Gross public investment in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Gross public investment was 7.6% in 2011. ▲ Rising
Gross public investment in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1980–2011
Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2011, gross public investment in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) stood at 7.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 75.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross public investment in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 8.2% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Gross public investment in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 6.7% | — |
| 1981 | 7.2% | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 7.2% | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 6.6% | -8.8% |
| 1984 | 5.6% | -14.3% |
| 1985 | 5.5% | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 5.6% | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 5.5% | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 5.6% | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 5.7% | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 5.5% | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 4.8% | -11.8% |
| 1992 | 4.7% | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 4.3% | -7.0% |
| 1994 | 4.6% | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 4.5% | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 4.7% | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 4.5% | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 4.6% | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 4.7% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 4.2% | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 4.3% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 5.0% | +16.2% |
| 2003 | 5.2% | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 5.4% | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 5.2% | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 5.7% | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 6.2% | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 7.2% | +16.0% |
| 2009 | 8.2% | +13.1% |
| 2010 | 7.8% | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 7.6% | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.1% | 5.5% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.7% | 4.3% | 5.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.7% | 4.2% | 8.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.7% | 7.6% | 7.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- 2 Equatorial Guinea 24.3% compare
- 3 Libya 22.0% compare
- 4 Ethiopia 18.6% compare
- 5 Lesotho 17.3% compare
- 6 Congo 15.9% compare
- 7 Cape Verde 14.8% compare
- 8 Mozambique 13.6% compare
More economy & growth data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 4.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.147 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 245.62 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 7.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.8257 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 1,380 current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 1,188 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9901 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 8.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 3.8 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross public investment in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Gross public investment in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 7.6% in 2011, according to World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.
- What is the highest gross public investment recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.2% in 2009.
- What is the lowest gross public investment recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 2000.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for gross public investment?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th out of 6 groups with data for 2011.
- Is gross public investment rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files, published as part of Gross public investment (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.