Emerging markets Compared by Economy > Gross capital formation > Current US$ > Per $ GDP

DEFINITION: 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. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	China	0.435$ per $1 of GDP	2005
2	Latvia	0.342$ per $1 of GDP	2005
3	India	0.334$ per $1 of GDP	2005
4	Estonia	0.318$ per $1 of GDP	2005
5	Thailand	0.316$ per $1 of GDP	2005
6	Bulgaria	0.28$ per $1 of GDP	2005
7	Lithuania	0.25$ per $1 of GDP	2005
8	Turkey	0.248$ per $1 of GDP	2005
9	Hungary	0.237$ per $1 of GDP	2005
10	Chile	0.23$ per $1 of GDP	2005
11	Romania	0.227$ per $1 of GDP	2005
12	Indonesia	0.222$ per $1 of GDP	2005
13	Mexico	0.218$ per $1 of GDP	2005
14	Venezuela	0.217$ per $1 of GDP	2005
15	Argentina	0.215$ per $1 of GDP	2005
16	Russia	0.209$ per $1 of GDP	2005
17	Brazil	0.206$ per $1 of GDP	2005
18	Malaysia	0.199$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=19	Ukraine	0.192$ per $1 of GDP	2005
=19	Colombia	0.192$ per $1 of GDP	2005
21	Poland	0.19$ per $1 of GDP	2005
22	Peru	0.186$ per $1 of GDP	2005
23	South Africa	0.182$ per $1 of GDP	2005
24	Pakistan	0.168$ per $1 of GDP	2005
25	Philippines	0.151$ per $1 of GDP	2005

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