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Countries by gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP

Palau had the highest gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP of 169 countries in 2020, at 43% of GDP. Sudan had the lowest, at 5.8% of GDP. The median was 21.4% of GDP and the figure for the World was 26.1% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest43Palau
Lowest5.8Sudan
Median21.4169 countries
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Map of countries, 2020

Afghanistan: 11.5 % of GDPAlbania: 25.2 % of GDPArmenia: 17.8 % of GDPAngola: 19.7 % of GDPArgentina: 14.3 % of GDPAustria: 25.1 % of GDPAustralia: 22.7 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 22.7 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 23.2 % of GDPBangladesh: 31.3 % of GDPBelgium: 24 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 17.8 % of GDPBulgaria: 19 % of GDPBenin: 25.2 % of GDPBrunei: 40.4 % of GDPBolivia: 15.8 % of GDPBrazil: 16.6 % of GDPBahamas: 22 % of GDPBhutan: 38.6 % of GDPBotswana: 27.6 % of GDPBelarus: 25.4 % of GDPBelize: 17.2 % of GDPCanada: 23.2 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 21.8 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 18.3 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 23.3 % of GDPSwitzerland: 27.6 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 20.3 % of GDPChile: 22.6 % of GDPCameroon: 18.2 % of GDPChina: 41.8 % of GDPColombia: 18.4 % of GDPCosta Rica: 16.3 % of GDPCuba: 9.8 % of GDPCyprus: 20.8 % of GDPCzechia: 25.5 % of GDPGermany: 21.3 % of GDPDjibouti: 30.1 % of GDPDenmark: 22.2 % of GDPDominican Republic: 24.8 % of GDPAlgeria: 39.1 % of GDPEcuador: 18 % of GDPEstonia: 31.2 % of GDPEgypt: 17 % of GDPSpain: 20.6 % of GDPEthiopia: 30.6 % of GDPFinland: 24.7 % of GDPFiji: 17.7 % of GDPFrance: 22.4 % of GDPGabon: 19.9 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 18.2 % of GDPGeorgia: 22.2 % of GDPGhana: 17.7 % of GDPGreenland: 33.1 % of GDPGambia: 32.3 % of GDPGuinea: 16.6 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 7.6 % of GDPGreece: 12.3 % of GDPGuatemala: 13.7 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 25.4 % of GDPHong Kong: 17 % of GDPHonduras: 18.3 % of GDPCroatia: 22.4 % of GDPHaiti: 17.7 % of GDPHungary: 26.4 % of GDPIndonesia: 31.7 % of GDPIreland: 41.4 % of GDPIsrael: 23 % of GDPIndia: 27.3 % of GDPIraq: 7.8 % of GDPIran: 30.3 % of GDPIceland: 21 % of GDPItaly: 18.2 % of GDPJapan: 27.1 % of GDPKenya: 19.3 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 25.9 % of GDPCambodia: 30.6 % of GDPKiribati: 14.6 % of GDPSouth Korea: 31 % of GDPKuwait: 20 % of GDPKazakhstan: 24.7 % of GDPLebanon: 8.1 % of GDPSri Lanka: 25.6 % of GDPLesotho: 24.3 % of GDPLithuania: 21.4 % of GDPLuxembourg: 17.2 % of GDPLatvia: 23 % of GDPLibya: 9.4 % of GDPMorocco: 26.2 % of GDPMoldova: 24.9 % of GDPMontenegro: 28.2 % of