Gross fixed capital formation (annual % growth) by country

Gross fixed capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets during the accounting period, including certain specified expenditures on services that add to the value of non-produced assets. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year...

Countries reporting
165
Highest
466.9%
Eritrea
Lowest
-39.8%
Iraq
Median
4.5%
Years covered
65
1961–2025
Data points
8,106

What the numbers show

Gross fixed capital formation (annual % growth) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 466.9% in Eritrea; the lowest is -39.8% in Iraq.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.5%, and the mean is 8.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 10,443.8%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 705.5%).

Gross fixed capital formation: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Eritrea 466.9% 2011 up 531.1% volatile
2 Yemen 181.8% 2018 up 2,670.8% volatile
3 Ireland 42.6% 2025 down 23.4% volatile
4 East Timor 41.7% 2024 up 579.3% volatile
5 Kiribati 27.1% 2024 up 1,384.7% volatile
6 Guinea 26.0% 2025 up 179.7% volatile
7 El Salvador 22.6% 2025 up 151.1% volatile
8 Sao Tome and Principe 22.2% 2025 up 369.0% volatile
9 Nicaragua 21.3% 2025 up 25.3% volatile
10 Kyrgyzstan 21.1% 2025 up 463.2% volatile
11 Bahamas 20.7% 2024 up 67.4% volatile
12 Sierra Leone 19.7% 2025 up 168.9% volatile
13 Syria 19.5% 2022 up 138.0% volatile
14 Marshall Islands 19.0% 2024 up 200.6% volatile
15 Chad 18.8% 2025 up 266.0% volatile
16 Moldova 16.9% 2025 up 450.2% volatile
17 Argentina 16.4% 2025 up 372.4% volatile
18 Armenia 15.6% 2025 up 524.0% volatile
19 Vanuatu 14.2% 2024 up 451.3% volatile
20 Samoa 14.1% 2025 up 524.5% volatile
21 Ghana 13.8% 2024 up 170.8% volatile
22 Sri Lanka 13.7% 2025 up 2.6% volatile
23 Pakistan 13.2% 2025 down 3.6% volatile
24 Djibouti 12.9% 2025 down 34.6% volatile
25 Morocco 12.8% 2024 up 1,121.2% volatile
26 Palau 12.6% 2024 down 69.0% volatile
27 Madagascar 12.3% 2025 up 1,068.7% volatile
28 Paraguay 12.2% 2025 up 696.9% volatile
29 Algeria 12.2% 2025 up 134.1% volatile
30 Guatemala 11.3% 2025 up 831.3% volatile
31 Gabon 11.3% 2025 up 172.2% volatile
32 Montenegro 11.0% 2025 down 6.9% volatile
33 Rwanda 10.9% 2025 down 42.2% volatile
34 Ukraine 10.9% 2025 up 218.2% volatile
35 Benin 10.7% 2025 up 115.3% volatile
36 Cote d'Ivoire 10.5% 2025 down 34.2% volatile
37 Uzbekistan 10.5% 2025 up 11.6% volatile
38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.2% 2024 down 15.5% volatile
39 Belarus 10.0% 2025 up 164.7% volatile
40 Peru 9.9% 2025 up 237.6% volatile
41 Latvia 9.8% 2025 up 425.7% volatile
42 Malaysia 9.6% 2025 up 166.0% volatile
43 Mali 9.6% 2025 up 68.4% volatile
44 Tonga 9.2% 2024 down 12.3% volatile
45 United Arab Emirates 9.1% 2009 up 56.0% volatile
46 Tanzania 9.0% 2025 up 27.5% volatile
47 Mongolia 9.0% 2025 up 129.5% volatile
48 Greece 8.9% 2025 up 4,789.9% volatile
49 Somalia 8.7% 2025 down 24.3% volatile
50 Vietnam 8.6% 2025 down 12.2% volatile
51 Libya 8.6% 2025 up 122.9% volatile
52 Israel 8.4% 2025 up 10,443.8% volatile
53 Gambia 8.3% 2025 down 74.9% volatile
54 Cameroon 8.2% 2025 up 350.4% volatile
55 Lithuania 8.0% 2025 up 87.5% volatile
56 Burkina Faso 7.9% 2025 down 50.5% volatile
57 Mauritania 7.7% 2025 up 185.3% volatile
58 Uganda 7.2% 2025 up 1,429.3% volatile
59 Oman 7.1% 2024 up 163.2% volatile
60 India 7.1% 2025 up 8.5% volatile
61 Laos 7.0% 2016 down 74.4% volatile
62 Chile 7.0% 2025 up 6,418.2% volatile
64 Turkey 7.0% 2025 down 20.4% volatile
65 Lesotho 6.6% 2025 up 15.3% volatile
66 Kazakhstan 6.5% 2024 up 47.7% volatile
67 Bahrain 6.5% 2024 up 10.5% volatile
68 Singapore 6.1% 2025 up 213.6% volatile
69 Croatia 6.1% 2025 down 33.2% volatile
70 Belize 5.9% 2024 down 65.8% volatile
71 Senegal 5.8% 2025 down 0.8% volatile
72 Spain 5.8% 2025 up 9.3% volatile
73 Bhutan 5.7% 2024 up 202.4% volatile
74 Kenya 5.6% 2025 up 3,692.1% volatile
75 Ecuador 5.6% 2025 up 171.5% volatile
76 Maldives 5.4% 2024 down 54.3% volatile
77 Indonesia 5.1% 2025 up 1.6% volatile
78 Tajikistan 5.1% 2013 down 83.7% volatile
79 Albania 5.0% 2025 up 122.7% volatile
80 Congo 5.0% 2025 down 78.2% volatile
81 North Macedonia 5.0% 2024 up 24.0% volatile
