Data for 1975

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1975

Name: Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1975
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1975, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1975 covers 96 countries. Gabon is highest, at 62.673; Bangladesh is lowest, at 6.148. The middle country reads 23.506. Against 1974, 94 values changed (43 up, 51 down), 2 countries joined.

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Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) · Data for 1975

HighestGabon

62.673

LowestBangladesh

6.148

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

96countries
1measure
1975the year it describes
96distinct 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), 1975, 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), 1975: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	62.673
2	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	45.407
3	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	41.900
4	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.395
5	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	40.202
6	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	39.112
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	38.808
8	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	38.160
9	Panama`PAN`Central America	38.125
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	37.510
11	Venezuela`VEN`South America	37.364
12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	37.244
13	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	36.166
14	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	35.719
15	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	35.626
16	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	34.980
17	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	34.776
18	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	33.612
19	Guyana`GUY`South America	33.061
20	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	31.629
21	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	31.061
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	30.109
23	Argentina`ARG`South America	29.441
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	29.354
25	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	28.853
26	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	28.527
27	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	28.018
28	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	27.678
29	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	27.593
30	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	27.504
31	Peru`PER`South America	27.274
32	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	27.053
33	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	26.769
34	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	26.750
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	26.632
36	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	25.955
37	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	25.945
38	Brazil`BRA`South America	25.698
39	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	25.388
40	France`FRA`Western Europe	25.268
41	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	24.851
42	Canada`CAN`Northern America	24.835
43	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	24.510
44	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	24.413
45	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	24.344
46	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.099
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.692
48	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	23.632
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	23.379
50	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	23.104
51	Bolivia`BOL`South America	23.023
52	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	22.947
53	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	22.896
54	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	22.614
55	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	22.529
56	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	22.482
57	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	22.445
58	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	22.122
59	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	21.641
60	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	21.562
61	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	21.419
62	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	21.152
63	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	20.528
64	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.342
65	United States`USA`Northern America	20.277
66	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	20.042
67	Honduras`HND`Central America	20.007
68	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	19.974
69	India`IND`Southern Asia	19.545
70	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	19.510
71	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	19.451
72	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	19.302
73	Uruguay`URY`South America	18.898
74	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	18.709
75	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	18.140
76	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	18.083
77	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	17.489
78	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	17.398
79	Colombia`COL`South America	16.993
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	16.964
81	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	16.386
82	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	16.095
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15.577
84	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	15.522
85	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	15.397
86	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	14.495
87	Niger`NER`Western Africa	14.314
88	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	13.801
89	Chile`CHL`South America	13.653
90	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	12.724
91	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	12.720
92	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11.180
93	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	8.545
94	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.137
95	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8.052
96	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.148

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Gabon62.673
2Algeria45.407
3Botswana41.900
4Iran41.395
5Rwanda40.202

Lowest

96Bangladesh6.148
95Uganda8.052
94Madagascar8.137
93Gambia8.545
92Senegal11.180

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 23.506. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
94values changed, of 94 in both
43 · 51rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Togo16.909 → 28.527+11.618
Gabon51.762 → 62.673+10.911
Iran31.029 → 41.395+10.366
Rwanda30.608 → 40.202+9.594
Mauritania8.160 → 17.489+9.329

Fell most

Saudi Arabia30.931 → 17.398−13.533
Switzerland43.013 → 31.629−11.384
Portugal29.651 → 19.451−10.200
Nicaragua31.497 → 21.419−10.078
Chile21.653 → 13.653−8.000

+ Cyprus

+ Tonga

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 1975.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 96 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1975). Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-capital-formation/1975

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