GDPMadagascar: 19.5 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 21.6 % of GDPMali: 22.2 % of GDPMongolia: 23.6 % of GDPMauritania: 24.7 % of GDPMauritius: 16.9 % of GDPMexico: 20.1 % of GDPMalaysia: 20.9 % of GDPNamibia: 13.7 % of GDPNew Caledonia: 27.3 % of GDPNiger: 32.2 % of GDPNicaragua: 18 % of GDPNetherlands: 21.3 % of GDPNorway: 28.4 % of GDPNepal: 30.5 % of GDPNew Zealand: 23.4 % of GDPOman: 31.6 % of GDPPanama: 23.7 % of GDPPeru: 19.9 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 21.3 % of GDPPhilippines: 21.3 % of GDPPakistan: 13.1 % of GDPPoland: 18.4 % of GDPPuerto Rico: 10.4 % of GDPPalestine: 22.7 % of GDPPortugal: 19.5 % of GDPPalau: 43 % of GDPParaguay: 19.9 % of GDPRomania: 23.5 % of GDPSerbia: 21.4 % of GDPRussia: 21.6 % of GDPRwanda: 20 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 24.4 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 18.8 % of GDPSudan: 5.8 % of GDPSweden: 24.5 % of GDPSingapore: 21 % of GDPSlovenia: 19 % of GDPSlovakia: 19.8 % of GDPSierra Leone: 15.5 % of GDPSenegal: 30.5 % of GDPSomalia: 16 % of GDPEl Salvador: 17.5 % of GDPSyria: 6.1 % of GDPEswatini: 14.9 % of GDPChad: 18.2 % of GDPTogo: 19.6 % of GDPThailand: 23.2 % of GDPTajikistan: 27.6 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 13.7 % of GDPTurkmenistan: 22.5 % of GDPTunisia: 15.8 % of GDPTürkiye: 28 % of GDPTrinidad and Tobago: 20.5 % of GDPTanzania: 40.5 % of GDPUkraine: 13.4 % of GDPUganda: 23.5 % of GDPUnited States: 21.6 % of GDPUruguay: 15.4 % of GDPUzbekistan: 32.7 % of GDPVenezuela: 7 % of GDPVietnam: 30.3 % of GDPVanuatu: 16.4 % of GDPSamoa: 32.6 % of GDPSouth Africa: 13.8 % of GDPZambia: 29.8 % of GDPZimbabwe: 6.8 % of GDP
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% of GDP, 2020. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: World Bank, Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2020

Palau: 43 % of GDPPalau43China: 41.8 % of GDPChina41.8Ireland: 41.4 % of GDPIreland41.4Tanzania: 40.5 % of GDPTanzania40.5Brunei: 40.4 % of GDPBrunei40.4Algeria: 39.1 % of GDPAlgeria39.1Maldives: 38.8 % of GDPMaldives38.8Bhutan: 38.6 % of GDPBhutan38.6Greenland: 33.1 % of GDPGreenland33.1Uzbekistan: 32.7 % of GDPUzbekistan32.7Samoa: 32.6 % of GDPSamoa32.6Gambia: 32.3 % of GDPGambia32.3Niger: 32.2 % of GDPNiger32.2Indonesia: 31.7 % of GDPIndonesia31.7Oman: 31.6 % of GDPOman31.6Bangladesh: 31.3 % of GDPBangladesh31.3Estonia: 31.2 % of GDPEstonia31.2South Korea: 31 % of GDPSouth Korea31Cambodia: 30.6 % of GDPCambodia30.6Ethiopia: 30.6 % of GDPEthiopia30.6Nepal: 30.5 % of GDPNepal30.5Senegal: 30.5 % of GDPSenegal30.5Vietnam: 30.3 % of GDPVietnam30.3Iran: 30.3 % of GDPIran30.3Djibouti: 30.1 % of GDPDjibouti30.1Zambia: 29.8 % of GDPZambia29.8Bahrain: 29.1 % of GDPBahrain29.1Norway: 28.4 % of GDPNorway28.4Montenegro: 28.2 % of GDPMontenegro28.2Türkiye: 28 % of GDPTürkiye28Switzerland: 27.6 % of GDPSwitzerland27.6Botswana: 