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Gross capital formation, share of GDP in South Sudan

Gross capital formation, share of GDP in South Sudan was 5.8% of GDP in 2015, according to the World Bank. That is down 2.2 pts from 2014.

2015, % of GDP5.8
Change on 2014-2.2 pts
Series high13.82008
Series low5.82015

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Gross capital formation, share of GDP in South Sudan, 2008 to 2015

46810121420082010201220152008: 13.8 % of GDP2009: 13.7 % of GDP2010: 10.3 % of GDP2011: 9.5 % of GDP2012: 7.1 % of GDP2013: 11.4 % of GDP2014: 8 % of GDP2015: 5.8 % of GDP57.51012.5152008201120152008: 13.8 % of GDP2009: 13.7 % of GDP2010: 10.3 % of GDP2011: 9.5 % of GDP2012: 7.1 % of GDP2013: 11.4 % of GDP2014: 8 % of GDP2015: 5.8 % of GDP
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Gross capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-10-08.
All 8 values
Period% of GDP
20155.8
20148
201311.4
20127.1
20119.5
201010.3
200913.7
200813.8

South Sudan compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 21.6 % of GDPAlbania: 27.8 % of GDPArmenia: 20.7 % of GDPAngola: 29.1 % of GDPArgentina: 17.1 % of GDPAustria: 24 % of GDPAustralia: 26.2 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 27.9 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 22.2 % of GDPBangladesh: 28.9 % of GDPBelgium: 23.3 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 19.4 % of GDPBulgaria: 21 % of GDPBenin: 20.7 % of GDPBrunei: 35.2 % of GDPBolivia: 20.3 % of GDPBrazil: 17.4 % of GDPBahamas: 24.6 % of GDPBhutan: 56.4 % of GDPBotswana: 28.4 % of GDPBelarus: 29 % of GDPBelize: 16.7 % of GDPCanada: 23.8 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 28.2 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 21.8 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 76.8 % of GDPSwitzerland: 25.9 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 23.4 % of GDPChile: 25.6 % of GDPCameroon: 18.2 % of GDPChina: 42.7 % of GDPColombia: 23.8 % of GDPCosta Rica: 18.9 % of GDPCuba: 9.4 % of GDPCape Verde: 29.1 % of GDPCyprus: 13.3 % of GDPCzechia: 27 % of GDPGermany: 19.5 % of GDPDjibouti: -3.9 % of GDPDenmark: 20.5 % of GDPDominican Republic: 22.7 % of GDPAlgeria: 51.8 % of GDPEcuador: 22.7 % of GDPEstonia: 24.6 % of GDPEgypt: 14.3 % of GDPSpain: 19.4 % of GDPEthiopia: 40.7 % of GDPFinland: 21.9 % of GDPFiji: 22.4 % of GDPFaroe Islands: 24 % of GDPFrance: 21.7 % of GDPGabon: 29.2 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 18.5 % of GDPGeorgia: 26.9 % of GDPGhana: 27.7 % of GDPGreenland: 24 % of GDPGambia: 20.3 % of GDPGuinea: 24.2 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 24.7 % of GDPGreece: 12 % of GDPGuatemala: 14.8 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 14.7 % of GDPHong Kong: 21.5 % of GDPHonduras: 25.1 % of GDPCroatia: 19.5 % of GDPHaiti: 14 % of GDPHungary: 23.9 % of GDPIndonesia: 34.1 % of GDPIreland: 26.1 % of GDPIsrael: 22.1 % of GDPIndia: 32.1 % of GDPIraq: 20.4 % of GDPIran: 32 % of GDPIceland: 19.2 % of GDPItaly: 17.3 % of GDPJapan: 26.6 % of GDPKenya: 22.1 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 34.7 % of GDPCambodia: 29.9 % of GDPKiribati: 37.8 % of GDPSouth Korea: 29.3 % of GDPKuwait: 25.4 % of GDPKazakhstan: 27.9 % of GDPLaos: 31.6 % of GDPLebanon: 22.2 % of GDPSri Lanka: 34.3 % of GDPLesotho: 30.4 % of GDPLithuania: 22.6 % of GDPLuxembourg: 19 % of GDPLatvia: 24.1 % of GDPLibya: 17.4 % of GDPMorocco: 30.2 % of GDPMoldova: 24.1 % of GDPMontenegro: 19.7 % of GDPMadagascar: 16 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 30.4 % of GDPMali: 24.9 % of GDPMongolia: 24.5 % of GDPMauritania: 38.5 % of GDPMauritius: 17.3 % of GDPMexico: 23.7 % of GDPMalaysia: 25.4 % of GDPMozambique: 42.2 % of GDPNamibia: 30.6 % of GDPNew Caledonia: 34.7 % of GDPNiger: 32.4 % of GDPNicaragua: 33.5 % of GDPNetherlands: 22.2 % of GDPNorway: 25.6 % of GDPNepal: 31.3 % of GDPNew Zealand: 23.3 % of GDPOman: 36.4 % of GDPPanama: 