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Field Listing :: Investment (gross fixed)

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This entry records 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.
Country Comparison to the World

Country	Investment (gross fixed)(% of GDP)


Afghanistan	NA%


Albania	29.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Algeria	34.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Angola	13.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Anguilla	41.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	79% of GDP (2010 est.)


Argentina	22% of GDP (2010 est.)


Armenia	33.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Aruba	NA%


Australia	27.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Austria	20.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Azerbaijan	17% of GDP (2010 est.)


Bahamas, The	29.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Bahrain	23.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Bangladesh	23.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Barbados	27.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Belarus	36.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Belgium	20.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Belize	24.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Benin	22% of GDP (2010 est.)


Bermuda	24.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Bhutan	46% of GDP (2010 est.)


Bolivia	16.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Botswana	25.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Brazil	18.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


British Virgin Islands	23.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Brunei	16.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Bulgaria	23.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Burkina Faso	20.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Burma	15.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Burundi	31.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Cambodia	20.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Cameroon	19.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Canada	22.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Cape Verde	36.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Cayman Islands	25.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Central African Republic	11.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Chad	33.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Chile	20.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


China	45.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Colombia	22.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Comoros	10.9% of GDP (2020 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	22.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	36.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Costa Rica	19.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	11.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Croatia	21.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Cuba	10.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Curacao	41.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Cyprus	18.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Czech Republic	21.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Denmark	16.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Djibouti	40.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Dominica	24% of GDP (2010 est.)


Dominican Republic	16% of GDP (2010 est.)


Ecuador	25.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Egypt	18.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


El Salvador	13.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	35.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Eritrea	16.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Estonia	18.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Ethiopia	24.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


European Union	18.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Fiji	21.8% of GDP (2020 est.)


Finland	18.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


France	19.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Gabon	23.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Gambia, The	26.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Georgia	15.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Germany	18.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Ghana	18.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Greece	14.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Grenada	15.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Guatemala	15.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Guinea	21.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	12.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Guyana	30.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Haiti	25% of GDP (2010 est.)


Honduras	23.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Hong Kong	21.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Hungary	19.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Iceland	13% of GDP (2010 est.)


India	29.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Indonesia	32.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Iran	27.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Ireland	11.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Israel	17.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Italy	19.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Jamaica	20.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Japan	20.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Jordan	26.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Kazakhstan	25.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Kenya	19.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Korea, South	28.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Kosovo	35% of GDP (2010 est.)


Kuwait	12.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	28.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Latvia	18% of GDP (2010 est.)


Lebanon	33.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Lesotho	29.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Libya	13.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Lithuania	16.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Luxembourg	16.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Macau	12.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Macedonia	25.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Madagascar	18.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Malawi	22.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Malaysia	20.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Mali	25.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Malta	16.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Mauritania	28.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Mauritius	24.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Mexico	20.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Moldova	22.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Mongolia	36.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Montenegro	30.5% of GDP (2006 est.)


Montserrat	38% of GDP (2010 est.)


Morocco	30.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Mozambique	25.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Namibia	22.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Nepal	3.5% of GDP (2020 est.)


Netherlands	18.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


New Caledonia	27.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


New Zealand	19.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Nicaragua	26.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Niger	34% of GDP (2010 est.)


Nigeria	13.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Norway	20.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Oman	29.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Pakistan	13.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Panama	27.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Papua New Guinea	17.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Paraguay	15.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Peru	25.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Philippines	20.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Poland	20.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Portugal	19% of GDP (2010 est.)


Puerto Rico	14.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Qatar	29.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Romania	22.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Russia	21.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Rwanda	22.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	37% of GDP (2010 est.)


Saint Lucia	21.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	30.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	44.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Saudi Arabia	22.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Senegal	25.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Serbia	19.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Seychelles	29% of GDP (2010 est.)


Sierra Leone	15.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Singapore	25% of GDP (2010 est.)


Slovakia	20.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Slovenia	23.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Somalia	NA%


South Africa	19.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Spain	22.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Sri Lanka	25.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Sudan	21.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Swaziland	16.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Sweden	17.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Switzerland	20.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Syria	18.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Taiwan	21.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Tajikistan	20.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Tanzania	26.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Thailand	24.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Timor-Leste	38.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Togo	18% of GDP (2010 est.)


Tonga	26.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	11.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Tunisia	26.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Turkey	18.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Turkmenistan	19.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	44.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Uganda	23.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Ukraine	19.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


United Arab Emirates	23.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


United Kingdom	14.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


United States	11.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Uruguay	20% of GDP (2010 est.)


Vanuatu	21.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Venezuela	17.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Vietnam	33.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


West Bank	18.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


World	23.4% of GDP (2010 est.) 23.1% of GDP (2009 est.) (2010 est.)


Yemen	19.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Zambia	20.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Zimbabwe	22.3% of GDP (2010 est.)

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