82 Thailand 4.9% 2025 up 12.4% volatile
83 Palestine 4.7% 2025 down 67.3% volatile
84 Sudan 4.5% 2025 up 2,349.1% volatile
85 Poland 4.3% 2025 down 36.1% volatile
86 Hong Kong 4.3% 2025 up 236.4% volatile
87 Tunisia 4.3% 2025 up 1,413.6% volatile
88 United Kingdom 4.3% 2025 down 37.0% volatile
89 Slovenia 4.1% 2025 up 759.6% volatile
90 Iceland 4.0% 2025 down 81.0% volatile
91 Costa Rica 3.9% 2025 up 10.7% volatile
92 Comoros 3.8% 2025 up 17.1% volatile
93 Guinea-Bissau 3.7% 2025 up 41.6% volatile
94 Cambodia 3.7% 2025 down 63.7% volatile
95 Cuba 3.7% 2024 up 236.5% volatile
96 Portugal 3.6% 2025 down 40.4% volatile
97 Italy 3.5% 2025 up 78.0% volatile
98 United States 3.5% 2024 down 41.1% volatile
99 Romania 3.4% 2025 down 46.7% volatile
100 Ethiopia 3.4% 2025 down 86.9% volatile
101 Bermuda 3.3% 2024 up 170.6% volatile
102 Estonia 3.2% 2025 up 201.3% volatile
103 Brazil 2.9% 2025 up 121.0% volatile
104 Angola 2.6% 2024 down 20.1% volatile
105 Czechia 2.4% 2025 down 72.5% volatile
106 Panama 2.4% 2024 down 72.3% volatile
107 Slovakia 2.2% 2025 down 89.2% volatile
108 Solomon Islands 2.1% 2024 up 131.7% volatile
109 Central African Republic 2.1% 2025 down 56.1% volatile
110 Sweden 2.0% 2025 down 71.2% volatile
111 Puerto Rico 2.0% 2025 up 154.5% volatile
112 Australia 1.6% 2025 up 142.8% volatile
113 Canada 1.4% 2025 up 127.1% volatile
114 Azerbaijan 1.4% 2014 down 94.5% volatile
115 Austria 1.4% 2025 down 33.5% volatile
116 Colombia 1.3% 2025 down 52.4% volatile
117 Norway 1.3% 2025 up 136.1% volatile
118 Zimbabwe 1.2% 2024 down 90.6% volatile
119 Netherlands 1.1% 2025 down 96.2% volatile
120 Serbia 0.8% 2025 down 84.6% volatile
121 Philippines 0.8% 2025 down 94.4% volatile
122 Finland 0.8% 2025 up 345.4% volatile
123 France 0.5% 2025 down 11.4% volatile
124 Uruguay 0.3% 2025 up 102.9% volatile
125 Eswatini 0.3% 2024 up 161.0% volatile
126 Belgium 0.1% 2025 down 96.7% volatile
127 Cyprus 0.0% 2025 up 100.1% volatile
128 Bulgaria 0.0% 2025 up 100.0% volatile
129 Malta -0.1% 2025 down 100.1% volatile
130 Honduras -0.1% 2025 down 101.0% volatile
131 Germany -0.2% 2025 down 110.2% volatile
132 Russia -0.4% 2025 up 96.5% volatile
133 Luxembourg -0.5% 2025 up 94.4% volatile
134 Papua New Guinea -0.5% 2004 down 107.7% volatile
135 Switzerland -0.5% 2025 down 121.6% volatile
136 Japan -0.6% 2024 down 113.9% volatile
137 Seychelles -0.7% 2025 down 168.6% volatile
138 Botswana -1.2% 2025 down 133.2% volatile
139 Saudi Arabia -1.7% 2025 down 139.1% volatile
140 South Africa -2.2% 2025 down 263.6% volatile
141 Bangladesh -2.5% 2025 down 134.5% falling
142 Hungary -2.8% 2025 down 157.5% volatile
143 Georgia -2.8% 2025 down 118.6% volatile
144 Dominican Republic -3.0% 2025 down 116.5% volatile
145 Mauritius -3.1% 2025 up 43.4% volatile
146 South Korea -3.2% 2025 down 161.2% volatile
147 Denmark -3.5% 2025 down 187.5% volatile
148 Niger -3.7% 2025 down 130.4% volatile
149 Greenland -3.8% 2023 up 83.0% volatile
150 Nepal -4.1% 2025 down 127.1% volatile
151 San Marino -4.7% 2023 down 134.7% volatile
152 New Zealand -4.9% 2024 down 160.0% volatile
153 Venezuela -5.1% 2025 up 75.0% volatile
154 Brunei -6.0% 2025 down 192.4% volatile
155 Egypt -6.2% 2025 down 131.1% volatile
156 Mexico -6.3% 2025 down 242.7% volatile
157 Macao -7.8% 2025 down 243.8% volatile
158 Namibia -8.3% 2025 down 64.4% volatile
159 Equatorial Guinea -10.7% 2025 up 72.7% volatile
160 Bolivia -10.9% 2024 down 209.5% volatile
161 Iran -14.4% 2025 down 1.9% volatile
162 Haiti -15.3% 2025 down 36.3% volatile
163 Democratic Republic of Congo -16.4% 2025 down 15.1% volatile
164 Togo -19.8% 2023 down 242.5% volatile
165 Lebanon -31.6% 2024 down 508.2% volatile
166 Iraq -39.8% 2024 down 705.5% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Gross fixed capital formation (annual % growth)
Unit
annual % growth
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
199 places, 8,106 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

Gross fixed capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets during the accounting period, including certain specified expenditures on services that add to the value of non-produced assets. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.