42.3 % of GDPPeru: 24.3 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 20 % of GDPPhilippines: 21.3 % of GDPPakistan: 15.8 % of GDPPoland: 20.8 % of GDPPuerto Rico: 8.6 % of GDPPalestine: 25.1 % of GDPPortugal: 15.9 % of GDPPalau: 28.4 % of GDPParaguay: 21.9 % of GDPQatar: 37.1 % of GDPRomania: 25.5 % of GDPSerbia: 18.5 % of GDPRussia: 22.1 % of GDPRwanda: 24.5 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 32.4 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 15.9 % of GDPSudan: 12.8 % of GDPSweden: 23.8 % of GDPSingapore: 25.4 % of GDPSlovenia: 19.5 % of GDPSlovakia: 25.8 % of GDPSierra Leone: 18.1 % of GDPSenegal: 25.8 % of GDPSomalia: 13.1 % of GDPSouth Sudan: 5.8 % of GDPEl Salvador: 16 % of GDPEswatini: 17.2 % of GDPChad: 22.9 % of GDPTogo: 25.2 % of GDPThailand: 22.4 % of GDPTajikistan: 44.7 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 36.9 % of GDPTunisia: 21.7 % of GDPTürkiye: 30.1 % of GDPTrinidad and Tobago: 25.5 % of GDPTanzania: 32.8 % of GDPUkraine: 15.9 % of GDPUganda: 23.9 % of GDPUnited States: 21.4 % of GDPUruguay: 19.7 % of GDPUzbekistan: 24.4 % of GDPVenezuela: 19.4 % of GDPVietnam: 32.1 % of GDPVanuatu: 28.2 % of GDPSamoa: 35.9 % of GDPYemen: 1.7 % of GDPSouth Africa: 18.6 % of GDPZambia: 42.8 % of GDPZimbabwe: 10 % of GDP
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Gross capital formation, share of GDP, 2015, % of GDP. South Sudan is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: World Bank. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Acquisitions less disposals of produced assets for fixed capital formation, inventories or valuables, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.

Includes the change in inventories, so it can be negative in a year when stocks are run down. For investment in fixed assets alone see gross_fixed_capital_formation_gdp. Current prices, so the share moves with relative prices as well as volumes. Countries that rebase their national accounts can shift it by several points. The latest year varies by country.

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World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gross capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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World Bank. (2026). Gross capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS) (Gross capital formation, share of GDP, South Sudan, 2008 to 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS

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Gross capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS), Gross capital formation, share of GDP, South Sudan, 2008 to 2015. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gross-capital-formation-gdp/south-sudan. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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World Bank. 2026. Gross capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS). Gross capital formation, share of GDP, South Sudan, 2008 to 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gross-capital-formation-gdp/south-sudan.

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World Bank (2026) Gross capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS), Gross capital formation, share of GDP, South Sudan, 2008 to 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/gross-capital-formation-gdp/south-sudan (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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What is the gross capital formation, share of GDP in South Sudan?

Gross capital formation, share of GDP in South Sudan was 5.8% of GDP in 2015, according to the World Bank. That is down 2.2 pts from 2014.

Where does this figure come from?

World Bank. Gross capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest gross capital formation, share of GDP in South Sudan?

13.8% of GDP in 2008, the highest value since 2008 in this series.

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