List of countries by gross fixed investment as percentage of GDP

Last updated August 23, 2022

This is the list of countries by gross fixed investment of infrastructure as percentage of GDP. Gross fixed investment is defined as total business spending on fixed assets, such as factories, machinery, equipment, dwellings, and inventories of raw materials, which provide the basis for future production. It is measured gross of the depreciation of the assets, i.e., it includes investment that merely replaces worn-out or scrapped capital.

The list is based on the CIA World Factbook and World Bank data.^[1]^[2] Dependent territories and not fully recognized states are not ranked.

Rank	Country	Investment 2017 est. (gross fixed) (% of GDP)	Investment 2012 est. (gross fixed) (% of GDP)	Investment 2008 est. (gross fixed) (% of GDP)
1	Guinea	75.15	17.4	11.70
2	Mauritania	58.53	N/A	N/A
3	Suriname	56.52	19.7	N/A
4	Bhutan	47.16	N/A	N/A
5	Haiti	43.36	37	28.90
6	China	41.89	46.1	40.20
7	Panama	40.61 (2016 est.)	28.9	24.90
8	Ethiopia	39.00	26.8	25.40
9	Zambia	36.42 (2016 est.)	19.5	26.00
10	Seychelles	35.25 (2016 est.)	37.2	10.10
11	Brunei	34.59	N/A	N/A
12	Cape Verde	34.52 (2014 est.)	34.2	41.30
13	Nepal	33.80	N/A	N/A
14	Burma	34.72 (2015 est.)	16.3	14.10
15	Oman	34.28 (2015 est.)	26.2	17.90
16	Tanzania	33.70 (2016 est.)	26.5	24.20
17	Niger	33.66	N/A	N/A
18	Indonesia	32.16	33.2	23.60
19	South Korea	31.12	26.7	27.10
20	Botswana	31.06 (2016 est.)	30	23.90
21	Tajikistan	30.73 (2016 est.)	16.6	20.00
22	Bangladesh	30.51	25.4	24.30
23	Morocco	30.50	31.4	31.90
24	Kyrgyzstan	30.30	25.7	25.80
25	Guyana	30.07	21.6	40.50
26	Algeria	29.88	31.5	24.80
27	Turkey	29.81	20.3	21.00
28	Georgia	29.54	22.8	29.50
29	Laos	29.04	N/A	N/A
30	Benin	28.57	22.6	19.50
31	India	28.49	29.9	39.00
32	Nicaragua	28.11	32.8	32.10
33	Kosovo	27.03	35 (2010 est.)	30.00 (2007 est.)
34	Togo	26.55	25.4	18.40
35	Sri Lanka	26.35	28.9	30.00
36	Bahamas	26.28	N/A	N/A
37	Republic of the Congo	26.26	51.9	19.30
38	Vanuatu	25.92 (2016 est.)	N/A	N/A
39	Bahrain	25.90 (2016 est.)	20.4	27.30
40	Malaysia	25.30	25.7	20.70
41	Czech Republic	25.23	23.6	27.80
42	Albania	25.22	26	22.80
43	Montenegro	25.19	8.3	30.50 (2006 est.)
44	Timor-Leste	25.17 (2016 est.)	N/A	N/A
45	Philippines	25.16	19.4	16.80
46	Senegal	25.09	25.5	25.40
47	Belarus	25.01	32.8	31.50
48	Sweden	24.92	18.9	19.60
49	Djibouti	24.91	N/A	N/A
50	Uzbekistan	25.90	N/A	N/A
51	Singapore	24.81	24.1	45.00
52	Burkina Faso	24.57	20.9	24.50
53	Switzerland	24.50	20	21.50
54	Ecuador	24.35	26.5	23.30
55	Norway	24.07	20.6	20.30
56	New Zealand	24.04	18.9	23.60
57	Thailand	24.02 (2016 est.)	28.5	22.20
58	Australia	24.00	28.5	27.60
59	Lesotho	23.95 (2016 est.)	37.3	39.20
60	Mongolia	23.77	N/A	N/A
61	Estonia	23.74	24.5	29.40
62	Azerbaijan	23.62	22.5	21.00
63	Uganda	23.52	24.6	26.50
64	Japan	23.55 (2016 est.)	21.2	22.50
65	Austria	23.51	21.5	20.70
66	Ireland	23.44	10	19.80
—	World	23.32	23.8	21.90
67	Belgium	23.28	20.7	21.30
68	Macedonia	23.26	21.8	18.00
69	Malta	23.17 (2016 est.)	14.6	20.00
70	Honduras	23.08	25.4	31.50
71	Vietnam	23.08	28.2	44.50
72	Canada	22.99	24	22.60
73	United Arab Emirates	22.99	29	20.80
74	Rwanda	22.90	20.4	22.50
75	Gabon	22.88 (2016 est.)	30.3	32.00
76	Colombia	22.85	23.9	23.10
77	Kazakhstan	22.72 (2016 est.)	21.1	27.80
78	Saudi Arabia	22.68	26.6	19.50
79	Finland	22.59	19.4	20.50
80	Romania	22.56	26.7	31.50
81	France	22.51	19.8	21.00
82	Palestine	22.42	N/A	N/A
