Data for 1976

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1976

Name: Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1976
Creator: World Bank Group
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1976, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1976 covers 99 countries. Gabon is highest, at 73.49; Uganda is lowest, at 6.25. The middle country reads 24.77. Against 1975, 95 values changed (49 up, 46 down), 4 countries joined, 1 left.

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Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) · Data for 1976

HighestGabon

73.49

LowestUganda

6.25

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

99countries
1measure
1976the year it describes
99distinct 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), 1976, 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), 1976: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	73.49
2	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	48.09
3	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.35
4	Venezuela`VEN`South America	41.61
5	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	40.44
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	39.60
7	Panama`PAN`Central America	39.12
8	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	38.92
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	38.91
10	Guyana`GUY`South America	37.45
11	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	36.18
12	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	35.86
13	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	35.27
14	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	34.27
15	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	34.10
16	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	33.77
17	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	33.16
18	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.00
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	30.95
20	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	30.77
21	Argentina`ARG`South America	30.73
22	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	30.66
23	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	30.39
24	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	30.17
25	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	29.23
26	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	29.20
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	29.19
28	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	28.87
29	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	28.55
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	28.42
31	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	27.94
32	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.69
33	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	27.67
34	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	27.33
35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	27.31
36	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	27.00
37	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	26.98
38	France`FRA`Western Europe	26.91
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	26.56
40	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	26.50
41	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	26.39
42	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	26.01
43	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	25.99
44	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	25.43
45	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	25.38
46	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.23
47	Canada`CAN`Northern America	25.12
48	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	24.92
49	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.78
50	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	24.77
51	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.63
52	Peru`PER`South America	24.24
53	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23.99
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	23.66
55	Brazil`BRA`South America	23.04
56	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	22.99
57	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	22.84
58	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	22.52
59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.31
60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	22.29
61	United States`USA`Northern America	22.04
62	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	22.01
63	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	21.84
64	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	21.63
65	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	21.50
66	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.41
67	Uruguay`URY`South America	20.96
68	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.72
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	20.32
70	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	20.24
71	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	19.75
72	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	19.67
73	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	19.62
74	India`IND`Southern Asia	19.42
75	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	19.39
76	Bolivia`BOL`South America	19.19
77	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	18.65
78	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	17.59
79	Colombia`COL`South America	17.56
80	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	17.47
81	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.34
82	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	17.32
83	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	17.05
84	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.65
85	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	16.54
86	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	16.26
87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16.21
88	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	16.11
89	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.07
90	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	15.13
91	Niger`NER`Western Africa	14.21
92	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	13.36
93	Chile`CHL`South America	13.33
94	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.97
95	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	11.75
96	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10.33
97	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9.91
98	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.13
99	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6.25

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Gabon73.49
2Iran48.09
3Algeria43.35
4Venezuela41.61
5Rwanda40.44

Lowest

99Uganda6.25
98Madagascar8.13
97Bangladesh9.91
96Senegal10.33
95Gambia11.75

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 24.77. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −1countries joined / left
95values changed, of 95 in both
49 · 46rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lesotho18.08 → 34.27+16.18
Saudi Arabia17.40 → 30.77+13.37
Gabon62.67 → 73.49+10.82
Iran41.40 → 48.09+6.70
Somalia21.15 → 27.69+6.54

Fell most

Iraq35.72 → 24.77−10.95
Botswana41.90 → 33.77−8.13
Republic of the Congo39.11 → 31.00−8.11
Tonga27.59 → 19.67−7.92
Zimbabwe23.63 → 16.11−7.52

+ Jordan

+ Mauritius

+ Sudan

+ Seychelles

− Ghana

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 1976.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 99 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1976). Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-capital-formation/1976

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