Field Listing :: Investment (gross fixed)

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)

Albania	23.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Algeria	26.8% of GDP (2009 est.)

Angola	15.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Argentina	21% of GDP (2009 est.)

Armenia	38.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Australia	27.3% of GDP (2009 est.)

Austria	21.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Azerbaijan	19.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Bahrain	27% of GDP (2009 est.)

Bangladesh	23.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Belarus	36.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Belgium	24.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Belize	19.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

Benin	18.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Bolivia	17.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Botswana	26.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Brazil	17% of GDP (2009 est.)

Bulgaria	25% of GDP (2009 est.)

Burkina Faso	20.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

Burma	14.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Burundi	11.3% of GDP (2009 est.)

Cambodia	19.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Cameroon	18.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

Canada	21.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Cape Verde	38.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Chad	14.9% of GDP (2009 est.)

Chile	20.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

China	42.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Colombia	23.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Congo, Republic of the	40.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

Costa Rica	20.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire	9.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Croatia	22.8% of GDP (2009 est.)

Cuba	9.8% of GDP (2009 est.)

Cyprus	22.4% of GDP (2009 est.)

Czech Republic	23.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Denmark	20% of GDP (2009 est.)

Dominican Republic	16.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Ecuador	27.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Egypt	17.9% of GDP (2009 est.)

El Salvador	13.4% of GDP (2009 est.)

Equatorial Guinea	44% of GDP (2009 est.)

Eritrea	18.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Estonia	19.4% of GDP (2009 est.)

Ethiopia	23.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

European Union	19.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Finland	19% of GDP (2009 est.)

France	20.8% of GDP (2009 est.)

Gabon	33.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Gambia, The	27.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Georgia	22.3% of GDP (2009 est.)

Germany	18.9% of GDP (2009 est.)

Ghana	35% of GDP (2009 est.)

Greece	15.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Guatemala	16.9% of GDP (2009 est.)

Guinea	12.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Guyana	31.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Haiti	28.9% of GDP (2008 est.)

Honduras	29.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Hong Kong	17.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Hungary	19% of GDP (2009 est.)

Iceland	18.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

India	32.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

Indonesia	27.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

Iran	27.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Ireland	15.4% of GDP (2009 est.)

Israel	16% of GDP (2009 est.)

Italy	19.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Jamaica	22.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Japan	20.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Jordan	31.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Kazakhstan	31.9% of GDP (2009 est.)

Kenya	21.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Korea, South	28.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Kosovo	19.8% of GDP (2009 est.)

Kuwait	31.4% of GDP (2009 est.)

Kyrgyzstan	20.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Latvia	26.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Lebanon	21.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Lesotho	39.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Libya	16% of GDP (2009 est.)

Lithuania	20.4% of GDP (2009 est.)

Luxembourg	19.8% of GDP (2009 est.)

Macedonia	19.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Madagascar	40.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

Malawi	11.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Malaysia	18.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Malta	11.9% of GDP (2009 est.)

Mauritius	23.3% of GDP (2009 est.)

Mexico	20.8% of GDP (2009 est.)

Moldova	24.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Montenegro	30.5% of GDP (2006 est.)

Morocco	32.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Mozambique	23% of GDP (2009 est.)

Namibia	22.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Netherlands	19.4% of GDP (2009 est.)

New Zealand	20% of GDP (2009 est.)

Nicaragua	30.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Nigeria	17.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

Norway	20.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Oman	31.4% of GDP (2009 est.)

Pakistan	18.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

Panama	26.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Papua New Guinea	16.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Paraguay	17.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

Peru	20.8% of GDP (2009 est.)

Philippines	14.3% of GDP (2009 est.)

Poland	20.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Portugal	19.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Qatar	32.3% of GDP (2009 est.)

Romania	25.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Russia	20% of GDP (2009 est.)

Rwanda	19.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe	34.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Saudi Arabia	24.2% of GDP (2009 est.)

Senegal	33.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

Serbia	33.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

Seychelles	45.8% of GDP (2009 est.)

Singapore	29.9% of GDP (2009 est.)

Slovakia	24.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Slovenia	23.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

South Africa	20.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Spain	26.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Sri Lanka	23.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

Sudan	20.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Swaziland	21.8% of GDP (2009 est.)

Sweden	17.6% of GDP (2009 est.)

Switzerland	21.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

Syria	21.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Taiwan	18.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Tajikistan	5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Tanzania	18.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

Thailand	21% of GDP (2009 est.)

Togo	21% of GDP (2009 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago	11% of GDP (2009 est.)

Tunisia	25.9% of GDP (2009 est.)

Turkey	20.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

Turkmenistan	6.4% of GDP (2009 est.)

Uganda	19.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Ukraine	24.9% of GDP (2009 est.)

United Arab Emirates	28.9% of GDP (2009 est.)

United Kingdom	15% of GDP (2009 est.)

United States	12.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Uruguay	15.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Venezuela	18.3% of GDP (2009 est.)

Vietnam	42.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

World	22.7% of GDP (2009 est.) 23.6% of GDP (2008 est.)

Yemen	19.9% of GDP (2009 est.)

Zambia	19.5% of GDP (2009 est.)

Zimbabwe	21.5% of GDP (2009 est.)