Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ was 25.21 % in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
25.21 %
Change on year
down 3.3%
Rank
9th
of 19 groups
All-time high
27.87 %
in 2019
All-time low
14.9 %
in 1991
Years of data
55
1970–2024

Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1970–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2024, gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp us$ in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 25.21 %.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp us$ in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 27.87 % in 2019 and was at its lowest, 14.9 %, in 1991.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.

Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year

Annual values for Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1970 to 2024.
Year % Change
1970 15.11 %
1971 16.98 % +12.3%
1972 16.55 % -2.5%
1973 15.81 % -4.5%
1974 17.67 % +11.8%
1975 17.1 % -3.2%
1976 16.76 % -2.0%
1977 19.08 % +13.9%
1978 17.07 % -10.5%
1979 17.4 % +1.9%
1980 18.43 % +5.9%
1981 18.16 % -1.4%
1982 18.24 % +0.5%
1983 15.19 % -16.8%
1984 15.39 % +1.4%
1985 15.37 % -0.2%
1986 15.66 % +1.9%
1987 16.94 % +8.2%
1988 16.52 % -2.5%
1989 15.4 % -6.8%
1990 17.79 % +15.5%
1991 14.9 % -16.3%
1992 15.02 % +0.8%
1993 16.06 % +6.9%
1994 17.71 % +10.3%
1995 17.43 % -1.6%
1996 19.1 % +9.6%
1997 17.34 % -9.2%
1998 19.29 % +11.2%
1999 18.86 % -2.2%
2000 18.12 % -3.9%
2001 18.06 % -0.4%
2002 20.5 % +13.5%
2003 20.48 % -0.1%
2004 21.35 % +4.3%
2005 21.67 % +1.5%
2006 21.75 % +0.4%
2007 22.41 % +3.0%
2008 23.42 % +4.5%
2009 24.83 % +6.0%
2010 24.19 % -2.6%
2011 25.13 % +3.9%
2012 25.33 % +0.8%
2013 25.78 % +1.8%
2014 25.93 % +0.6%
2015 26.45 % +2.0%
2016 25.96 % -1.8%
2017 25.96 % +0.0%
2018 26.76 % +3.1%
2019 27.87 % +4.2%
2020 26.86 % -3.6%
2021 26.81 % -0.2%
2022 25.88 % -3.5%
2023 26.06 % +0.7%
2024 25.21 % -3.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 16.95 % 15.11 % 19.08 % 10
1980s 16.53 % 15.19 % 18.43 % 10
1990s 17.35 % 14.9 % 19.29 % 10
2000s 21.26 % 18.06 % 24.83 % 10
2010s 25.94 % 24.19 % 27.87 % 10
2020s 26.16 % 25.21 % 26.86 % 5

Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

  1. 6 Suriname 40.7 % compare
  2. 7 Uzbekistan 39.77 % compare
  3. 8 Dominica 39.75 % compare
  4. 9 Yemen Dem 39.48 % compare
  5. 10 Gambia 38.99 % compare
  6. 11 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 37.28 % compare
  7. 12 Qatar 36.66 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp us$ in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
Gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp us$ in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 25.21 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp us$ recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 27.87 % in 2019.
What is the lowest gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp us$ recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 14.9 % in 1991.
How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp us$?
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 9th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
Is gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp us$ rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
251 places, 12,844 data points, 1970–2024
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).