Based on a comparison of 170 countries in 2019, Mozambique ranked the highest in gross capital formation as a share of GDP with 66.0% followed by Bhutan and Suriname. On the other end of the scale was Liberia with 0%, Cuba with 0.103% and Iraq with 0.179%.
Average gross capital formation as a share of GDP reached 26.5% in 2019 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 0.063 % more than in the previous year and 99.1 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average gross capital formation as a share of GDP reached an all time high of 26.9% in 2023 and an all time low of 0.225% in 1967. The average annual growth amounted to 8.65 % since 1960.
Data for more countries are available at Gross Capital Formation (As % of GDP) indicator page.
| Gross Capital Formation (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Algeria | % | 0.434% | 0.456% | 0.508% | 0.508% | 0.484% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | % | 0.459% | 0.517% | 0.539% | 0.554% | 0.513% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | 0.474% | 0.470% | 0.454% | 0.443% | 0.436% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 0.341% | 0.380% | 0.407% | 0.380% | 0.390% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 0.387% | 0.399% | 0.340% | 0.332% | 0.347% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 0.560% | 0.522% | 0.548% | 0.477% | 0.498% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mongolia | % | 0.533% | 0.352% | 0.264% | 0.257% | 0.346% | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | 0.347% | 0.325% | 0.308% | 0.326% | 0.326% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 0.545% | 0.554% | 0.453% | 0.381% | 0.392% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nepal | % | 0.373% | 0.412% | 0.391% | 0.339% | 0.457% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.362% | 0.374% | 0.387% | 0.319% | 0.337% | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | % | 0.440% | 0.443% | 0.428% | 0.405% | 0.417% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | 0.332% | 0.323% | 0.312% | 0.350% | 0.367% | ||||||||||||||||
| Suriname | % | 66.3% | 73.0% | 69.9% | 60.7% | 46.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 0.340% | 0.340% | 0.428% | 0.382% | 42.2% |
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