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Countries by gross capital formation, share of GDP

Iran had the highest gross capital formation, share of GDP of 174 countries in 2020, at 47.9% of GDP. Djibouti had the lowest, at -0.2% of GDP. The median was 22.3% of GDP and the figure for the World was 26.5% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest47.9Iran
Lowest-0.2Djibouti
Median22.3174 countries
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Map of countries, 2020

United Arab Emirates: 22.8 % of GDPAfghanistan: 11.5 % of GDPAlbania: 26.2 % of GDPArmenia: 19.7 % of GDPAngola: 19.8 % of GDPArgentina: 14.4 % of GDPAustria: 25.7 % of GDPAustralia: 22.3 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 23.7 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 23.5 % of GDPBangladesh: 31.3 % of GDPBelgium: 24.1 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 17.2 % of GDPBulgaria: 20.2 % of GDPBenin: 25.6 % of GDPBrunei: 40.6 % of GDPBolivia: 17.3 % of GDPBrazil: 16.1 % of GDPBahamas: 23.1 % of GDPBhutan: 39.1 % of GDPBotswana: 32.7 % of GDPBelarus: 27.5 % of GDPBelize: 18.4 % of GDPCanada: 22.7 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 21.8 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 26 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 23.7 % of GDPSwitzerland: 31.3 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 21.7 % of GDPChile: 21.1 % of GDPCameroon: 17.7 % of GDPChina: 42.6 % of GDPColombia: 19.1 % of GDPCosta Rica: 15.5 % of GDPCuba: 9.9 % of GDPCape Verde: 29 % of GDPCyprus: 20.6 % of GDPCzechia: 24.7 % of GDPGermany: 21.7 % of GDPDjibouti: -0.2 % of GDPDenmark: 22.8 % of GDPDominican Republic: 24.9 % of GDPAlgeria: 42.9 % of GDPEcuador: 17.6 % of GDPEstonia: 29.7 % of GDPEgypt: 18.8 % of GDPSpain: 20.6 % of GDPEthiopia: 30.6 % of GDPFinland: 25 % of GDPFiji: 16.4 % of GDPFaroe Islands: 28.3 % of GDPFrance: 22.8 % of GDPGabon: 19.9 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 18.3 % of GDPGeorgia: 24.6 % of GDPGhana: 18.2 % of GDPGreenland: 33 % of GDPGambia: 32.3 % of GDPGuinea: 31.5 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 7 % of GDPGreece: 13.5 % of GDPGuatemala: 13.5 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 25.7 % of GDPHong Kong: 19 % of GDPHonduras: 19.7 % of GDPCroatia: 23.5 % of GDPHaiti: 17.7 % of GDPHungary: 27.5 % of GDPIndonesia: 32.3 % of GDPIreland: 42.6 % of GDPIsrael: 25 % of GDPIndia: 28.9 % of GDPIraq: 22.3 % of GDPIran: 47.9 % of GDPIceland: 21 % of GDPItaly: 17.9 % of GDPJapan: 26.9 % of GDPKenya: 19.7 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 25 % of GDPCambodia: 31.4 % of GDPKiribati: 14.7 % of GDPSouth Korea: 31.5 % of GDPKuwait: 18.7 % of GDPKazakhstan: 28.8 % of GDPLebanon: 8.1 % of GDPSri Lanka: 32.9 % of GDPLesotho: 26.3 % of GDPLithuania: 16.5 % of GDPLuxembourg: 17.9 % of GDPLatvia: 22.2 % of GDPLibya: 9.4 % of GDPMorocco: 28.8 % of GDPMoldova: 23.9 % of GDPMontenegro: 30.1 % of GDPMadagascar: 17.7 