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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.

Rank	Country	Value
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) - Shares of GDP & other - National accounts - Economic Policy & Debt - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Antigua and Barbuda	73.66
2	Bhutan	46.59
3	Cape Verde	46.59
4	China	44.44
5	St. Kitts and Nevis	41.57
6	Vietnam	41.13
7	Armenia	40.81
8	East Asia & Pacific	39.93
9	Guyana	39.71
10	India	39.68
11	Mongolia	38.62
12	Bulgaria	38.34
13	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	37.92
14	Laos	37.13
15	Moldova	36.95
16	Lower middle income	36.89
17	Belarus	36.43
18	Morocco	36.33
19	South Asia	36
20	Ghana	35.94
21	Montenegro	35.68
22	Madagascar	35.64
23	Latvia	34.75
24	Kazakhstan	34.30
25	Algeria	34.26
26	Honduras	33.53
27	Bahrain	33.23
28	Dominica	32.67
29	Botswana	32.44
30	Albania	32.43
31	Nepal	31.79
32	South Korea	31.41
33	North Korea	31.41
34	Romania	31.40
35	Singapore	30.89
36	Lebanon	30.74
37	Croatia	30.71
38	Georgia	30.32
39	Senegal	30.20
40	Grenada	29.83
41	Estonia	29.73
42	Middle income	29.71
43	Low & middle income	29.63
44	Spain	29.54
45	Macau	29.16
46	Thailand	28.87
47	Slovakia	28.84
48	Australia	28.73
49	Seychelles	28.26
50	Ecuador	28.23
51	Lesotho	28.19
52	Libya	27.90
53	Indonesia	27.80
54	Macedonia	27.71
55	Afghanistan	27.61
56	Kosovo	27.23
57	Mauritius	27.23
58	Low income	27.21
59	Lithuania	27.14
60	Sri Lanka	27.09
61	Tunisia	26.97
62	Equatorial Guinea	26.69
63	Malawi	26.52
64	Mexico	26.35
65	Peru	26.26
66	Russia	26.09
67	St. Lucia	25.85
68	Costa Rica	25.84
69	Namibia	25.72
70	Haiti	25.65
71	Jordan	25.60
72	Belize	25.46
73	Europe & Central Asia	25.34
74	Czech Republic	25.31
75	Ukraine	25.24
76	Gambia	25.06
77	Guinea-Bissau	24.85
78	Colombia	24.74
79	Chile	24.66
80	Venezuela	24.54
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24.40
82	Gabon	24.38
83	Kyrgyzstan	24.31
84	Cyprus	24.30
85	Bangladesh	24.21
86	Iceland	24.14
87	Rwanda	24.09
88	Least developed countries: UN classification	24.04
89	Upper middle income	23.88
90	Poland	23.87
91	Democratic Republic of the Congo	23.86
92	Belgium	23.86
93	Sudan	23.64
94	Uganda	23.56
95	Serbia	23.40
96	Austria	23.33
97	Argentina	23.29
98	Panama	23.24
99	Uzbekistan	23.03
100	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	22.99
101	Uruguay	22.98
102	Latin America & Caribbean	22.84
103	South Africa	22.78
104	Sub-Saharan Africa	22.63
105	Norway	22.51
106	Barbados	22.46
107	Egypt	22.46
108	Denmark	22.38
109	Portugal	22.27
110	Zambia	22.23
111	France	22.18
112	Hungary	22
113	Pakistan	21.97
114	High income: nonOECD	21.92
115	Turkey	21.82
116	Euro area	21.76
117	Finland	21.47
118	Luxembourg	21.31
119	Italy	21.19
120	Republic of the Congo	20.85
121	Greece	20.79
122	Saudi Arabia	20.77
123	Benin	20.70
124	Netherlands	20.66
125	Hong Kong	20.36
126	Paraguay	20.36
127	Azerbaijan	20.21
128	Tajikistan	20.10
129	Ethiopia	20.09
130	Liberia	20
131	Sweden	19.67
132	Papua New Guinea	19.40
133	Germany	19.29
134	Kenya	19.16
135	Brazil	18.93
136	Kuwait	18.93
137	Mozambique	18.51
138	Israel	18.46
139	Dominican Republic	18.30
140	Tonga	17.61
141	Guatemala	17.59
142	Bolivia	17.55
143	United Kingdom	16.82
144	Fiji	16.64
145	Swaziland	16.50
146	Comoros	16.06
147	Guinea	15.49
148	Philippines	15.24
149	Chad	15.10
150	El Salvador	14.96
151	Sierra Leone	14.72
152	Syria	13.63
153	Trinidad and Tobago	12.77
154	Angola	12.42
155	Central African Republic	11.60
156	Ivory Coast	10.14
157	Turkmenistan	6.45

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