27.6 % of GDPBotswana27.6Tajikistan: 27.6 % of GDPTajikistan27.6India: 27.3 % of GDPIndia27.3New Caledonia: 27.3 % of GDPNew Caledonia27.3Japan: 27.1 % of GDPJapan27.1Macao: 26.6 % of GDPMacao26.6Hungary: 26.4 % of GDPHungary26.4Morocco: 26.2 % of GDPMorocco26.2Kyrgyzstan: 25.9 % of GDPKyrgyzstan25.9Palau: 43 % of GDPPalau43China: 41.8 % of GDPChina41.8Ireland: 41.4 % of GDPIreland41.4Tanzania: 40.5 % of GDPTanzania40.5Brunei: 40.4 % of GDPBrunei40.4Algeria: 39.1 % of GDPAlgeria39.1Maldives: 38.8 % of GDPMaldives38.8Bhutan: 38.6 % of GDPBhutan38.6Greenland: 33.1 % of GDPGreenland33.1Uzbekistan: 32.7 % of GDPUzbekistan32.7Samoa: 32.6 % of GDPSamoa32.6Gambia: 32.3 % of GDPGambia32.3Niger: 32.2 % of GDPNiger32.2Indonesia: 31.7 % of GDPIndonesia31.7Oman: 31.6 % of GDPOman31.6Bangladesh: 31.3 % of GDPBangladesh31.3Estonia: 31.2 % of GDPEstonia31.2South Korea: 31 % of GDPSouth Korea31Cambodia: 30.6 % of GDPCambodia30.6Ethiopia: 30.6 % of GDPEthiopia30.6Nepal: 30.5 % of GDPNepal30.5Senegal: 30.5 % of GDPSenegal30.5Vietnam: 30.3 % of GDPVietnam30.3Iran: 30.3 % of GDPIran30.3Djibouti: 30.1 % of GDPDjibouti30.1Zambia: 29.8 % of GDPZambia29.8Bahrain: 29.1 % of GDPBahrain29.1Norway: 28.4 % of GDPNorway28.4Montenegro: 28.2 % of GDPMontenegro28.2Türkiye: 28 % of GDPTürkiye28Switzerland: 27.6 % of GDPSwitzerland27.6Botswana: 27.6 % of GDPBotswana27.6Tajikistan: 27.6 % of GDPTajikistan27.6India: 27.3 % of GDPIndia27.3New Caledonia: 27.3 % of GDPNew Caledonia27.3Japan: 27.1 % of GDPJapan27.1Macao: 26.6 % of GDPMacao26.6Hungary: 26.4 % of GDPHungary26.4Morocco: 26.2 % of GDPMorocco26.2Kyrgyzstan: 25.9 % of GDPKyrgyzstan25.9
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankCountries2020
% of GDP		Change on 2019
1Palau43+8.4 pts
2China41.8-0.4 pts
3Ireland41.4-11.8 pts
4Tanzania40.5-2.1 pts
5Brunei40.4+1.9 pts
6Algeria39.1-0.8 pts
7Maldives38.8-5.2 pts
8Bhutan38.6-7.2 pts
9Greenland33.1+2.3 pts
10Uzbekistan32.7-2.5 pts
11Samoa32.6-0 pts
12Gambia32.3+7.7 pts
13Niger32.2-2.3 pts
14Indonesia31.7-0.6 pts
15Oman31.6+2.6 pts
16Bangladesh31.3-0.9 pts
17Estonia31.2+4.6 pts
18South Korea31+0.9 pts
19Cambodia30.6-0 pts
20Ethiopia30.6-4.7 pts
21Nepal30.5-3.3 pts
22Senegal30.5+0.8 pts
23Vietnam30.3-0.1 pts
24Iran30.3+5 pts
25Djibouti30.1+0.3 pts
26Zambia29.8-5.9 pts
27Bahrain29.1+1.5 pts
28Norway28.4+0.9 pts
29Montenegro28.2+0.6 pts
30Türkiye28+1.5 pts
31Switzerland27.6+0.6 pts
32Botswana27.6-1.2 pts
33Tajikistan27.6-3.9 pts
34India27.3-1.1 pts
35New Caledonia27.3-2.1 pts
36Japan27.1-0 pts
37Macao26.6+12.7 pts
38Hungary26.4-0.7 pts
39Morocco26.2-1 pts
40Kyrgyzstan25.9-4.1 pts
41Sri Lanka25.6-3 pts
42Czechia25.5-0.2 pts
43Guinea-Bissau25.4+1.5 pts
44Belarus25.4-1.7 pts
45Benin25.20 pts
46Albania25.2+0.6 pts
47Austria25.1+0.1 pts
48Moldova24.9+1.5 pts
49Dominican Republic24.8-0.2 pts
50Kazakhstan24.7+1.3 pts
51Mauritania24.7-6.5 pts
52Finland24.7+0.2 pts
53Sweden24.5+0.7 pts