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 29.9 % of GDPMali: 20.7 % of GDPMongolia: 22.4 % of GDPMauritania: 38.7 % of GDPMauritius: 18 % of GDPMalawi: 16.7 % of GDPMexico: 20.2 % of GDPMalaysia: 19.7 % of GDPMozambique: 44.8 % of GDPNamibia: 13.9 % of GDPNew Caledonia: 27.3 % of GDPNiger: 32.5 % of GDPNicaragua: 20.3 % of GDPNetherlands: 21.4 % of GDPNorway: 29 % of GDPNepal: 30.4 % of GDPNew Zealand: 23.3 % of GDPOman: 27.6 % of GDPPanama: 24 % of GDPPeru: 18.2 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 21.1 % of GDPPhilippines: 17.4 % of GDPPakistan: 14.8 % of GDPPoland: 18.8 % of GDPPuerto Rico: 10.9 % of GDPPalestine: 24.3 % of GDPPortugal: 19.4 % of GDPPalau: 42.2 % of GDPParaguay: 20 % of GDPQatar: 43.8 % of GDPRomania: 24.3 % of GDPSerbia: 24.1 % of GDPRussia: 23.5 % of GDPRwanda: 18.2 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 23.3 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 16.7 % of GDPSudan: 5.8 % of GDPSweden: 24.4 % of GDPSingapore: 22.9 % of GDPSlovenia: 20.2 % of GDPSlovakia: 20.2 % of GDPSierra Leone: 15.3 % of GDPSenegal: 35.6 % of GDPSomalia: 16 % of GDPEl Salvador: 17.2 % of GDPEswatini: 15.3 % of GDPChad: 22.8 % of GDPTogo: 19.8 % of GDPThailand: 23.8 % of GDPTajikistan: 33.5 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 16.5 % of GDPTunisia: 12.7 % of GDPTürkiye: 34.2 % of GDPTrinidad and Tobago: 20.5 % of GDPTanzania: 38.7 % of GDPUkraine: 8.9 % of GDPUganda: 24.2 % of GDPUnited States: 21.4 % of GDPUruguay: 16.2 % of GDPUzbekistan: 35.6 % of GDPVenezuela: 9.2 % of GDPVietnam: 31.9 % of GDPVanuatu: 18.7 % of GDPSamoa: 33.2 % of GDPSouth Africa: 12.3 % of GDPZambia: 32.2 % of GDPZimbabwe: 7.3 % of GDP
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% of GDP, 2020. Red areas are below zero and blue areas above it. 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, 2020

Iran: 47.9 % of GDPIran47.9Mozambique: 44.8 % of GDPMozambique44.8Qatar: 43.8 % of GDPQatar43.8Algeria: 42.9 % of GDPAlgeria42.9Ireland: 42.6 % of GDPIreland42.6China: 42.6 % of GDPChina42.6Palau: 42.2 % of GDPPalau42.2Brunei: 40.6 % of GDPBrunei40.6Bhutan: 39.1 % of GDPBhutan39.1Tanzania: 38.7 % of GDPTanzania38.7Mauritania: 38.7 % of GDPMauritania38.7Bahrain: 37.3 % of GDPBahrain37.3Senegal: 35.6 % of GDPSenegal35.6Uzbekistan: 35.6 % of GDPUzbekistan35.6Maldives: 35.5 % of GDPMaldives35.5Türkiye: 34.2 % of GDPTürkiye34.2Tajikistan: 33.5 % of GDPTajikistan33.5Samoa: 33.2 % of GDPSamoa33.2Greenland: 33 % of GDPGreenland33Sri Lanka: 32.9 % of GDPSri Lanka32.9Botswana: 32.7 % of GDPBotswana32.7Niger: 32.5 % of GDPNiger32.5Indonesia: 32.3 % of GDPIndonesia32.3Gambia: 32.3 % of GDPGambia32.3Zambia: 32.2 % of GDPZambia32.2Vietnam: 31.9 % of GDPVietnam31.9South Korea: 31.5 % of GDPSouth Korea31.5Guinea: 31.5 % of GDPGuinea31.5Cambodia: 31.4 % of GDPCambodia31.4Bangladesh: 31.3 % of GDPBangladesh31.3Switzerland: 31.3 % of GDPSwitzerland31.3Ethiopia: 30.6 % of GDPEthiopia30.6Nepal: 30.4 % of GDPNepal30.4Montenegro: 