Data for 1985

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1985

Name: Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1985
Creator: World Bank Group
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1985, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1985 covers 118 countries. Mongolia is highest, at 62.792; Solomon Islands is lowest, at 3.672. The middle country reads 21.690. Against 1984, 118 values changed (57 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) · Data for 1985

HighestMongolia

62.792

LowestSolomon Islands

3.672

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

118countries
1measure
1985the year it describes
118distinct 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), 1985, 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), 1985: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	62.792
2	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	50.650
3	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	45.928
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.993
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	41.099
6	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	38.991
7	Guyana`GUY`South America	35.795
8	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	34.569
9	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	34.093
10	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	33.932
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	33.400
12	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	33.201
13	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	32.400
14	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	32.199
15	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	31.352
16	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	30.678
17	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	30.340
18	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.284
19	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	30.163
20	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	29.824
21	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	29.759
22	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	28.930
23	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	28.763
24	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	28.245
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	27.968
26	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	27.693
27	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	27.581
28	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	27.579
29	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	27.445
30	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	27.031
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	26.956
32	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.446
33	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	26.384
34	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	26.282
35	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	25.889
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.781
37	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	25.432
38	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	25.347
39	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	25.325
40	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24.885
41	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	24.761
42	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	24.411
43	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	24.275
44	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	24.226
45	United States`USA`Northern America	24.188
46	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	23.823
47	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	23.791
48	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	23.521
49	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23.157
50	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.139
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	22.994
52	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	22.953
53	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	22.726
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	22.556
55	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	22.376
56	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	22.339
57	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	22.293
58	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	22.170
59	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21.846
60	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21.534
61	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	21.500
62	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	21.453
63	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.403
64	France`FRA`Western Europe	21.272
65	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	21.166
66	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	21.055
67	Peru`PER`South America	20.925
68	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.820
69	Paraguay`PRY`South America	20.774
70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	20.721
71	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.299
72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	20.010
73	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	19.830
74	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	19.686
75	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	19.579
76	Bolivia`BOL`South America	19.464
77	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	19.171
78	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.121
79	Colombia`COL`South America	19.041
80	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	18.977
81	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	18.854
82	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	18.764
83	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18.733
84	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	18.325
85	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	18.042
86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	17.903
87	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	17.850
88	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	17.820
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	17.589
90	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	17.372
91	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	17.284
92	Chile`CHL`South America	16.840
93	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.513
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.286
95	Belize`BLZ`Central America	16.034
96	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	15.831
97	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.717
98	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	15.384
99	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	15.269
100	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	15.086
101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	14.166
102	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.035
103	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	13.372
104	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12.951
105	Niger`NER`Western Africa	12.747
106	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.325
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.497
108	Uruguay`URY`South America	11.379
109	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.923
110	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	10.846
111	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.642
112	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	9.916
113	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9.570
114	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8.940
115	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8.732
116	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	7.302
117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.042
118	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.672

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mongolia62.792
2Rwanda50.650
3Bhutan45.928
4Gabon41.993
5Singapore41.099

Lowest

118Solomon Islands3.672
117Laos7.042
116Chad7.302
115Uganda8.732
114Benin8.940

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.690. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
118values changed, of 118 in both
57 · 61rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Togo15.041 → 27.445+12.404
Niger3.148 → 12.747+9.599
Gabon32.965 → 41.993+9.028
Burkina Faso14.167 → 22.953+8.787
Guyana27.420 → 35.795+8.375

Fell most

Guinea-Bissau37.725 → 25.432−12.293
Saudi Arabia32.829 → 21.453−11.376
Jordan29.910 → 21.055−8.856
Iran33.045 → 24.275−8.770
Madagascar26.822 → 18.764−8.058

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

Read before you use

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 1985.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 118 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1985). Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-capital-formation/1985

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