Data for 1990

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1990

Name: Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1990
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1990, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1990 covers 135 countries. Armenia is highest, at 47.148; Côte d’Ivoire is lowest, at 6.689. The middle country reads 23.332. Against 1989, 122 values changed (66 up, 56 down), 13 countries joined.

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Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) · Data for 1990

HighestArmenia

47.148

LowestCôte d’Ivoire

6.689

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

135countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
135distinct 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), 1990, 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), 1990: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	47.148
2	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	44.320
3	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	42.868
4	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	41.354
5	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	40.153
6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	40.000
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	37.534
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	37.461
9	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	37.367
10	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.141
11	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	35.962
12	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	35.653
13	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	34.091
14	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	33.022
15	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	32.708
16	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	32.360
17	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	31.400
18	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	31.313
19	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	31.165
20	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.133
21	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	31.060
22	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	30.796
23	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	30.736
24	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	30.627
25	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	30.361
26	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	30.248
27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	30.137
28	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	30.130
29	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	29.926
30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	29.875
31	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	29.809
32	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	29.415
33	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.111
34	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	29.067
35	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	28.914
36	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	28.904
37	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	28.589
38	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	27.857
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	27.721
40	India`IND`Southern Asia	27.336
41	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27.323
42	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	27.171
43	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	27.068
44	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	27.058
45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	27.045
46	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	27.029
47	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	26.837
48	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	26.559
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	26.535
50	Chile`CHL`South America	25.723
51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	25.587
52	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	25.434
53	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	25.264
54	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	24.802
55	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	24.748
56	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	24.713
57	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.549
58	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.442
59	France`FRA`Western Europe	24.417
60	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	24.346
61	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	24.328
62	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	24.263
63	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	24.164
64	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	24.065
65	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	23.901
66	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	23.556
67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	23.350
68	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.332
69	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.271
70	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	23.162
71	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	22.811
72	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	22.421
73	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	22.343
74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22.206
75	Belize`BLZ`Central America	22.051
76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	21.677
77	United States`USA`Northern America	21.529
78	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	21.527
79	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	21.506
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21.304
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	21.141
82	Honduras`HND`Central America	20.815
83	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	20.793
84	Colombia`COL`South America	20.607
85	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20.471
86	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	20.411
87	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.168
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	20.152
89	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	19.920
90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	19.276
91	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	18.935
92	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	18.913
93	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.616
94	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	18.493
95	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18.231
96	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.126
97	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	18.042
98	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	17.981
99	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	17.968
100	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	17.812
101	Paraguay`PRY`South America	17.809
102	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	17.763
103	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	17.625
104	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	17.453
105	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	17.377
106	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	16.954
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	16.459
108	Peru`PER`South America	16.164
109	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	15.906
110	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	15.684
111	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14.597
112	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.449
113	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	14.444
114	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	14.313
115	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	14.060
116	Argentina`ARG`South America	13.997
117	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.951
118	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	13.813
119	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	13.790
120	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	13.783
121	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.603
122	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	13.006
123	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	12.708
124	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	12.704
125	Bolivia`BOL`South America	12.532
126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	12.440
127	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.201
128	Niger`NER`Western Africa	11.285
129	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	10.888
130	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	10.841
131	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.437
132	Venezuela`VEN`South America	9.890
133	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	7.545
134	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.754
135	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.689

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Armenia47.148
2Iraq44.320
3Rwanda42.868
4Thailand41.354
5South Korea40.153

Lowest

135Côte d’Ivoire6.689
134Chad6.754
133Solomon Islands7.545
132Venezuela9.890
131Sudan10.437

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 23.332. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+13 / −0countries joined / left
122values changed, of 122 in both
66 · 56rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Iraq-3.746 → 44.320+48.066
Togo16.960 → 36.141+19.180
Panama7.732 → 21.141+13.409
Namibia14.825 → 27.058+12.232
Iran23.048 → 33.022+9.974

Fell most

Mongolia47.801 → 29.067−18.734
Somalia28.018 → 13.783−14.235
Kyrgyzstan35.467 → 24.065−11.401
Guinea-Bissau38.982 → 29.926−9.056
Nicaragua27.462 → 19.276−8.186

+ Armenia

+ Azerbaijan

+ Belarus

+ Czechia

+ Lebanon

+ Libya

+ North Macedonia

+ New Caledonia

+ Romania

+ Slovakia

+ Slovenia

+ Tanzania

+ Yemen

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 1990.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 135 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (1990). Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-capital-formation/1990

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