Data for 1986

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1986

Name: Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1986
Creator: World Bank Group
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1986, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1986 covers 119 countries. Mongolia is highest, at 63.853; Solomon Islands is lowest, at 6.613. The middle country reads 21.680. Against 1985, 118 values changed (49 up, 69 down), 1 country joined.

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Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) · Data for 1986

HighestMongolia

63.853

LowestSolomon Islands

6.613

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

119countries
1measure
1986the year it describes
119distinct 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), 1986, 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), 1986: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	63.853
2	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	46.452
3	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.365
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	43.870
5	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.138
6	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	37.658
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	36.558
8	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	35.875
9	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	33.568
10	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33.556
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	33.154
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.119
13	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	32.112
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	32.039
15	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	32.035
16	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	29.890
17	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	29.478
18	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	29.451
19	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	28.442
20	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	28.361
21	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	27.997
22	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	27.647
23	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	27.482
24	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	26.822
25	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.600
26	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.066
27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	26.064
28	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	25.985
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	25.923
30	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	25.872
31	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	25.577
32	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	25.541
33	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	25.513
34	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	25.210
35	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	25.169
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	25.108
37	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	24.519
38	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	24.131
39	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	24.036
40	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	23.859
41	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	23.780
42	United States`USA`Northern America	23.741
43	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	23.660
44	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	23.542
45	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	23.432
46	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	23.418
47	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	23.391
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	23.172
49	Paraguay`PRY`South America	22.903
50	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	22.896
51	Peru`PER`South America	22.418
52	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	22.397
53	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	22.330
54	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22.213
55	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	22.126
56	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	22.110
57	France`FRA`Western Europe	21.809
58	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	21.768
59	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	21.729
60	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21.680
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	21.652
62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21.638
63	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	21.485
64	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21.445
65	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	20.888
66	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	20.808
67	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	20.689
68	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20.506
69	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	20.264
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	20.260
71	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	20.137
72	Brazil`BRA`South America	19.961
73	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	19.835
74	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	19.824
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	19.802
76	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	19.737
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	19.580
78	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	19.576
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	19.572
80	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	19.459
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	18.848
82	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18.827
83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	18.764
84	Chile`CHL`South America	18.573
85	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	18.566
86	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	18.534
87	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	18.423
88	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	18.381
89	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	18.056
90	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	18.042
91	Colombia`COL`South America	18.001
92	Mexico`MEX`Central America	17.834
93	Argentina`ARG`South America	17.462
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	17.148
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	16.893
96	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	16.599
97	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	16.176
98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	15.052
99	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14.971
100	Bolivia`BOL`South America	13.559
101	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	13.464
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	13.251
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	13.026
104	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	12.779
105	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12.063
106	Niger`NER`Western Africa	11.601
107	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	11.375
108	Uruguay`URY`South America	11.182
109	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11.080
110	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.636
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10.333
112	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	10.262
113	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	10.240
114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9.362
115	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8.447
116	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8.136
117	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8.133
118	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.931
119	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	6.613

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mongolia63.853
2Rwanda46.452
3Gabon46.365
4Bhutan43.870
5Guyana40.138

Lowest

119Solomon Islands6.613
118Laos6.931
117Chad8.133
116Namibia8.136
115Uganda8.447

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.680. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
118values changed, of 118 in both
49 · 69rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

New Caledonia14.035 → 20.888+6.853
Norway27.693 → 33.119+5.427
Oman27.579 → 32.112+4.533
Benin8.940 → 13.464+4.524
Gabon41.993 → 46.365+4.372

Fell most

Bahrain31.352 → 23.418−7.935
Nicaragua23.139 → 16.893−6.246
Bolivia19.464 → 13.559−5.905
Iraq24.411 → 19.576−4.835
Singapore41.099 → 36.558−4.541

+ Guinea

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 1986.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 119 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1986). Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-capital-formation/1986

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