Data for 1971

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1971

Name: Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1971
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1971, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1971 covers 94 countries. Botswana is highest, at 50.441; Gambia is lowest, at 5.593. The middle country reads 22.508. Against 1970, 94 values changed (48 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) · Data for 1971

HighestBotswana

50.441

LowestGambia

5.593

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

94countries
1measure
1971the year it describes
94distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1971, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1971: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	50.441
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	44.711
3	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	42.756
4	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	40.629
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	40.089
6	Panama`PAN`Central America	37.571
7	Venezuela`VEN`South America	36.241
8	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	35.932
9	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	35.647
10	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	35.281
11	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	35.089
12	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	34.806
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	34.350
14	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	33.585
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.368
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	32.049
17	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	31.970
18	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	31.942
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	31.427
20	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	30.238
21	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.850
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	28.557
23	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	28.457
24	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28.000
25	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	27.943
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	27.823
27	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	27.413
28	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	26.721
29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	26.642
30	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.607
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	26.110
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	26.072
33	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	25.937
34	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	25.912
35	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	25.281
36	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25.192
37	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	24.472
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	24.449
39	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	24.343
40	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.337
41	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	24.211
42	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	24.209
43	Argentina`ARG`South America	24.113
44	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	23.963
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.916
46	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	23.537
47	Canada`CAN`Northern America	23.096
48	United States`USA`Northern America	21.920
49	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	21.802
50	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	21.516
51	Brazil`BRA`South America	21.263
52	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	20.749
53	Mexico`MEX`Central America	20.242
54	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	20.171
55	Peru`PER`South America	19.783
56	Colombia`COL`South America	19.415
57	India`IND`Southern Asia	19.204
58	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	18.749
59	Ecuador`ECU`South America	18.680
60	Guyana`GUY`South America	18.631
61	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	18.071
62	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	17.945
63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	17.858
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	17.739
65	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	17.715
66	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17.068
67	Bolivia`BOL`South America	16.833
68	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16.647
69	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	16.102
70	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	16.006
71	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.891
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15.795
73	Honduras`HND`Central America	15.650
74	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	15.594
75	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.538
76	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.325
77	Chile`CHL`South America	15.061
78	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.874
79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	14.564
80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14.384
81	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	14.120
82	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13.732
83	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	12.865
84	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	11.586
85	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	11.399
86	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11.219
87	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10.286
88	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10.185
89	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	9.379
90	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	9.141
91	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	8.228
92	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.778
93	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7.753
94	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.593

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Botswana50.441
2Switzerland44.711
3Papua New Guinea42.756
4Japan40.629
5Singapore40.089

Lowest

94Gambia5.593
93Nepal7.753
92Niger7.778
91Bangladesh8.228
90Lesotho9.141

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22.508. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
94values changed, of 94 in both
48 · 46rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Oman13.764 → 28.457+14.693
Uruguay3.396 → 17.739+14.343
Iceland26.869 → 35.932+9.063
Rwanda20.625 → 26.721+6.096
Botswana45.323 → 50.441+5.118

Fell most

Iran40.636 → 34.806−5.831
Honduras21.158 → 15.650−5.507
Guyana22.760 → 18.631−4.128
Japan44.339 → 40.629−3.710
Malta30.027 → 26.642−3.385

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1971.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 94 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1971). Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-capital-formation/1971

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