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Countries by gross capital formation, share of GDP

Ireland had the highest gross capital formation, share of GDP of 173 countries in 2019, at 53.7% of GDP. Djibouti had the lowest, at 2.3% of GDP. The median was 23.2% of GDP and the figure for the World was 26.6% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest53.7Ireland
Lowest2.3Djibouti
Median23.2173 countries
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Map of countries, 2019

United Arab Emirates: 23.2 % of GDPAlbania: 25.3 % of GDPArmenia: 17.4 % of GDPAngola: 24.5 % of GDPArgentina: 14.2 % of GDPAustria: 25.5 % of GDPAustralia: 23.3 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 20.3 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 25.2 % of GDPBangladesh: 32.2 % of GDPBelgium: 24.7 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 19.8 % of GDPBulgaria: 20.7 % of GDPBenin: 25.6 % of GDPBrunei: 38.7 % of GDPBolivia: 22.7 % of GDPBrazil: 15.5 % of GDPBahamas: 25.4 % of GDPBhutan: 46.1 % of GDPBotswana: 30.8 % of GDPBelarus: 29.1 % of GDPBelize: 16.8 % of GDPCanada: 23 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 22.3 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 26 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 25.9 % of GDPSwitzerland: 27.9 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 22 % of GDPChile: 24.9 % of GDPCameroon: 18.9 % of GDPChina: 42.7 % of GDPColombia: 21.4 % of GDPCosta Rica: 15.7 % of GDPCuba: 11.5 % of GDPCape Verde: 23.4 % of GDPCyprus: 19.5 % of GDPCzechia: 26.2 % of GDPGermany: 21.4 % of GDPDjibouti: 2.3 % of GDPDenmark: 21.9 % of GDPDominican Republic: 25.2 % of GDPAlgeria: 44.6 % of GDPEcuador: 21 % of GDPEstonia: 26.4 % of GDPEgypt: 20.7 % of GDPSpain: 20.9 % of GDPEthiopia: 35.3 % of GDPFinland: 24.6 % of GDPFiji: 19.1 % of GDPFaroe Islands: 27.6 % of GDPFrance: 23 % of GDPGabon: 21.9 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 19 % of GDPGeorgia: 27.2 % of GDPGhana: 18.6 % of GDPGreenland: 31.3 % of GDPGambia: 24.7 % of GDPGuinea: 19.7 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 10.9 % of GDPGreece: 12.1 % of GDPGuatemala: 14.3 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 22.7 % of GDPHong Kong: 18.2 % of GDPHonduras: 23 % of GDPCroatia: 22 % of GDPHaiti: 18.5 % of GDPHungary: 28.7 % of GDPIndonesia: 33.8 % of GDPIreland: 53.7 % of GDPIsrael: 23.9 % of GDPIndia: 30.1 % of GDPIraq: 22.7 % of GDPIran: 40.2 % of GDPIceland: 20.2 % of GDPItaly: 18.4 % of GDPJapan: 27.3 % of GDPKenya: 19.3 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 34.4 % of GDPCambodia: 31.4 % of GDPKiribati: 15.9 % of GDPSouth Korea: 31.2 % of GDPKuwait: 23 % of GDPKazakhstan: 27.6 % of GDPLebanon: 12.3 % of GDPSri Lanka: 34.1 % of GDPLesotho: 26.8 % of GDPLithuania: 19.6 % of GDPLuxembourg: 18.7 % of GDPLatvia: 23.3 % of GDPLibya: 13.8 % of GDPMorocco: 30.6 % of GDPMoldova: 25.1 % of GDPMontenegro: 30.9 % of GDPMadagascar: 22.7 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 34.3 % of