Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Economy > Gross fixed capital formation > Current US$ > Per capita

DEFINITION: Gross fixed capital formation (formerly gross domestic fixed investment) includes 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. According to the 1993 SNA, net acquisitions of valuables are also considered capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Botswana	1,251.14$ per capita	2005
2	Gabon	1,194.2$ per capita	2005
3	Mauritius	1,078.08$ per capita	2005
4	Seychelles	1,059.92$ per capita	2005
5	Equatorial Guinea	975.41$ per capita	1998
6	South Africa	876.8$ per capita	2005
7	Namibia	758.96$ per capita	2005
8	Swaziland	445.65$ per capita	2005
9	Lesotho	327.98$ per capita	2005
10	Cape Verde	308.26$ per capita	2003
11	Mauritania	268.17$ per capita	2005
12	Cameroon	218.93$ per capita	2005
13	Djibouti	217.17$ per capita	2005
14	Sao Tome and Principe	170.57$ per capita	2005
15	Angola	155.13$ per capita	2005
16	Zambia	153.93$ per capita	2005
17	Senegal	152.3$ per capita	2005
18	Nigeria	146.03$ per capita	2005
19	Ghana	140.6$ per capita	2005
20	Sudan	140.55$ per capita	2005
21	Kenya	101.64$ per capita	2005
22	Cote d'Ivoire	96.63$ per capita	2005
23	Benin	96.13$ per capita	2005
24	Chad	90.78$ per capita	2005
25	Mali	88.93$ per capita	2005
26	Burkina Faso	80.63$ per capita	2005
27	Togo	76.35$ per capita	2005
28	Mozambique	68.24$ per capita	2005
29	The Gambia	67.17$ per capita	2004
30	Uganda	63.41$ per capita	2005
31	Madagascar	60.57$ per capita	2005
32	Comoros	60$ per capita	2005
33	Tanzania	59.06$ per capita	2005
34	Rwanda	53.35$ per capita	2005
35	Niger	45.14$ per capita	2005
36	Zimbabwe	44.89$ per capita	2005
37	Eritrea	44.29$ per capita	2005
38	Guinea	43.82$ per capita	2005
39	Ethiopia	41.2$ per capita	2005
40	Central African Republic	39.88$ per capita	2002
41	Sierra Leone	32.44$ per capita	2005
42	Guinea-Bissau	27.71$ per capita	2005
43	Liberia	26.55$ per capita	2005
44	Malawi	22.03$ per capita	2005
45	Somalia	20.47$ per capita	1990
46	Democratic Republic of the Congo	14.99$ per capita	2004
47	Burundi	12.54$ per capita	2005

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