Gross domestic investment (% of GDP) - National accounts - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators
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Gross capital formation (formerly gross domestic investment) consists of outlays on additions to the fixed assets of the economy plus net changes in the level of inventories. Fixed assets include land improvements (fences, ditches, drains, and so on); plant, machinery, and equipment purchases; and the construction of roads, railways, and the like, including schools, offices, hospitals, private residential dwellings, and commercial and industrial buildings. Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." According to the 1993 SNA, net acquisitions of valuables are also considered capital formation. Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.
| Gross domestic investment (% of GDP) - National accounts - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Botswana (2008) | 44.99 |
| 2 | Cape Verde (2008) | 42.9 |
| 3 | Djibouti (2007) | 38.87 |
| 4 | Algeria (2008) | 36.89 |
| 5 | Madagascar (2008) | 35.71 |
| 6 | Morocco (2008) | 33.22 |
| 7 | Ghana (2008) | 31.96 |
| 8 | Malawi (2008) | 31.94 |
| 9 | Senegal (2008) | 30.2 |
| 10 | Lesotho (2008) | 28.78 |
| 11 | Seychelles (2008) | 28.26 |
| 12 | Gabon (2008) | 27.32 |
| 13 | Republic of the Congo (2007) | 27.14 |
| 14 | Equatorial Guinea (2008) | 26.69 |
| 15 | North Africa (2008) | 26.6 |
| 16 | Mauritania (2007) | 25.93 |
| 17 | Mauritius (2008) | 25.14 |
| 18 | Gambia (2008) | 25.12 |
| 19 | Tunisia (2008) | 25.06 |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau (2008) | 24.85 |
| 21 | Kenya (2008) | 24.66 |
| 22 | Egypt (2008) | 23.75 |
| 23 | Sudan (2008) | 23.64 |
| 24 | Uganda (2008) | 23.56 |
| 25 | Mali (2007) | 23.33 |
| 26 | Niger (2005) | 23.1 |
| 27 | Mozambique (2008) | 23.03 |
| 28 | Namibia (2008) | 22.58 |
| 29 | South Africa (2008) | 22.39 |
| 30 | Zambia (2008) | 22.23 |
| 31 | Africa (2008) | 21.94 |
| 32 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2008) | 21.48 |
| 33 | Ethiopia (2008) | 20.82 |
| 34 | Rwanda (2008) | 20.75 |
| 35 | Liberia (2007) | 20 |
| 36 | Sierra Leone (2008) | 19.65 |
| 37 | Benin (2005) | 19.59 |
| 38 | Sub-Saharan Africa (2008) | 19.05 |
| 39 | Cameroon (2008) | 18.66 |
| 40 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2008) | 18.55 |
| 41 | Togo (2005) | 18.39 |
| 42 | Burkina Faso (2006) | 18.11 |
| 43 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008) | 17.01 |
| 44 | Zimbabwe (2005) | 16.8 |
| 45 | Tanzania (2006) | 16.55 |
| 46 | Burundi (2006) | 16.38 |
| 47 | Comoros (2008) | 16.06 |
| 48 | Somalia (1990) | 15.5 |
| 49 | Chad (2008) | 15.04 |
| 50 | Libya (2002) | 15.03 |
| 51 | Swaziland (2008) | 14.94 |
| 52 | Guinea (2008) | 12.73 |
| 53 | Angola (2008) | 12.32 |
| 54 | Eritrea (2007) | 10.56 |
| 55 | Central African Republic (2008) | 10.32 |
| 56 | Ivory Coast (2008) | 10.06 |
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