Data for 1977

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1977

Name: Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1977
Creator: World Bank Group
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1977, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1977 covers 100 countries. Gabon is highest, at 58.07; Uganda is lowest, at 6.05. The middle country reads 24.55. Against 1976, 99 values changed (53 up, 46 down), 1 country joined.

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Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) · Data for 1977

HighestGabon

58.07

LowestUganda

6.05

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

100countries
1measure
1977the year it describes
100distinct 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), 1977, 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), 1977: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	58.07
2	Venezuela`VEN`South America	50.28
3	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	48.43
4	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	46.91
5	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	44.08
6	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	40.25
7	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	40.00
8	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	38.86
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	38.11
10	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	35.24
11	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	35.06
12	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	34.89
13	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	33.82
14	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	33.46
15	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.51
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	32.30
17	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	31.14
18	Argentina`ARG`South America	30.94
19	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	30.62
20	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	30.60
21	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	30.54
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	30.30
23	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	30.12
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	30.08
25	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	29.55
26	Panama`PAN`Central America	29.34
27	Guyana`GUY`South America	29.07
28	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	28.55
29	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	28.49
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	27.99
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	27.39
32	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	27.33
33	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	27.30
34	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	26.93
35	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	26.88
36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	26.75
37	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	26.63
38	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.60
39	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	26.52
40	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	26.50
41	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	26.37
42	France`FRA`Western Europe	26.00
43	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	25.92
44	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	25.86
45	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	25.64
46	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	25.63
47	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	25.49
48	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	25.25
49	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	25.10
50	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.68
51	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	24.42
52	Canada`CAN`Northern America	24.29
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.27
54	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.99
55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	23.85
56	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	23.82
57	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	23.80
58	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.72
59	United States`USA`Northern America	23.53
60	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	23.45
61	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	23.42
62	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	23.32
63	Honduras`HND`Central America	22.94
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	22.85
65	Brazil`BRA`South America	22.05
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	21.79
67	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	21.60
68	Uruguay`URY`South America	21.49
69	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	21.42
70	Peru`PER`South America	21.24
71	India`IND`Southern Asia	21.10
72	Ecuador`ECU`South America	20.76
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	20.67
74	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	20.20
75	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.13
76	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	20.04
77	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	19.83
78	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	19.78
79	Niger`NER`Western Africa	19.68
80	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	19.56
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	19.16
82	Colombia`COL`South America	18.75
83	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	18.51
84	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	18.31
85	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	17.75
86	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	17.38
87	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	17.19
88	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	16.02
89	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	15.59
90	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	15.57
91	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.10
92	Chile`CHL`South America	14.97
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	14.45
94	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	13.28
95	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	12.51
96	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.55
97	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	11.52
98	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.95
99	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.08
100	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6.05

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Gabon58.07
2Venezuela50.28
3Iran48.43
4Algeria46.91
5Rwanda44.08

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 24.55. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
99values changed, of 99 in both
53 · 46rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Togo27.00 → 38.86+11.86
Cameroon17.59 → 28.49+10.90
Venezuela41.61 → 50.28+8.66
Cyprus26.56 → 34.89+8.32
Nicaragua17.32 → 25.63+8.30

Fell most

Gabon73.49 → 58.07−15.42
Lesotho34.27 → 23.80−10.47
Panama39.12 → 29.34−9.79
Guyana37.45 → 29.07−8.38
Puerto Rico22.01 → 15.10−6.91

+ Bahamas

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 1977.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 100 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1977). Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-capital-formation/1977

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