Data for 2002
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2002
2002, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2002 covers 160 countries. Bhutan is highest, at 68.569; Zimbabwe is lowest, at 5.000. The middle country reads 21.586. Against 2001, 159 values changed (66 up, 93 down), 1 country joined.
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) · Data for 2002
HighestBhutan
68.569LowestZimbabwe
5.000Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2002, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 160 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BTNSouthern Asia | 68.569 |
| 2 | TCDMiddle Africa | 60.156 |
| 3 | MOZEastern Africa | 40.593 |
| 4 | IRNSouthern Asia | 39.054 |
| 5 | ALBSouthern Europe | 38.575 |
| 6 | CHNEastern Asia | 36.069 |
| 7 | AZEWestern Asia | 34.576 |
| 8 | RWAEastern Africa | 34.495 |
| 9 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 33.860 |
| 10 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 33.221 |
| 11 | ESTNorthern Europe | 32.931 |
| 12 | QATWestern Asia | 32.647 |
| 13 | DZANorthern Africa | 32.422 |
| 14 | BIHSouthern Europe | 31.474 |
| 15 | KOREastern Asia | 31.306 |
| 16 | SVKEastern Europe | 30.875 |
| 17 | TGOWestern Africa | 30.669 |
| 18 | CZEEastern Europe | 30.482 |
| 19 | INDSouthern Asia | 30.251 |
| 20 | BWASouthern Africa | 30.194 |
| 21 | AGOMiddle Africa | 29.774 |
| 22 | ERIEastern Africa | 29.549 |
| 23 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 29.040 |
| 24 | LVANorthern Europe | 28.620 |
| 25 | GEOWestern Asia | 28.501 |
| 26 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 27.909 |
| 27 | SYCEastern Africa | 27.588 |
| 28 | TKMCentral Asia | 27.560 |
| 29 | KAZCentral Asia | 27.288 |
| 30 | CHEWestern Europe | 27.249 |
| 31 | JPNEastern Asia | 27.199 |
| 32 | DOMCaribbean | 26.957 |
| 33 | ESPSouthern Europe | 26.706 |
| 34 | ABWCaribbean | 26.630 |
| 35 | PSEWestern Asia | 26.169 |
| 36 | OMNWestern Asia | 25.956 |
| 37 | PRTSouthern Europe | 25.904 |
| 38 | HUNEastern Europe | 25.747 |
| 39 | SVNSouthern Europe | 25.701 |
| 40 | ARMWestern Asia | 25.418 |
| 41 | GABMiddle Africa | 25.107 |
| 42 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 25.074 |
| 43 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 24.777 |
| 44 | MNGEastern Asia | 24.642 |
| 45 | NCLMelanesia | 24.498 |
| 46 | MARNorthern Africa | 24.414 |
| 47 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 24.368 |
| 48 | BGDSouthern Asia | 24.341 |
| 49 | TONPolynesia | 24.279 |
| 50 | HNDCentral America | 24.258 |
| 51 | ISRWestern Asia | 24.211 |
| 52 | BHSCaribbean | 24.209 |
| 53 | CHLSouth America | 24.108 |
| 54 | IRLNorthern Europe | 24.083 |
| 55 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 23.868 |
| 56 | TUNNorthern Africa | 23.811 |
| 57 | AUTWestern Europe | 23.778 |
| 58 | HRVSouthern Europe | 23.762 |
| 59 | GRCSouthern Europe | 23.677 |
| 60 | GNBWestern Africa | 23.596 |
| 61 | COGMiddle Africa | 23.408 |
| 62 | BHRWestern Asia | 23.348 |
| 63 | FRONorthern Europe | 23.293 |
| 64 | LKASouthern Asia | 23.289 |
| 65 | FJIMelanesia | 23.281 |
| 66 | HKGEastern Asia | 23.181 |
| 67 | SENWestern Africa | 23.115 |
| 68 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 22.747 |