GDPMali: 26.5 % of GDPMongolia: 35.6 % of GDPMauritania: 40 % of GDPMauritius: 19.2 % of GDPMalawi: 21.9 % of GDPMexico: 22.1 % of GDPMalaysia: 21 % of GDPMozambique: 40.8 % of GDPNamibia: 15.3 % of GDPNew Caledonia: 29.5 % of GDPNiger: 34.5 % of GDPNicaragua: 17.8 % of GDPNetherlands: 21.8 % of GDPNorway: 27.9 % of GDPNepal: 41.4 % of GDPNew Zealand: 23.9 % of GDPOman: 26.9 % of GDPPanama: 38.1 % of GDPPeru: 20.8 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 25.5 % of GDPPhilippines: 26.4 % of GDPPakistan: 15.5 % of GDPPoland: 20.7 % of GDPPuerto Rico: 15.3 % of GDPPalestine: 26.8 % of GDPPortugal: 18.8 % of GDPPalau: 34.6 % of GDPParaguay: 21.7 % of GDPQatar: 43.7 % of GDPRomania: 24.4 % of GDPSerbia: 24.9 % of GDPRussia: 22.7 % of GDPRwanda: 21.7 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 25.6 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 22.7 % of GDPSudan: 14.3 % of GDPSweden: 24.5 % of GDPSingapore: 24.3 % of GDPSlovenia: 20.8 % of GDPSlovakia: 24.1 % of GDPSierra Leone: 16 % of GDPSenegal: 32 % of GDPSomalia: 16.1 % of GDPEl Salvador: 18.3 % of GDPEswatini: 16.2 % of GDPChad: 24.3 % of GDPTogo: 18.6 % of GDPThailand: 23.8 % of GDPTajikistan: 35.4 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 26.8 % of GDPTunisia: 19.8 % of GDPTürkiye: 27.5 % of GDPTrinidad and Tobago: 21 % of GDPTanzania: 39.7 % of GDPUkraine: 14.9 % of GDPUganda: 25.5 % of GDPUnited States: 21.7 % of GDPUruguay: 14.1 % of GDPUzbekistan: 37.6 % of GDPVenezuela: 6.8 % of GDPVietnam: 32 % of GDPVanuatu: 16.4 % of GDPSamoa: 33.7 % of GDPSouth Africa: 15.8 % of GDPZambia: 39.3 % of GDPZimbabwe: 6.6 % of GDP
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% of GDP, 2019. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: World Bank, Gross capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2019

Ireland: 53.7 % of GDPIreland53.7Marshall Islands: 53.2 % of GDPMarshall Islands53.2Bhutan: 46.1 % of GDPBhutan46.1Algeria: 44.6 % of GDPAlgeria44.6Qatar: 43.7 % of GDPQatar43.7Maldives: 43.2 % of GDPMaldives43.2China: 42.7 % of GDPChina42.7Nepal: 41.4 % of GDPNepal41.4Mozambique: 40.8 % of GDPMozambique40.8Iran: 40.2 % of GDPIran40.2Mauritania: 40 % of GDPMauritania40Tanzania: 39.7 % of GDPTanzania39.7Zambia: 39.3 % of GDPZambia39.3Brunei: 38.7 % of GDPBrunei38.7Panama: 38.1 % of GDPPanama38.1Uzbekistan: 37.6 % of GDPUzbekistan37.6Bahrain: 35.6 % of GDPBahrain35.6Mongolia: 35.6 % of GDPMongolia35.6Tajikistan: 35.4 % of GDPTajikistan35.4Ethiopia: 35.3 % of GDPEthiopia35.3Palau: 34.6 % of GDPPalau34.6Niger: 34.5 % of GDPNiger34.5Kyrgyzstan: 34.4 % of GDPKyrgyzstan34.4North Macedonia: 34.3 % of GDPNorth Macedonia34.3Sri Lanka: 34.1 % of GDPSri Lanka34.1Indonesia: 33.8 % of GDPIndonesia33.8Samoa: 33.7 % of GDPSamoa33.7Bangladesh: 32.2 % of GDPBangladesh32.2Vietnam: 32 % of GDPVietnam32Senegal: 32 % of GDPSenegal32Cambodia: 31.4 % of GDPCambodia31.4Greenland: 31.3 % of GDPGreenland31.3South Korea: 31.2 % of GDPSouth Korea31.2Montenegro: 30.9 % of GDPMontenegro30.9Botswana: 30.8 % of