30.1 % of GDPMontenegro30.1North Macedonia: 29.9 % of GDPNorth Macedonia29.9Estonia: 29.7 % of GDPEstonia29.7Norway: 29 % of GDPNorway29Cape Verde: 29 % of GDPCape Verde29India: 28.9 % of GDPIndia28.9Kazakhstan: 28.8 % of GDPKazakhstan28.8Iran: 47.9 % of GDPIran47.9Mozambique: 44.8 % of GDPMozambique44.8Qatar: 43.8 % of GDPQatar43.8Algeria: 42.9 % of GDPAlgeria42.9Ireland: 42.6 % of GDPIreland42.6China: 42.6 % of GDPChina42.6Palau: 42.2 % of GDPPalau42.2Brunei: 40.6 % of GDPBrunei40.6Bhutan: 39.1 % of GDPBhutan39.1Tanzania: 38.7 % of GDPTanzania38.7Mauritania: 38.7 % of GDPMauritania38.7Bahrain: 37.3 % of GDPBahrain37.3Senegal: 35.6 % of GDPSenegal35.6Uzbekistan: 35.6 % of GDPUzbekistan35.6Maldives: 35.5 % of GDPMaldives35.5Türkiye: 34.2 % of GDPTürkiye34.2Tajikistan: 33.5 % of GDPTajikistan33.5Samoa: 33.2 % of GDPSamoa33.2Greenland: 33 % of GDPGreenland33Sri Lanka: 32.9 % of GDPSri Lanka32.9Botswana: 32.7 % of GDPBotswana32.7Niger: 32.5 % of GDPNiger32.5Indonesia: 32.3 % of GDPIndonesia32.3Gambia: 32.3 % of GDPGambia32.3Zambia: 32.2 % of GDPZambia32.2Vietnam: 31.9 % of GDPVietnam31.9South Korea: 31.5 % of GDPSouth Korea31.5Guinea: 31.5 % of GDPGuinea31.5Cambodia: 31.4 % of GDPCambodia31.4Bangladesh: 31.3 % of GDPBangladesh31.3Switzerland: 31.3 % of GDPSwitzerland31.3Ethiopia: 30.6 % of GDPEthiopia30.6Nepal: 30.4 % of GDPNepal30.4Montenegro: 30.1 % of GDPMontenegro30.1North Macedonia: 29.9 % of GDPNorth Macedonia29.9Estonia: 29.7 % of GDPEstonia29.7Norway: 29 % of GDPNorway29Cape Verde: 29 % of GDPCape Verde29India: 28.9 % of GDPIndia28.9Kazakhstan: 28.8 % of GDPKazakhstan28.8
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Gross capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankCountries2020
% of GDP		Change on 2019
1Iran47.9+7.7 pts
2Mozambique44.8+4 pts
3Qatar43.8+0.1 pts
4Algeria42.9-1.7 pts
5Ireland42.6-11.1 pts
6China42.6-0.1 pts
7Palau42.2+7.6 pts
8Brunei40.6+1.9 pts
9Bhutan39.1-7 pts
10Tanzania38.7-1 pts
11Mauritania38.7-1.4 pts
12Bahrain37.3+1.7 pts
13Senegal35.6+3.7 pts
14Uzbekistan35.6-1.9 pts
15Maldives35.5-7.6 pts
16Türkiye34.2+6.6 pts
17Tajikistan33.5-1.9 pts
18Samoa33.2-0.5 pts
19Greenland33+1.7 pts
20Sri Lanka32.9-1.2 pts
21Botswana32.7+1.9 pts
22Niger32.5-1.9 pts
23Indonesia32.3-1.4 pts
24Gambia32.3+7.7 pts
25Zambia32.2-7 pts
26Vietnam31.9-0.1 pts
27South Korea31.5+0.3 pts
28Guinea31.5+11.8 pts
29Cambodia31.4-0 pts
30Bangladesh31.3-0.9 pts
31Switzerland31.3+3.4 pts
32Ethiopia30.6-4.7 pts
33Nepal30.4-10.9 pts
34Montenegro30.1-0.8 pts
35North Macedonia29.9-4.3 pts
36Estonia29.7+3.3 pts
37Norway29+1.1 pts
38Cape Verde29+5.5 pts
39India28.9-1.2 pts
40Kazakhstan28.8+1.2 pts
41Morocco28.8-1.8 pts
42Faroe Islands28.3+0.6 pts
43Oman27.6+0.8 pts
44Hungary27.5-1.2 pts
45Belarus27.5-1.7 pts
46New Caledonia27.3-2.1 pts
47Japan26.9-0.4 pts
48Lesotho26.3-0.5 pts
49Albania26.2+0.9 pts
50Macao26.2+12 pts
51Central African Republic26-0 pts
52Austria25.7+0.1 pts
53Guinea-Bissau25.7+3 pts
54Benin25.60 pts
55Kyrgyzstan25-9.4 pts
