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	29.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

Algeria	33% of GDP (2011 est.)

Angola	13.4% of GDP (2011 est.)

Argentina	22.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Armenia	35.4% of GDP (2011 est.)

Australia	26.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

Austria	21% of GDP (2011 est.)

Azerbaijan	17.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

Bahrain	24.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Bangladesh	24.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Belarus	39.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Belgium	20.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

Belize	25.3% of GDP (2011 est.)

Benin	22.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

Bolivia	23% of GDP (2011 est.)

Botswana	27.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Brazil	19.3% of GDP (2011 est.)

Bulgaria	20.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

Burkina Faso	20.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

Burma	15.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Burundi	21.2% of GDP (2011 est.)

Cambodia	24.3% of GDP (2011 est.)

Cameroon	19.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Canada	22.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Cape Verde	45.4% of GDP (2011 est.)

Chad	29.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Chile	23.2% of GDP (2011 est.)

China	54.2% of GDP (2011 est.)

Colombia	23% of GDP (2011 est.)

Congo, Republic of the	41.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

Costa Rica	20% of GDP (2011 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire	11% of GDP (2011 est.)

Croatia	20.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

Cuba	10.5% of GDP (2011 est.)

Cyprus	16.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Czech Republic	23.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

Denmark	17.3% of GDP (2011 est.)

Dominican Republic	17.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

Ecuador	29.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Egypt	14.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

El Salvador	13.5% of GDP (2011 est.)

Equatorial Guinea	49% of GDP (2011 est.)

Eritrea	15.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Estonia	21.5% of GDP (2011 est.)

Ethiopia	22.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

European Union	18.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

Finland	19.2% of GDP (2011 est.)

France	19.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

Gabon	28.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Gambia, The	27.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Georgia	31.2% of GDP (2011 est.)

Germany	18.2% of GDP (2011 est.)

Ghana	19.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

Greece	14.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Guatemala	15.2% of GDP (2011 est.)

Guinea	22.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

Guyana	25.4% of GDP (2011 est.)

Haiti	25% of GDP (2010 est.)

Honduras	24.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Hong Kong	21.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

Hungary	16.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Iceland	14.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

India	32.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

Indonesia	32% of GDP (2011 est.)

Iran	27.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Iraq	10.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

Ireland	19.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Israel	19.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Italy	20.5% of GDP (2011 est.)

Jamaica	20.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Japan	20.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

Jordan	21.3% of GDP (2011 est.)

Kazakhstan	18.3% of GDP (2011 est.)

Kenya	15.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

Korea, South	27.4% of GDP (2011 est.)

Kosovo	35% of GDP (2010 est.)

Kuwait	26.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

Kyrgyzstan	27% of GDP (2011 est.)

Latvia	22.4% of GDP (2011 est.)

Lebanon	34.4% of GDP (2011 est.)

Lesotho	38.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

Libya	2.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

Lithuania	17.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Luxembourg	19.4% of GDP (2011 est.)

Macedonia	30.3% of GDP (2011 est.)

Madagascar	18.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

Malawi	22.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Malaysia	20.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

Malta	16.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

Mauritius	24.5% of GDP (2011 est.)

Mexico	21.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

Moldova	23.5% of GDP (2011 est.)

Montenegro	22% of GDP (2011 est.)

Morocco	30.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

Mozambique	26.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

Namibia	21.2% of GDP (2011 est.)

Netherlands	18.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

New Zealand	19.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Nicaragua	30.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

Nigeria	13.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

Norway	20.3% of GDP (2011 est.)

Oman	26.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

Pakistan	11.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

Panama	27.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

Papua New Guinea	19% of GDP (2011 est.)

Paraguay	17% of GDP (2011 est.)

Peru	25.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Philippines	19.3% of GDP (2011 est.)

Poland	20.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

Portugal	18% of GDP (2011 est.)

Qatar	27.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

Romania	24.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Russia	21.3% of GDP (2011 est.)

Rwanda	22.2% of GDP (2011 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe	45.2% of GDP (2011 est.)

Saudi Arabia	19.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

Senegal	24.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Serbia	17% of GDP (2011 est.)

Seychelles	33.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

Singapore	23.4% of GDP (2011 est.)

Slovakia	23.2% of GDP (2011 est.)

Slovenia	19.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

South Africa	18.4% of GDP (2011 est.)

Spain	21.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Sri Lanka	27.3% of GDP (2011 est.)

Sudan	24.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Swaziland	11.5% of GDP (2011 est.)

Sweden	18.3% of GDP (2011 est.)

Switzerland	21.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

Syria	21.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Taiwan	21% of GDP (2011 est.)

Tajikistan	18.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

Tanzania	26.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

Thailand	26.2% of GDP (2011 est.)

Togo	17.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago	12% of GDP (2011 est.)

Tunisia	25.2% of GDP (2011 est.)

Turkey	21.8% of GDP (2011 est.)

Turkmenistan	6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Uganda	23.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

Ukraine	20% of GDP (2011 est.)

United Arab Emirates	21.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

United Kingdom	14.3% of GDP (2011 est.)

United States	12.4% of GDP (2011 est.)

Uruguay	20.5% of GDP (2011 est.)

Venezuela	17.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Vietnam	34.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

World	24.8% of GDP (2011 est.) 23% of GDP (2010 est.)

Yemen	17.2% of GDP (2011 est.)

Zambia	20.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Zimbabwe	21.9% of GDP (2011 est.)