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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	27.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Algeria	27.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Angola	15.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Argentina	22% of GDP (2010 est.)


Armenia	33.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Australia	27.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Austria	21% of GDP (2010 est.)


Azerbaijan	17.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Bahrain	26.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Bangladesh	24.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Belarus	36% of GDP (2010 est.)


Belgium	20.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Belize	26.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Benin	18.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Bolivia	20.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Botswana	28.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Brazil	18.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Bulgaria	22.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Burkina Faso	19.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Burma	15.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Burundi	25.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Cambodia	23% of GDP (2010 est.)


Cameroon	21.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Canada	22.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Cape Verde	36.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Chad	14.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Chile	23.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


China	47.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Colombia	22.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	41.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Costa Rica	20.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	9.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Croatia	22.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Cuba	10.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Cyprus	19.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Czech Republic	22.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Denmark	17.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Dominican Republic	15.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Ecuador	23.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Egypt	18.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


El Salvador	13.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	29.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Eritrea	10.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Estonia	22.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Ethiopia	25.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


European Union	18.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Finland	18.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


France	19.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Gabon	28.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Gambia, The	28% of GDP (2010 est.)


Georgia	14.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Germany	18% of GDP (2010 est.)


Ghana	39.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Greece	14.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Guatemala	13.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Guinea	14.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Guyana	34.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Haiti	25% of GDP (2010 est.)


Honduras	23.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Hong Kong	21.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Hungary	19.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Iceland	12.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


India	32% of GDP (2010 est.)


Indonesia	32.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Iran	27.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Ireland	16.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Israel	16.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Italy	19.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Jamaica	25.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Japan	20.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Jordan	30.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Kazakhstan	24.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Kenya	21.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Korea, South	28.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Kosovo	35% of GDP (2010 est.)


Kuwait	13.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	26.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Latvia	15.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Lebanon	30.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Lesotho	21.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Libya	13.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Lithuania	15.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Luxembourg	16.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Macedonia	23.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Madagascar	34.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Malawi	27.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Malaysia	20.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Malta	8.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Mauritius	23.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Mexico	21.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Moldova	21.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


Montenegro	30.5% of GDP (2006 est.)


Morocco	30.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Mozambique	17.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Namibia	24% of GDP (2010 est.)


Netherlands	18% of GDP (2010 est.)


New Zealand	19.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Nicaragua	22.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Nigeria	11.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Norway	18.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Oman	26.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Pakistan	15% of GDP (2010 est.)


Panama	26.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Papua New Guinea	17.3% of GDP (2010 est.)


Paraguay	17.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Peru	25.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Philippines	16% of GDP (2010 est.)


Poland	19.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Portugal	19% of GDP (2010 est.)


Qatar	33% of GDP (2010 est.)


Romania	21.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Russia	18.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Rwanda	20% of GDP (2010 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	41% of GDP (2010 est.)


Saudi Arabia	24.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Senegal	25.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Serbia	25.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Seychelles	36.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Singapore	27.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Slovakia	22.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Slovenia	18.7% of GDP (2010 est.)


South Africa	19.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Spain	22.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Sri Lanka	23.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Sudan	20.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


Swaziland	12.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Sweden	18.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Switzerland	19.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Syria	16.6% of GDP (2010 est.)


Taiwan	21.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Tajikistan	20.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Tanzania	17.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Thailand	24.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Togo	18.2% of GDP (2010 est.)


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


Tunisia	26.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


Turkey	18% of GDP (2010 est.)


Turkmenistan	12.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Uganda	20.9% of GDP (2010 est.)


Ukraine	16.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


United Arab Emirates	26.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


United Kingdom	14.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


United States	12.8% of GDP (2010 est.)


Uruguay	19.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Venezuela	16.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Vietnam	35.1% of GDP (2010 est.)


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


Yemen	19.4% of GDP (2010 est.)


Zambia	20.5% of GDP (2010 est.)


Zimbabwe	21% of GDP (2010 est.)

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