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Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Afghanistan

Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Afghanistan was 17% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is up 1.8 pts from 2023. That is the 130th highest of 164 countries in 2024.

2024, % of GDP17
Change on 2023+1.8 pts
Rank130th of 164Countries ranked
Series high172024
Series low11.52020

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Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Afghanistan, 2020 to 2024

1012141618202020212022202320242020: 11.5 % of GDP2021: 13 % of GDP2022: 16.7 % of GDP2023: 15.2 % of GDP2024: 17 % of GDP10121416182020202220242020: 11.5 % of GDP2021: 13 % of GDP2022: 16.7 % of GDP2023: 15.2 % of GDP2024: 17 % of GDP
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-10-08.
All 5 values
Period% of GDP
202417
202315.2
202216.7
202113
202011.5

Afghanistan compared with nearby places

Afghanistan: 17 % of GDPAlbania: 24.4 % of GDPArmenia: 21.4 % of GDPAngola: 10.6 % of GDPArgentina: 15.9 % of GDPAustria: 23.5 % of GDPAustralia: 24.1 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 17.6 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 24.4 % of GDPBangladesh: 30.7 % of GDPBelgium: 24.3 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 17.2 % of GDPBulgaria: 18.3 % of GDPBenin: 34.7 % of GDPBrunei: 27.7 % of GDPBolivia: 16.6 % of GDPBrazil: 16.9 % of GDPBahamas: 25.7 % of GDPBhutan: 42.1 % of GDPBotswana: 28.5 % of GDPBelarus: 23.5 % of GDPBelize: 21.1 % of GDPCanada: 22.9 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 31.4 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 15.1 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 26.5 % of GDPSwitzerland: 26.5 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 19.7 % of GDPChile: 23.7 % of GDPCameroon: 18.2 % of GDPChina: 39.7 % of GDPColombia: 16.2 % of GDPCosta Rica: 16.3 % of GDPCuba: 12.8 % of GDPCyprus: 20.5 % of GDPCzechia: 26.5 % of GDPGermany: 20.5 % of GDPDjibouti: 24.2 % of GDPDenmark: 23.3 % of GDPDominican Republic: 26.1 % of GDPAlgeria: 35.2 % of GDPEcuador: 19 % of GDPEstonia: 23.9 % of GDPEgypt: 11.7 % of GDPSpain: 20.3 % of GDPEthiopia: 20.6 % of GDPFinland: 22.1 % of GDPFiji: 20.1 % of GDPFrance: 22.1 % of GDPGabon: 19.1 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 18.7 % of GDPGeorgia: 21.3 % of GDPGhana: 9.7 % of GDPGambia: 29.9 % of GDPGuinea: 33.2 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 6.5 % of GDPGreece: 16 % of GDPGuatemala: 16 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 23.3 % of GDPHong Kong: 16.6 % of GDPHonduras: 24.2 % of GDPCroatia: 25.2 % of GDPHaiti: 12.1 % of GDPHungary: 23.2 % of GDPIndonesia: 29.1 % of GDPIreland: 17.3 % of GDPIsrael: 23.1 % of GDPIndia: 31.6 % of GDPIraq: 14.4 % of GDPIran: 28.1 % of GDPIceland: 26.8 % of GDPItaly: 21.5 % of GDPJapan: 27.8 % of GDPKenya: 17.6 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 23.3 % of GDPCambodia: 31.6 % of GDPKiribati: 29 % of GDPSouth Korea: 30 % of GDPKuwait: 16.7 % of GDPKazakhstan: 24.3 % of GDPLebanon: 1.4 % of GDPSri Lanka: 19.1 % of GDPLesotho: 29.3 % of GDPLithuania: 22.4 % of GDPLuxembourg: 15.4 % of GDPLatvia: 22.2 % of GDPLibya: 14.3 % of GDPMorocco: 26.5 % of GDPMoldova: 20.5 % of GDPMontenegro: 21.1 % of GDPMadagascar: 20.4 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 23.5 % of GDPMali: 20.9 % of GDPMongolia: 27.2 % of GDPMauritania: 25.8 % of GDPMauritius: 21 % of GDPMexico: 23.8 % of GDPMalaysia: 20.5 % of GDPNamibia: 24 % of GDPNew Caledonia: 22.1 % of GDPNiger: 22.4 % of GDPNicaragua: 23 % of GDPNetherlands: 19.9 % of GDPNorway: 22.9 % of GDPNepal: 24.5 % of GDPNew Zealand: 23.4 % of GDPOman: 25.5 % of GDPPanama: 31.4 % of GDPPeru: 20.6 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 21.9 % of GDPPhilippines: 23.6 % of GDPPakistan: 11.5 % of GDPPoland: 17 % of GDPPuerto Rico: 13.7 % of GDPPalestine: 22.1 % of GDPPortugal: 20.4 % of GDPPalau: 35.8 % of GDPParaguay: 20.8 % of GDPRomania: 25.3 % of GDPSerbia: 23.8 % of GDPRussia: 22.4 % of GDPRwanda: 32.9 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 30.6 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 19.5 % of GDPSudan: 2.9 % of GDPSweden: 25.1 % of GDPSingapore: 21 % of GDPSlovenia: 20.9 % of GDPSlovakia: 20.4 % of GDPSierra Leone: 19.6 % of GDPSenegal: 31.1 % of GDPSomalia: 26.7 % of GDPEl Salvador: 22.8 % of GDPEswatini: 16.1 % of GDPChad: 15.5 % of GDPThailand: 22.1 % of GDPTajikistan: 30.2 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 27 % of GDPTurkmenistan: 17.6 % of GDPTunisia: 15.2 % of GDPTürkiye: 31.3 % of GDPTanzania: 41.1 % of GDPUkraine: 18.5 % of GDPUganda: 21.6 % of GDPUnited States: 21.3 % of GDPUruguay: 16.3 % of GDPUzbekistan: 35.3 % of GDPVenezuela: 3.8 % of GDPVietnam: 29 % of GDPVanuatu: 24.4 % of GDPSamoa: 27.8 % of GDPSouth Africa: 14.5 % of GDPZambia: 21.6 % of GDPZimbabwe: 7.9 % of GDP
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Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP, 2024, % of GDP. Afghanistan is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: World Bank. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets, such as buildings, machinery, equipment and intellectual property, plus certain spending that adds to the value of non-produced assets such as land, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.

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 fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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World Bank. (2026). Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS) (Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP, Afghanistan, 2020 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS

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Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS), Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP, Afghanistan, 2020 to 2024. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gross-fixed-capital-formation-gdp/afghanistan. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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World Bank. 2026. Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS). Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP, Afghanistan, 2020 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gross-fixed-capital-formation-gdp/afghanistan.

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World Bank (2026) Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS), Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP, Afghanistan, 2020 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/gross-fixed-capital-formation-gdp/afghanistan (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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What is the gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Afghanistan?

Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Afghanistan was 17% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is up 1.8 pts from 2023. That is the 130th highest of 164 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

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

What was the highest gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Afghanistan?

17% of GDP in 2024, the highest value since 2020 in this series.

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