GDPBotswana30.8Morocco: 30.6 % of GDPMorocco30.6India: 30.1 % of GDPIndia30.1New Caledonia: 29.5 % of GDPNew Caledonia29.5Belarus: 29.1 % of GDPBelarus29.1Hungary: 28.7 % of GDPHungary28.7Ireland: 53.7 % of GDPIreland53.7Marshall Islands: 53.2 % of GDPMarshall Islands53.2Bhutan: 46.1 % of GDPBhutan46.1Algeria: 44.6 % of GDPAlgeria44.6Qatar: 43.7 % of GDPQatar43.7Maldives: 43.2 % of GDPMaldives43.2China: 42.7 % of GDPChina42.7Nepal: 41.4 % of GDPNepal41.4Mozambique: 40.8 % of GDPMozambique40.8Iran: 40.2 % of GDPIran40.2Mauritania: 40 % of GDPMauritania40Tanzania: 39.7 % of GDPTanzania39.7Zambia: 39.3 % of GDPZambia39.3Brunei: 38.7 % of GDPBrunei38.7Panama: 38.1 % of GDPPanama38.1Uzbekistan: 37.6 % of GDPUzbekistan37.6Bahrain: 35.6 % of GDPBahrain35.6Mongolia: 35.6 % of GDPMongolia35.6Tajikistan: 35.4 % of GDPTajikistan35.4Ethiopia: 35.3 % of GDPEthiopia35.3Palau: 34.6 % of GDPPalau34.6Niger: 34.5 % of GDPNiger34.5Kyrgyzstan: 34.4 % of GDPKyrgyzstan34.4North Macedonia: 34.3 % of GDPNorth Macedonia34.3Sri Lanka: 34.1 % of GDPSri Lanka34.1Indonesia: 33.8 % of GDPIndonesia33.8Samoa: 33.7 % of GDPSamoa33.7Bangladesh: 32.2 % of GDPBangladesh32.2Vietnam: 32 % of GDPVietnam32Senegal: 32 % of GDPSenegal32Cambodia: 31.4 % of GDPCambodia31.4Greenland: 31.3 % of GDPGreenland31.3South Korea: 31.2 % of GDPSouth Korea31.2Montenegro: 30.9 % of GDPMontenegro30.9Botswana: 30.8 % of GDPBotswana30.8Morocco: 30.6 % of GDPMorocco30.6India: 30.1 % of GDPIndia30.1New Caledonia: 29.5 % of GDPNew Caledonia29.5Belarus: 29.1 % of GDPBelarus29.1Hungary: 28.7 % of GDPHungary28.7
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Gross capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankCountries2019
% of GDP		Change on 2018
1Ireland53.7+25.5 pts
2Marshall Islands53.2+30.5 pts
3Bhutan46.1-7.9 pts
4Algeria44.6-1.8 pts
5Qatar43.7+2.1 pts
6Maldives43.2-5.8 pts
7China42.7-0.6 pts
8Nepal41.4+1.8 pts
9Mozambique40.8-5.1 pts
10Iran40.2+4 pts
11Mauritania40-6.4 pts
12Tanzania39.7+1.3 pts
13Zambia39.3+0.7 pts
14Brunei38.7-2.4 pts
15Panama38.1-3.1 pts
16Uzbekistan37.6+4.1 pts
17Bahrain35.6+0.1 pts
18Mongolia35.6-3.8 pts
19Tajikistan35.4-1.9 pts
20Ethiopia35.3+1.1 pts
21Palau34.6+5.8 pts
22Niger34.5+1.6 pts
23Kyrgyzstan34.4-1.6 pts
24North Macedonia34.3+1.9 pts
25Sri Lanka34.1-3.9 pts
26Indonesia33.8-0.8 pts
27Samoa33.7+0.5 pts
28Bangladesh32.2+0.4 pts
29Vietnam32-0 pts
30Senegal32-0.7 pts
31Cambodia31.4+0.7 pts
32Greenland31.3+9.5 pts
33South Korea31.2-0.1 pts
34Montenegro30.9-0.4 pts
35Botswana30.8+4.9 pts
36Morocco30.6-1.5 pts
37India30.1-2.2 pts
38New Caledonia29.5+1.9 pts
39Belarus29.1+1.1 pts
40Hungary28.7+1.6 pts
41Norway27.9+2 pts
42Switzerland27.9+0.6 pts
43Kazakhstan27.6+2.4 pts
44Faroe Islands27.6-2.1 pts
45Tonga27.6+3.1 pts
46Türkiye27.5-3.8 pts
47Japan27.3+0.2 pts
48Georgia27.2-0.8 pts
49Oman26.9-4.8 pts
50Palestine26.8-1.5 pts
51Lesotho26.8+5.3 pts
52Timor-Leste26.8-9.1 pts
53Mali26.5+2 pts
54Philippines26.4-0.7 pts
55Estonia26.4-1.5 pts
56Czechia26.2+0.5 pts
57Central African Republic260 pts
58Republic of the Congo25.9-3.6 pts
