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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	25.8% of GDP (2012 est.)


Algeria	32.3% of GDP (2012 est.)


Angola	13.3% of GDP (2012 est.)


Argentina	19.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Armenia	37.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Australia	28.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Austria	22% of GDP (2012 est.)


Azerbaijan	17.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Bahrain	19.9% of GDP (2012 est.)


Bangladesh	25.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Belarus	35.8% of GDP (2012 est.)


Belgium	22.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Belize	26.4% of GDP (2012 est.)


Benin	22.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Bolivia	21% of GDP (2012 est.)


Botswana	27.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Brazil	18.9% of GDP (2012 est.)


Bulgaria	20.4% of GDP (2012 est.)


Burkina Faso	20.5% of GDP (2012 est.)


Burma	16.3% of GDP (2012 est.)


Burundi	21.7% of GDP (2012 est.)


Cambodia	19.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Cameroon	19.8% of GDP (2012 est.)


Canada	23.7% of GDP (2012 est.)


Cape Verde	46.4% of GDP (2012 est.)


Chad	26.8% of GDP (2012 est.)


Chile	23.9% of GDP (2012 est.)


China	45.9% of GDP (2012 est.)


Colombia	24.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	45.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Costa Rica	19.9% of GDP (2012 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	12.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Croatia	18.4% of GDP (2012 est.)


Cuba	10.7% of GDP (2012 est.)


Cyprus	16.8% of GDP (2012 est.)


Czech Republic	24.4% of GDP (2012 est.)


Denmark	17.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Dominican Republic	16.4% of GDP (2012 est.)


Ecuador	24.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Egypt	13.5% of GDP (2012 est.)


El Salvador	14.7% of GDP (2012 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	44.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Eritrea	27.5% of GDP (2012 est.)


Estonia	23.3% of GDP (2012 est.)


Ethiopia	22.7% of GDP (2012 est.)


European Union	18% of GDP (2012 est.)


Finland	20% of GDP (2012 est.)


France	19.9% of GDP (2012 est.)


Gabon	32.5% of GDP (2012 est.)


Gambia, The	26.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Georgia	22.7% of GDP (2012 est.)


Germany	17.8% of GDP (2012 est.)


Ghana	25.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Greece	10.4% of GDP (2012 est.)


Guatemala	14.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Guinea	20.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Guyana	29.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Haiti	28% of GDP (2011 est.)


Honduras	26.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Hong Kong	21.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Hungary	15.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Iceland	14.5% of GDP (2012 est.)


India	30% of GDP (2012 est.)


Indonesia	33.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Iran	31.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Iraq	10.1% of GDP (2011 est.)


Ireland	9.3% of GDP (2012 est.)


Israel	19.5% of GDP (2012 est.)


Italy	18.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Jamaica	19.5% of GDP (2012 est.)


Japan	21.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Jordan	28.9% of GDP (2012 est.)


Kazakhstan	21.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Kenya	21.9% of GDP (2012 est.)


Korea, South	27.4% of GDP (2012 est.)


Kosovo	35% of GDP (2010 est.)


Kuwait	15.3% of GDP (2012 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	25.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Laos	28.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Latvia	22.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Lebanon	34% of GDP (2012 est.)


Lesotho	36.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Libya	3.7% of GDP (2012 est.)


Lithuania	17.7% of GDP (2012 est.)


Luxembourg	21.3% of GDP (2012 est.)


Macedonia	29.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Madagascar	18.7% of GDP (2012 est.)


Malawi	23.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Malaysia	25.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Malta	15.8% of GDP (2012 est.)


Mauritius	23.3% of GDP (2012 est.)


Mexico	21.5% of GDP (2012 est.)


Moldova	21.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Montenegro	22% of GDP (2011 est.)


Morocco	31.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Mozambique	26.8% of GDP (2012 est.)


Namibia	21.4% of GDP (2012 est.)


Netherlands	16.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


New Zealand	19.5% of GDP (2012 est.)


Nicaragua	34.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Nigeria	18.8% of GDP (2012 est.)


Norway	21.4% of GDP (2012 est.)


Oman	25.5% of GDP (2012 est.)


Pakistan	10.9% of GDP (2012 est.)


Panama	30.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Papua New Guinea	20.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Paraguay	17.9% of GDP (2012 est.)


Peru	25.4% of GDP (2012 est.)


Philippines	19.7% of GDP (2012 est.)


Poland	20.3% of GDP (2012 est.)


Portugal	16.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Qatar	28.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Romania	26.4% of GDP (2012 est.)


Russia	23.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Rwanda	22.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	50.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Saudi Arabia	21.5% of GDP (2012 est.)


Senegal	24.8% of GDP (2012 est.)


Serbia	18.4% of GDP (2012 est.)


Seychelles	41.7% of GDP (2012 est.)


Singapore	24.7% of GDP (2012 est.)


Slovakia	22.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Slovenia	16.7% of GDP (2012 est.)


Somalia	20% of GDP (2009 est.)


South Africa	19.5% of GDP (2012 est.)


Spain	20.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Sri Lanka	27.7% of GDP (2012 est.)


Sudan	26% of GDP (2012 est.)


Swaziland	14.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Sweden	18.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


Switzerland	20.6% of GDP (2012 est.)


Syria	20.8% of GDP (2012 est.)


Taiwan	20.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Tajikistan	16.4% of GDP (2012 est.)


Tanzania	26.5% of GDP (2012 est.)


Thailand	28.8% of GDP (2012 est.)


Togo	25.4% of GDP (2012 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	15.9% of GDP (2012 est.)


Tunisia	23.1% of GDP (2012 est.)


Turkey	21.9% of GDP (2012 est.)


Turkmenistan	9.3% of GDP (2012 est.)


Uganda	24.9% of GDP (2012 est.)


Ukraine	19.5% of GDP (2012 est.)


United Arab Emirates	28.5% of GDP (2012 est.)


United Kingdom	13.9% of GDP (2012 est.)


United States	12.9% of GDP (2012 est.)


Uruguay	20% of GDP (2012 est.)


Venezuela	19.3% of GDP (2012 est.)


Vietnam	28.2% of GDP (2012 est.)


World	23.9% of GDP (2012 est.) 23.4% of GDP (2011 est.)


Yemen	17.8% of GDP (2012 est.)


Zambia	20.5% of GDP (2012 est.)


Zimbabwe	21.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

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