54Saudi Arabia24.4+2 pts
55Lesotho24.3-1.5 pts
56Belgium24-0.2 pts
57Panama23.7-13.4 pts
58Mongolia23.6-4.4 pts
59Uganda23.5-1.4 pts
60Romania23.5+0.2 pts
61Tonga23.4-2.5 pts
62New Zealand23.4-0.3 pts
63Republic of the Congo23.3-2.9 pts
64Thailand23.2+0.6 pts
65Canada23.2+0.6 pts
66Bosnia and Herzegovina23.2+0.1 pts
67Latvia23+0.3 pts
68Israel23-0.1 pts
69Australia22.7-0.6 pts
70Palestine22.7-2.5 pts
71Azerbaijan22.7+1.5 pts
72Chile22.6-2 pts
73Turkmenistan22.5-0.2 pts
74France22.40 pts
75Croatia22.4+0.4 pts
76Georgia22.2-1.7 pts
77Mali22.2-1.9 pts
78Denmark22.2+0.8 pts
79Bahamas22-2.2 pts
80Democratic Republic of the Congo21.8-0.5 pts
81North Macedonia21.6+0.5 pts
82United States21.6+0.2 pts
83Russia21.6+0.7 pts
84Serbia21.4-0.8 pts
85Lithuania21.4+0.2 pts
86Germany21.3+0.2 pts
87Seychelles21.3-0.8 pts
88Philippines21.3-5.9 pts
89French Polynesia21.3-4 pts
90Netherlands21.3+0.4 pts
91Iceland21+0.4 pts
92Singapore21-1.8 pts
93Malaysia20.9-2 pts
94Cyprus20.8+2.1 pts
95Spain20.6+0.3 pts
96Trinidad and Tobago20.5-0.5 pts
97Marshall Islands20.5-29.8 pts
98Côte d’Ivoire20.3-1.8 pts
99Mexico20.1-1.6 pts
100Rwanda20-1.5 pts
101Kuwait20-2.7 pts
102Peru19.9-1 pts
103Malta19.9-0.1 pts
104Paraguay19.9+1.2 pts
105Gabon19.9-2 pts
106Slovakia19.8-1.9 pts
107Angola19.7-4.8 pts
108Togo19.6+1.9 pts
109Madagascar19.5-1.7 pts
110Portugal19.5+1.1 pts
111Kenya19.3+0.4 pts
112Slovenia19-0.7 pts
113Bulgaria19+0.3 pts
114San Marino19-4.5 pts
115Solomon Islands18.8-1.6 pts
116Poland18.4-0.7 pts
117Colombia18.4-2.9 pts
118Central African Republic18.3+3.9 pts
119Honduras18.3-4.5 pts
120Chad18.2-2 pts
121United Kingdom18.2-0.6 pts
122Italy18.2+0.1 pts
123Cameroon18.2-0.9 pts
124Ecuador18-2.7 pts
125Nicaragua18+1.5 pts
126Armenia17.8+2 pts
127Burkina Faso17.8-1.1 pts
128Fiji17.7+0.3 pts
129Haiti17.7-0.8 pts
130Ghana17.7-0.4 pts
131El Salvador17.5-0.3 pts
132Luxembourg17.2-0.9 pts
133Belize17.2+0.4 pts
134Hong Kong17-1.3 pts
135Egypt17-1.8 pts
136Mauritius16.9-1.9 pts
137Guinea16.6-1.2 pts
138Brazil16.6+1.1 pts
139Vanuatu16.4+2.2 pts
140Costa Rica16.3-0.2 pts
141Somalia16-0.1 pts
142Tunisia15.8-3.6 pts
143Bolivia15.8-7.1 pts
144Sierra Leone15.5-1.9 pts
145Uruguay15.4+0.9 pts
146Eswatini14.9-2.7 pts
147Kiribati14.6-1.2 pts
148Argentina14.3+0.1 pts
149South Africa13.8-1.7 pts
150Guatemala13.7-0.7 pts
151Timor-Leste13.7-9.2 pts
152Namibia13.7-2.1 pts
153Ukraine13.4-4.2 pts
154Pakistan13.1-0.7 pts
155Greece12.3+1.3 pts
156Bermuda12.2-2.5 pts
157São Tomé and Príncipe11.7-0.1 pts
158Afghanistan11.5n/a
159Comoros11-1.7 pts
160Puerto Rico10.4-4.9 pts
161Cuba9.8-1.4 pts
162Libya9.4-4.3 pts
163Lebanon8.1-5.5 pts
164Iraq7.8-12 pts
165Equatorial Guinea7.6-3.8 pts
166Venezuela7+1.4 pts
167Zimbabwe6.8-0.2 pts
168Syria6.1-1.3 pts
169Sudan5.8-8.5 pts

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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.

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