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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
 
Country

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 %