Rica 11.09 2019 down 17.5% rising
126 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10.85 2019 up 45.6% rising
127 Guyana 10.83 2019 up 140.6% rising
128 Central African Republic 10.79 2019 up 37.9% falling
129 Mauritius 10.68 2019 down 24.8% rising
130 Paraguay 10.67 2019 down 7.8% falling
131 Lesotho 10.63 2019 up 7.2% rising
132 Namibia 10.57 2019 down 29.3% rising
133 Ghana 9.99 2019 down 40.1% falling
134 Oman 9.96 2019 down 11.5% rising
135 Republic of Moldova 9.73 2019 up 53.9% rising
136 Ukraine 9.49 2019 up 12.4% falling
137 Sao Tome and Principe 9 2019 up 30.5% volatile
138 Mali 8.68 2019 up 9.8% falling
139 Togo 8.62 2019 down 5.8% rising
140 Nigeria 8.62 2019 up 6.3% falling
141 Chad 8.51 2019 up 9.6% rising
142 Uganda 8.29 2019 down 20.0% rising
143 Madagascar 7.95 2019 down 33.9% volatile
144 Rwanda 7.83 2019 up 18.5% volatile
145 Greece 7.7 2019 down 45.0% falling
146 Argentina 7.68 2019 up 6.9% falling
147 Kenya 7.6 2019 down 22.7% falling
148 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.57 2019 up 46.8% falling
149 Burundi 7.5 2019 up 87.1% rising
150 Pakistan 7.43 2019 down 18.2% falling
151 Comoros 7.26 2019 down 36.1% falling
152 Nicaragua 7.26 2019 down 22.9% rising
153 Iraq 7.15 2019 up 95.9% volatile
154 Guinea 7.13 2019 up 45.8% volatile
155 Armenia 6.69 2019 down 47.6% rising
156 Tunisia 6.55 2019 down 26.4% falling
157 Gambia 6.3 2019 up 62.9% rising
158 Zimbabwe 6.16 2008 up 17.3% volatile
159 Papua New Guinea 5.76 1993 down 48.6% falling
160 Eswatini 5.38 2019 up 30.4% volatile
161 Azerbaijan 5.27 2019 up 83.6% falling
162 Dominica 5.07 2019 up 3.6% falling
163 Tajikistan 4.78 2019 up 31.3% volatile
164 Egypt 4.33 2019 down 15.7% volatile
165 Afghanistan 3.98 2019 down 26.5% falling
166 Libya 3.7 2008 up 83.0% falling
167 Equatorial Guinea 3.53 2019 down 69.5% volatile
168 Malawi 3.2 2019 down 53.1% falling
169 Sierra Leone 2.92 2019 up 71.8% volatile
170 Eritrea 1.96 2019 up 2.2% volatile
171 Syrian Arab Republic 1.81 2010 up 80.0% rising
172 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.76 2019 down 92.3% falling
173 Guinea-Bissau 1.32 2019 up 69.2% flat

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Indicator
Gross fixed capital formation, Private sector, Constant prices, Percent of GDP
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
173 places, 9,224 data points, 1960–2019
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This dataset provides comprehensive data for investment and capital stock for the general government, private sector and public-private partnerships, across the Fund member countries.