56Finland25+0.4 pts
57Israel25+1.1 pts
58Dominican Republic24.9-0.4 pts
59Czechia24.7-1.4 pts
60Georgia24.6-2.6 pts
61Tonga24.6-3 pts
62Sweden24.4-0.1 pts
63Romania24.3-0.1 pts
64Palestine24.3-2.5 pts
65Uganda24.2-1.3 pts
66Serbia24.1-0.8 pts
67Belgium24.1-0.6 pts
68Panama24-14.1 pts
69Aruba23.9+1.3 pts
70Moldova23.9-1.2 pts
71Thailand23.8-0.1 pts
72Republic of the Congo23.7-2.2 pts
73Azerbaijan23.7+3.4 pts
74Croatia23.5+1.6 pts
75Bosnia and Herzegovina23.5-1.7 pts
76Russia23.5+0.8 pts
77Saudi Arabia23.3-2.2 pts
78New Zealand23.3-0.7 pts
79Bahamas23.1-2.3 pts
80Singapore22.9-1.4 pts
81United Arab Emirates22.8-0.4 pts
82France22.8-0.2 pts
83Chad22.8-1.5 pts
84Denmark22.8+0.9 pts
85Canada22.7-0.4 pts
86Mongolia22.4-13.2 pts
87Iraq22.3-0.4 pts
88Australia22.3-1 pts
89Latvia22.2-1.2 pts
90Democratic Republic of the Congo21.8-0.5 pts
91Côte d’Ivoire21.7-0.2 pts
92Germany21.7+0.3 pts
93United States21.4-0.2 pts
94Netherlands21.4-0.4 pts
95Seychelles21.3-0.8 pts
96French Polynesia21.1-4.4 pts
97Chile21.1-3.9 pts
98Iceland21+0.8 pts
99Marshall Islands20.7-32.5 pts
100Mali20.7-5.9 pts
101Cyprus20.6+1.2 pts
102Spain20.6-0.3 pts
103Trinidad and Tobago20.5-0.5 pts
104Nicaragua20.3+2.5 pts
105Mexico20.2-1.9 pts
106Slovakia20.2-3.8 pts
107Slovenia20.2-0.6 pts
108Bulgaria20.2-0.6 pts
109Malta20.1-0.9 pts
110Paraguay20-1.6 pts
111Gabon19.9-2 pts
112Togo19.8+1.2 pts
113Angola19.8-4.8 pts
114Honduras19.7-3.3 pts
115Armenia19.7+2.3 pts
116Malaysia19.7-1.4 pts
117Kenya19.7+0.3 pts
118Portugal19.4+0.7 pts
119Colombia19.1-2.3 pts
120Hong Kong19+0.8 pts
121Poland18.8-1.9 pts
122Egypt18.8-1.8 pts
123Vanuatu18.7+2.3 pts
124Kuwait18.7-4.4 pts
125Belize18.4+1.6 pts
126United Kingdom18.3-0.7 pts
127Ghana18.2-0.4 pts
128Peru18.2-2.6 pts
129Rwanda18.2-3.5 pts
130San Marino18.1-6 pts
131Mauritius18-1.2 pts
132Luxembourg17.9-0.7 pts
133Italy17.9-0.5 pts
134Madagascar17.7-5 pts
135Haiti17.7-0.8 pts
136Cameroon17.7-1.3 pts
137Ecuador17.6-3.5 pts
138Philippines17.4-9 pts
139Bolivia17.3-5.4 pts
140El Salvador17.2-1.1 pts
141Burkina Faso17.2-2.6 pts
142Solomon Islands16.7-6 pts
143Malawi16.7-5.2 pts
144Lithuania16.5-3.1 pts
145Timor-Leste16.5-10.3 pts
146Fiji16.4-2.6 pts
147Uruguay16.2+2.1 pts
148Brazil16.1+0.6 pts
149Somalia16-0.1 pts
150Costa Rica15.5-0.2 pts
151Sierra Leone15.3-0.7 pts
152Eswatini15.3-0.9 pts
153Pakistan14.8-0.7 pts
154Kiribati14.7-1.2 pts
155Argentina14.4+0.2 pts
156Namibia13.9-1.4 pts
157Greece13.5+1.4 pts
158Guatemala13.5-0.8 pts
159Tunisia12.7-7.1 pts
160South Africa12.3-3.5 pts
161Bermuda12.2-2.5 pts
162São Tomé and Príncipe11.8-0.2 pts
163Comoros11.8-0.9 pts
164Afghanistan11.5n/a
165Puerto Rico10.9-4.5 pts
166Cuba9.9-1.6 pts
167Libya9.4-4.3 pts
168Venezuela9.2+2.4 pts
169Ukraine8.9-6 pts
170Lebanon8.1-4.2 pts
171Zimbabwe7.3+0.8 pts
172Equatorial Guinea7-3.9 pts
173Sudan5.8-8.5 pts
174Djibouti-0.2-2.5 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. 12 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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