59Benin25.6-0.8 pts
60Saudi Arabia25.6+3.2 pts
61Uganda25.5+1.2 pts
62Austria25.5-0.4 pts
63French Polynesia25.5-2 pts
64Bahamas25.4-0.3 pts
65Albania25.3-1.8 pts
66Dominican Republic25.20 pts
67Bosnia and Herzegovina25.2+0.4 pts
68Moldova25.1-1.5 pts
69Chile24.9+0.7 pts
70Serbia24.9+2.4 pts
71Belgium24.7-0.9 pts
72Gambia24.7+3.8 pts
73Finland24.6-1.2 pts
74Angola24.5+0.6 pts
75Sweden24.5-0.9 pts
76Romania24.4+1.4 pts
77Singapore24.3-0.3 pts
78Chad24.3+2.4 pts
79Slovakia24.1-0.1 pts
80San Marino24+3.4 pts
81New Zealand23.9-0.2 pts
82Israel23.9-0.3 pts
83Thailand23.8-1.4 pts
84Cape Verde23.4-4.1 pts
85Latvia23.3-0.5 pts
86Australia23.3-1.3 pts
87United Arab Emirates23.2+2 pts
88Canada23-0.3 pts
89France23+0.4 pts
90Kuwait23-2.5 pts
91Honduras23-3.6 pts
92Iraq22.7+5.2 pts
93Bolivia22.7-1.3 pts
94Solomon Islands22.7+3.6 pts
95Madagascar22.7+2 pts
96Russia22.7+0.7 pts
97Guinea-Bissau22.7+3.5 pts
98Aruba22.6+0.2 pts
99Democratic Republic of the Congo22.3-6.4 pts
100Mexico22.1-1.3 pts
101Seychelles22.1+0.1 pts
102Côte d’Ivoire22-0.3 pts
103Croatia22-0.5 pts
104Malawi21.9+0.6 pts
105Gabon21.9+2.6 pts
106Denmark21.9-0.6 pts
107Netherlands21.8+1.3 pts
108Paraguay21.7-1.1 pts
109United States21.7+0.1 pts
110Rwanda21.7+3.8 pts
111Germany21.4-0.3 pts
112Colombia21.4+0.2 pts
113Ecuador21-1.5 pts
114Malaysia21-2.8 pts
115Trinidad and Tobago21-1.9 pts
116Malta21+1.3 pts
117Spain20.9+0.2 pts
118Slovenia20.8-0.7 pts
119Peru20.8-0.5 pts
120Bulgaria20.7-0.4 pts
121Poland20.7-0.7 pts
122Egypt20.70 pts
123Azerbaijan20.3+0.2 pts
124Iceland20.2-2 pts
125Tunisia19.8-3.2 pts
126Burkina Faso19.8-2 pts
127Guinea19.7+0.2 pts
128Lithuania19.6-2.8 pts
129Cyprus19.5+0.5 pts
130Kenya19.3-0 pts
131Mauritius19.2+0.6 pts
132Fiji19.1-2 pts
133United Kingdom19+0.2 pts
134Cameroon18.9-0.6 pts
135Portugal18.8+0.2 pts
136Luxembourg18.7+1.7 pts
137Ghana18.6-3.1 pts
138Togo18.6-0.5 pts
139Haiti18.5+2.5 pts
140Italy18.4-0.3 pts
141El Salvador18.3-0 pts
142Hong Kong18.2-3.8 pts
143Nicaragua17.8-6.2 pts
144Armenia17.4-5 pts
145Belize16.8+0.3 pts
146Vanuatu16.4-6.5 pts
147Eswatini16.2-3.6 pts
148Somalia16.1-0 pts
149Sierra Leone16+0.4 pts
150Kiribati15.9-3 pts
151South Africa15.8-0.3 pts
152Costa Rica15.7-2.5 pts
153Brazil15.5+0.4 pts
154Pakistan15.5-1.6 pts
155Puerto Rico15.30 pts
156Namibia15.3+0.4 pts
157Ukraine14.9-3.7 pts
158Bermuda14.7+1.3 pts
159Guatemala14.3+0.5 pts
160Sudan14.3+4.3 pts
161Argentina14.2-2.4 pts
162Macao14.2-3.1 pts
163Uruguay14.1-0.7 pts
164Libya13.8-1.4 pts
165Comoros12.7-2.1 pts
166Lebanon12.3-10.2 pts
167Greece12.1-0.9 pts
168São Tomé and Príncipe12-1.8 pts
169Cuba11.5-0.5 pts
170Equatorial Guinea10.9-1.6 pts
171Venezuela6.8+2.5 pts
172Zimbabwe6.6-7.6 pts
173Djibouti2.3-0.5 pts

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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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 13 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2019 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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