Data for 1987

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1987

Name: Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1987
Creator: World Bank Group
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1987, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1987 covers 120 countries. Mongolia is highest, at 50.831; Chad is lowest, at 9.129. The middle country reads 22.416. Against 1986, 118 values changed (62 up, 56 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) · Data for 1987

HighestMongolia

50.831

LowestChad

9.129

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

120countries
1measure
1987the year it describes
120distinct 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), 1987, 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), 1987: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	50.831
2	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	45.837
3	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	38.431
4	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	37.255
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	36.519
6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	36.000
7	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	35.214
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	33.563
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	33.547
10	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.001
11	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	32.907
12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	32.496
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	31.760
14	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	31.270
15	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.108
16	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	31.064
17	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	29.454
18	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	28.839
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	27.875
20	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	27.556
21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	27.379
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	27.320
23	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	27.247
24	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27.121
25	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	26.813
26	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	26.361
27	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	26.068
28	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	26.019
29	India`IND`Southern Asia	25.827
30	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	25.707
31	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.667
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	25.531
33	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	25.252
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.239
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	25.117
36	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	25.001
37	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	24.820
38	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24.700
39	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	24.364
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	24.289
41	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	24.108
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	23.777
43	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	23.642
44	United States`USA`Northern America	23.620
45	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	23.545
46	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	23.484
47	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	23.332
48	Brazil`BRA`South America	23.174
49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	23.161
50	Panama`PAN`Central America	23.095
51	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	23.086
52	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	23.082
53	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	22.939
54	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.852
55	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.843
56	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	22.720
57	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	22.631
58	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	22.552
59	Peru`PER`South America	22.503
60	Paraguay`PRY`South America	22.441
61	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	22.390
62	France`FRA`Western Europe	22.312
63	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	22.307
64	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	22.268
65	Canada`CAN`Northern America	22.178
66	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	22.174
67	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	22.027
68	Chile`CHL`South America	22.004
69	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21.849
70	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	21.303
71	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	21.189
72	Ecuador`ECU`South America	20.744
73	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	20.506
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.093
75	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	20.078
76	Colombia`COL`South America	19.997
77	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	19.789
78	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.728
79	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	19.635
80	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	19.594
81	Argentina`ARG`South America	19.555
82	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	19.223
83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	19.134
84	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	18.795
85	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	18.789
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	18.311
87	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	18.042
88	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	17.718
89	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	17.544
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	17.160
91	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	17.126
92	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16.738
93	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	16.724
94	Belize`BLZ`Central America	15.892
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	15.799
96	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	15.575
97	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	15.501
98	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	15.473
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	15.305
100	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14.936
101	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	14.416
102	Uruguay`URY`South America	14.295
103	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.911
104	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	13.630
105	Bolivia`BOL`South America	13.508
106	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	12.927
107	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	12.825
108	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	12.631
109	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.419
110	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.361
111	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12.317
112	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	12.100
113	Niger`NER`Western Africa	11.653
114	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	11.262
115	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	11.154
116	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	10.434
117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	10.189
118	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.186
119	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	9.718
120	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	9.129

02In 1987

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mongolia50.831
2Rwanda45.837
3Bhutan38.431
4China37.255
5Singapore36.519

Lowest

120Chad9.129
119Uganda9.718
118Sierra Leone10.186
117Laos10.189
116Ghana10.434

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22.416. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −1countries joined / left
118values changed, of 118 in both
62 · 56rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guinea-Bissau23.780 → 35.214+11.435
Somalia25.577 → 33.001+7.424
Türkiye18.848 → 25.667+6.819
Mali17.148 → 23.642+6.494
Namibia8.136 → 12.825+4.689

Fell most

Gabon46.365 → 26.361−20.003
Oman32.112 → 18.789−13.323
Mongolia63.853 → 50.831−13.021
Republic of the Congo29.451 → 19.728−9.722
Guyana40.138 → 31.108−9.030

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Turkmenistan

− New Caledonia

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 1987.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 120 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1987). Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-capital-formation/1987

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