83	Mexico	22.35	20.7	22.90
84	Iceland	22.14	14.4	21.90
85	Cambodia	21.92	20.3	21.30
86	Dominican Republic	21.90	16.4	19.60
87	Moldova	21.86	21.8	36.10
88	Hong Kong	21.84	26.4	20.60
89	Lebanon	21.78	32.9	24.10
90	Russia	21.69	22	24.70 (2007 est.)
91	Jamaica	21.67	20.7	34.90
92	Mozambique	21.67	24.8	24.00
93	Venezuela	21.62 (2014 est.)	19.9	20.50
94	Chile	21.56	24.1	23.70
95	Cameroon	21.55	20.9	17.60
96	Hungary	21.52	17.2	15.20 (Jan-Sept 2008)
97	Bolivia	21.27	18.3	16.70
98	Slovakia	21.20	21.5	25.90
99	Cyprus	21.12	12.8	21.40
100	Côte d'Ivoire	20.92	15	9.50
101	Chad	20.63	31.9	8.50
102	Peru	20.60	26.6	24.40
103	Democratic Republic of the Congo	20.58	14.2	10.80
104	Spain	20.55	19.1	30.10
105	Iran	20.55	31.8	27.70
106	Denmark	20.38	17.8	22.40
107	Germany	20.32	17.6	18.90
108	Netherlands	20.30	16.8	20.30
109	Israel	20.26 (2016 est.)	19.1	18.00
110	Liberia	20.09 (2016 est.)	N/A	N/A
—	European Union	20.03	17.8	21.00
111	Jordan	19.96	25.9	34.10
112	Latvia	19.93	23	30.20
113	Croatia	19.87	18.4	31.50
114	United States	19.50 (2016 est.)	18.9	21.00
115	Mali	19.27	N/A	N/A
116	Bulgaria	19.21	21.4	38.30
117	Gambia	19.17	27.8	24.70
118	Paraguay	19.09	14.6	20.20
119	Kenya	18.86	22	21.60
120	Lithuania	18.83	16.7	27.80
121	South Africa	18.73	19.2	20.10
122	Belize	18.58	30.4	24.50
123	Macao	18.50	N/A	N/A
124	Slovenia	18.47	17.4	27.80
125	Serbia	18.46	17.3	20.10 (2007 est.)
126	Sudan	18.33	27.2	18.10
127	Poland	18.02	19.3	22.70
128	Central African Republic	17.67	N/A	N/A
129	Barbados	17.71	N/A	N/A
130	Afghanistan	17.71 (2016 est.)	N/A	N/A
131	Italy	17.51	18.2	20.50
132	Iraq	17.40	10.1 (2011 est.)	N/A
133	Armenia	17.31	30.6	34.10
134	Mauritius	17.27	23.1	27.10
135	Costa Rica	17.24	20.2	23.00
136	Luxembourg	17.05	19.9	19.30
137	Burundi	16.87 (2016 est.)	21.8	28.40
138	United Kingdom	16.86	14.2	16.70
139	Zimbabwe	16.80	21.9	17.50
140	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16.75	N/A	N/A
141	Uruguay	16.67	21.4	15.10
142	Tunisia	19.65 (2016 est.)	22.3	24.40
143	Fiji	16.39 (2016 est.)	N/A	N/A
144	Portugal	16.17	15.8	21.90
145	Namibia	16.05	22.6	27.40
146	Ukraine	16.00	18.9	23.40
147	Brazil	15.64	18.1	18.60
148	El Salvador	15.50	14.2	16.00
149	Ghana	15.27	29	31.90
150	Madagascar	15.15	18.7	27.20
151	Egypt	14.82	16	17.00
152	Argentina	14.81	21.8	24.00
153	Pakistan	14.49	10.9	20.00
154	Malawi	13.43	13.3	8.60
155	Nigeria	12.70 (2016 est.)	18.4	21.40
156	Greece	12.65	12.6	24.90
157	Swaziland	12.44 (2016 est.)	10.3	19.70
158	Guatemala	12.31	14.6	20.30
159	Equatorial Guinea	11.98	32.4	30.00
160	Guinea-Bissau	10.44	N/A	N/A
161	Somalia	9.53	20 (year N/A)	N/A
162	Puerto Rico	7.87 (2016 est.)	N/A	N/A
163	Angola	7.82	11.4	9.00
	Papua New Guinea	N/A	20.7	19.90
	Libya	N/A	4.7	8.10
	Turkmenistan	N/A	10.6	11.60
	Sao Tome and Principe	N/A	48.7	36.70
	Trinidad and Tobago	N/A	15.6	17.10
	Qatar	N/A	30.6	41.40
	Taiwan	N/A	19.5	20.90
	Cuba	N/A	9.6	11.60
	Kuwait	N/A	14	18.40
	Yemen	N/A	18	26.30
	Syria	N/A	20.5	22.60
	Eritrea	N/A	15.2	21.20

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↑ "CIA - the World Factbook". Archived from the original on 2012-01-29. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
↑ "Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2018-07-08.

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[1] "CIA - the World Factbook". Archived from the original on 2012-01-29. Retrieved 2012-03-23.

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