Data for 1989

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1989

Name: Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1989
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1989, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1989 covers 122 countries. Mongolia is highest, at 47.80; Iraq is lowest, at -3.75. The middle country reads 23.23. Against 1988, 120 values changed (70 up, 50 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) · Data for 1989

HighestMongolia

47.80

LowestIraq

-3.75

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

122countries
1measure
1989the year it describes
122distinct 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), 1989, 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), 1989: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.80
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	40.75
3	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	39.29
4	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	38.98
5	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	37.43
6	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	37.14
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	37.11
8	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	36.58
9	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	36.11
10	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	35.71
11	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	35.47
12	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	35.07
13	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	34.06
14	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	33.84
15	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	33.80
16	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	33.11
17	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	32.88
18	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	32.01
19	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.69
20	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	31.50
21	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	30.98
22	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	30.89
23	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	30.70
24	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	30.68
25	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	30.27
26	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30.07
27	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	29.87
28	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.68
29	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	29.57
30	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	28.29
31	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	28.02
32	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	27.87
33	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	27.67
34	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	27.46
35	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	27.25
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	27.15
37	Brazil`BRA`South America	26.90
38	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.86
39	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	26.81
40	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	26.68
41	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26.59
42	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	26.52
43	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	26.50
44	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	26.33
45	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	26.30
46	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	25.76
47	Chile`CHL`South America	25.66
48	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	25.28
49	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	24.86
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	24.79
51	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	24.67
52	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	24.57
53	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	24.41
54	France`FRA`Western Europe	24.28
55	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	24.01
56	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	23.91
57	Canada`CAN`Northern America	23.61
58	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	23.53
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23.47
60	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	23.37
61	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	23.24
62	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	23.22
63	Peru`PER`South America	23.17
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.11
65	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.05
66	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	22.93
67	United States`USA`Northern America	22.51
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	22.38
69	Guyana`GUY`South America	22.24
70	Belize`BLZ`Central America	22.23
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	21.72
72	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	21.67
73	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	21.51
74	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	21.32
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	21.31
76	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	21.01
77	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	20.45
78	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	20.41
79	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	20.37
80	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	20.23
81	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	20.04
82	Colombia`COL`South America	19.98
83	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	19.44
84	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	18.91
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	18.84
86	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	18.83
87	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	18.41
88	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	18.04
89	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.88
90	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	17.10
91	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	17.00
92	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	16.96
93	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	16.12
94	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.51
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	15.33
96	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	15.29
97	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	15.04
98	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	14.83
99	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	14.13
100	Niger`NER`Western Africa	13.68
101	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13.64
102	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.52
103	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	13.21
104	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	12.99
105	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	12.55
106	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	12.33
107	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	12.30
108	Venezuela`VEN`South America	12.29
109	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.07
110	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	11.82
111	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	11.78
112	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.76
113	Bolivia`BOL`South America	11.59
114	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	11.35
115	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	11.14
116	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	11.13
117	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.90
118	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8.33
119	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	8.04
120	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8.03
121	Panama`PAN`Central America	7.73
122	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-3.75

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mongolia47.80
2Madagascar40.75
3Rwanda39.29
4Guinea-Bissau38.98
5South Korea37.43

Lowest

122Iraq-3.75
121Panama7.73
120Chad8.03
119Sudan8.04
118Sierra Leone8.33

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 23.23. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −1countries joined / left
120values changed, of 120 in both
70 · 50rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Madagascar17.60 → 40.75+23.15
Botswana23.58 → 36.11+12.52
Mali17.62 → 25.28+7.67
Russia27.27 → 33.84+6.57
Vanuatu25.06 → 30.98+5.92

Fell most

Iraq22.02 → -3.75−25.76
Venezuela27.05 → 12.29−14.76
Gabon37.47 → 26.30−11.17
Mauritania19.56 → 12.99−6.57
Bhutan40.07 → 33.80−6.26

+ Bahamas

+ Brunei

− Laos

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 1989.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 122 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1989). Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-capital-formation/1989

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