World Factbook

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 depreciation of the assets, i.e., it includes investment that merely replaces worn-out or scrapped capital.
Source: CIA-World Factbook

	Investment (gross fixed - % of GDP)	Rank	Date of information
China	40.9 %	1	2006
Lesotho	40.5 %	2	2006
Sao Tome and Principe	40.4 %	3	2006
Senegal	39.7 %	4	2006
Qatar	38.7 %	5	2006
Cape Verde	37.8 %	6	2006
Equatorial Guinea	37.1 %	7	2006
Latvia	34.4 %	8	2006
Turkmenistan	34.2 %	9	2006
Estonia	33.8 %	10	2006
Armenia	33.3 %	11	2006
Guyana	33.2 %	12	2006
Jamaica	32.9 %	13	2006
Vietnam	32.3 %	14	2006
Iceland	32.0 %	15	2006
Azerbaijan	31.7 %	16	2006
Ghana	30.9 %	17	2006
Croatia	30.5 %	18	2006
Spain	30.4 %	19	2006
India	29.5 %	20	2006
Iran	29.4 %	21	2006
Nicaragua	29.4 %	22	2006
Korea, South	28.40 %	24	2006 est.
Haiti	28.9 %	24	2006
Sri Lanka	28.7 %	25	2006
Thailand	28.6 %	26	2006
Belarus	28.3 %	27	2006
Georgia	28.1 %	28	2006
Ethiopia	27.9 %	29	2006
Congo, Republic of the	27.20 %	29	2006 est.
Moldova	27.9 %	30	2006
Jordan	27.5 %	31	2006
Namibia	27.5 %	32	2006
Australia	26.7 %	33	2006
Slovakia	26.4 %	34	2006
Ireland	26.3 %	35	2006
Bulgaria	26.2 %	36	2006
Kazakhstan	26.0 %	37	2006
Syria	25.9 %	38	2006
Slovenia	25.8 %	39	2006
Greece	25.7 %	40	2006
Bangladesh	25.6 %	41	2006
Madagascar	25.4 %	43	2006
Sudan	25.4 %	44	2006
Czech Republic	25.2 %	46	2006
Zambia	25.1 %	47	2006
Nigeria	25.0 %	48	2006
Burundi	24.9 %	49	2006
Honduras	24.9 %	50	2006
Romania	24.6 %	51	2006
Morocco	24.1 %	52	2006
Indonesia	24.0 %	53	2006
Ukraine	24.0 %	54	2006
Mauritius	24.0 %	55	2006
Japan	23.8 %	56	2006
Albania	23.7 %	57	2006
Argentina	23.4 %	58	2006
Uganda	23.4 %	59	2006
Gabon	23.4 %	60	2006
Lithuania	23.1 %	61	2006
Singapore	23.1 %	62	2006
New Zealand	23.0 %	63	2006
Colombia	22.9 %	64	2006
Tunisia	22.7 %	65	2006
Denmark	22.6 %	66	2006
Rwanda	22.5 %	67	2006
Venezuela	22.5 %	68	2006
Algeria	22.2 %	69	2006
Canada	22.0 %	70	2006
Ecuador	21.8 %	71	2006
Hungary	21.8 %	72	2006
Togo	21.8 %	73	2006
Hong Kong	21.8 %	74	2006
Switzerland	21.6 %	75	2006
Burkina Faso	21.5 %	76	2006
Cyprus	21.2 %	77	2006
Turkey	21.0 %	78	2006
Taiwan	21.0 %	79	2006
Malaysia	20.9 %	80	2006
Portugal	20.9 %	81	2006
Austria	20.8 %	82	2006
European Union	20.8 %	83	2006
Italy	20.8 %	84	2006
Eritrea	20.7 %	85	2006
Gambia, The	20.30 %	85	2006 est.
Mozambique	20.7 %	86	2006
Belize	20.6 %	87	2006
France	20.5 %	88	2006
Belgium	20.4 %	89	2006
Mexico	20.4 %	90	2006
United Arab Emirates	20.2 %	91	2006
Pakistan	20.1 %	92	2006
Costa Rica	19.9 %	93	2006
Paraguay	19.8 %	94	2006
Poland	19.8 %	95	2006
Netherlands	19.7 %	96	2006
Peru	19.7 %	97	2006
Benin	19.6 %	98	2006
Papua New Guinea	19.4 %	99	2006
Cambodia	19.3 %	100	2006
Chile	19.3 %	101	2006
Finland	19.1 %	102	2006
Kuwait	18.9 %	103	2006
Kenya	18.8 %	104	2006
Malta	18.8 %	105	2006
Egypt	18.7 %	106	2006
South Africa	18.7 %	107	2006
Botswana	18.6 %	108	2006
Norway	18.6 %	109	2006
Lebanon	18.3 %	110	2006
Luxembourg	18.3 %	111	2006
Trinidad and Tobago	18.3 %	112	2006
Tanzania	18.2 %	113	2006
United Kingdom	18.1 %	114	2006
Germany	18.0 %	115	2006
Russia	17.9 %	116	2006
Sweden	17.9 %	117	2006
Macedonia	17.8 %	118	2006
Zimbabwe	17.8 %	119	2006
Bahrain	17.5 %	120	2006
Yemen	17.4 %	121	2006
Israel	17.1 %	122	2006
Kyrgyzstan	17.1 %	123	2006
Swaziland	17.1 %	124	2006
Saudi Arabia	17.0 %	125	2006
Guatemala	16.9 %	126	2006
Oman	16.9 %	127	2006
Brazil	16.8 %	128	2006
Chad	16.8 %	129	2006
Cameroon	16.5 %	130	2006
United States	16.4 %	131	2006
Dominican Republic	16.3 %	132	2006
El Salvador	16.1 %	133	2006
Uruguay	16.0 %	134	2006
Panama	15.3 %	135	2006
Serbia	14.2 %	136	2005
Philippines	13.8 %	137	2006
Bolivia	12.9 %	138	2006
Cuba	12.1 %	139	2006
Burma	11.8 %	140	2006
Burma	11.8 %	140	2006
Guinea	11.1 %	141	2006
Angola	9.9 %	142	2006
Seychelles	9.5 %	143	2006
Malawi	9.1 %	144	2006
Tajikistan	9.0 %	145	2006
Cote d'Ivoire	8.8 %	146	2006
Libya	8.0 %	147	2006

Source: CIA World Factbook. This page was last updated on 08 September, 2007

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