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Gross public investment (% of GDP) by country

Gross public investment (see definition below) as a percentage of GDP (%) . Public sectors’ 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...

Countries reporting
49
Highest
27.7%
Algeria
Lowest
0.0%
Egypt
Median
7.9%
Years covered
52
1960–2011
Data points
1,642

What the numbers show

Gross public investment (% of GDP) is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 27.7% in Algeria; the lowest is 0.0% in Egypt.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.9%, and the mean is 9.1%.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Congo, Democratic Republic of the (up 5,431.5%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 100.0%).

Gross public investment: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Algeria 27.7% 2010 up 254.2% rising
2 Equatorial Guinea 24.3% 2011 up 228.5% volatile
3 Libya 22.0% 2008 up 94.1% rising
4 Ethiopia 18.6% 2011 up 41.9% volatile
5 Lesotho 17.3% 2011 up 55.1% falling
6 Congo 15.9% 2011 up 58.8% volatile
7 Cape Verde 14.8% 2011 up 40.5% falling
8 Mozambique 13.6% 2011 down 2.5% rising
9 Djibouti 12.2% 2007 up 185.2% rising
10 Senegal 11.9% 2011 up 136.1% rising
11 Rwanda 11.1% 2011 up 42.4% falling
12 Sierra Leone 10.8% 2011 up 139.3% rising
13 Gabon 10.7% 2011 up 124.9% volatile
14 Benin 10.6% 2011 up 57.4% rising
15 Mali 9.8% 2011 up 39.9% falling
16 Eritrea 9.8% 2007 down 46.2% rising
17 Chad 9.1% 2010 down 13.5% rising
18 Guinea-Bissau 8.9% 2002 down 72.2% falling
19 Tanzania, United Republic of 8.9% 2011 up 180.8% rising
20 Gambia 8.7% 2011 down 13.2% falling
21 Angola 8.7% 2011 up 36.2% rising
22 Namibia 8.6% 2011 up 8.7% falling
23 Togo 8.4% 2011 up 262.2% volatile
24 Burundi 8.2% 2011 up 152.4% falling
25 Botswana 7.9% 2011 down 21.9% rising
26 Burkina Faso 7.7% 2011 up 37.4% falling
27 South Africa 7.1% 2011 up 183.0% volatile
28 Malawi 6.9% 2011 down 32.2% falling
29 Uganda 6.7% 2011 up 12.8% rising
30 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.7% 2011 up 5,431.5% volatile
31 Cameroon 6.5% 2011 up 192.0% volatile
32 Niger 6.3% 2005 up 20.4% falling
33 Ghana 6.2% 2011 down 40.0% flat
34 Côte d'Ivoire 6.1% 2011 up 229.7% falling
35 Liberia 6.1% 2011 down 1.7% volatile
36 Mauritania 5.9% 2011 down 11.9% volatile
37 Morocco 5.6% 2011 up 20.2% falling
38 Mauritius 5.5% 2011 down 21.5% falling
39 Zambia 5.4% 2011 down 53.8% falling
40 Kenya 5.3% 2009 up 17.8% volatile
41 Eswatini 4.9% 2011 down 21.1% volatile
42 Comoros 4.7% 2009 down 12.4% volatile
43 Guinea 4.3% 2011 down 18.3% falling
44 Central African Republic 4.0% 2011 up 10.1% falling
45 Zimbabwe 3.7% 2011 up 78.2% falling
46 Tunisia 3.4% 2009 down 13.4% volatile
47 Madagascar 3.2% 2009 down 54.3% rising
48 Sudan 3.0% 2011 up 17.0% volatile
49 Egypt 0.0% 2011 down 100.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Gross public investment (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
55 places, 1,642 data points, 1960–2011
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Gross public investment (see definition below) as a percentage of GDP (%) . Public sectors’ 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 measured at constant prices, done by government units and non-financial public enterprises. Most outlays by government on military equipment are excluded. According to 1993 SNA are outlays on weapons and equipment with no alternative civil use treated as intermediate consumption, and part of governments consumption expenditure.