| 69 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 22.744 |
| 70 | TTOCaribbean | 22.625 |
| 71 | AREWestern Asia | 22.546 |
| 72 | NICCentral America | 22.432 |
| 73 | BLREastern Europe | 22.177 |
| 74 | ROUEastern Europe | 22.173 |
| 75 | FINNorthern Europe | 22.059 |
| 76 | ITASouthern Europe | 22.052 |
| 77 | MUSEastern Africa | 21.759 |
| 78 | USANorthern America | 21.723 |
| 79 | MDAEastern Europe | 21.660 |
| 80 | SWENorthern Europe | 21.605 |
| 81 | SDNNorthern Africa | 21.566 |
| 82 | TURWestern Asia | 21.526 |
| 83 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 21.404 |
| 84 | DNKNorthern Europe | 21.257 |
| 85 | PANCentral America | 21.201 |
| 86 | UZBCentral Asia | 21.200 |
| 87 | PNGMelanesia | 21.192 |
| 88 | LTUNorthern Europe | 21.064 |
| 89 | NLDWestern Europe | 20.966 |
| 90 | GTMCentral America | 20.888 |
| 91 | GUYSouth America | 20.860 |
| 92 | MKDSouthern Europe | 20.830 |
| 93 | BELWestern Europe | 20.747 |
| 94 | FRAWestern Europe | 20.700 |
| 95 | BLZCentral America | 20.631 |
| 96 | BGREastern Europe | 20.529 |
| 97 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 20.459 |
| 98 | LUXWestern Europe | 20.428 |
| 99 | MEXCentral America | 20.408 |
| 100 | CYPWestern Asia | 20.282 |
| 101 | NPLSouthern Asia | 20.246 |
| 102 | UGAEastern Africa | 20.217 |
| 103 | UKREastern Europe | 20.191 |
| 104 | DEUWestern Europe | 20.152 |
| 105 | JORWestern Asia | 20.096 |
| 106 | RUSEastern Europe | 20.030 |
| 107 | CRICentral America | 19.886 |
| 108 | CANNorthern America | 19.739 |
| 109 | GHAWestern Africa | 19.700 |
| 110 | SAUWestern Asia | 19.693 |
| 111 | ECUSouth America | 19.656 |
| 112 | VUTMelanesia | 19.541 |
| 113 | ISLNorthern Europe | 19.510 |
| 114 | CMRMiddle Africa | 19.441 |
| 115 | NORNorthern Europe | 19.394 |
| 116 | MNESouthern Europe | 18.761 |
| 117 | LBNWestern Asia | 18.748 |
| 118 | GBRNorthern Europe | 18.699 |
| 119 | NAMSouthern Africa | 18.588 |
| 120 | POLEastern Europe | 18.544 |
| 121 | YEMWestern Asia | 18.484 |
| 122 | IRQWestern Asia | 18.227 |
| 123 | PRYSouth America | 18.100 |
| 124 | TZAEastern Africa | 18.088 |
| 125 | COMEastern Africa | 18.042 |
| 126 | EGYNorthern Africa | 17.999 |
| 127 | PERSouth America | 17.968 |
| 128 | KGZCentral Asia | 17.607 |
| 129 | MLTSouthern Europe | 17.513 |
| 130 | BRASouth America | 17.449 |
| 131 | SRBSouthern Europe | 17.378 |
| 132 | COLSouth America | 17.252 |
| 133 | KWTWestern Asia | 17.128 |
| 134 | SLVCentral America | 17.065 |
| 135 | MLIWestern Africa | 16.610 |
| 136 | BOLSouth America | 16.295 |
| 137 | PRICaribbean | 16.194 |
| 138 | KENEastern Africa | 15.138 |
| 139 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 15.036 |
| 140 | PAKSouthern Asia | 14.962 |
| 141 | BENWestern Africa | 14.834 |
| 142 | NERWestern Africa | 14.626 |
| 143 | LBYNorthern Africa | 13.517 |
| 144 | BFAWestern Africa | 13.452 |
| 145 | URYSouth America | 13.073 |
| 146 | CIVWestern Africa | 12.023 |
| 147 | SLEWestern Africa | 11.806 |
| 148 | MDGEastern Africa | 10.970 |
| 149 | ARGSouth America | 10.854 |
| 150 | GINWestern Africa | 9.971 |
| 151 | MACEastern Asia | 9.889 |
| 152 | CAFMiddle Africa | 9.625 |
| 153 | MRTWestern Africa | 9.544 |
| 154 | HTICaribbean | 9.496 |
| 155 | TJKCentral Asia | 9.296 |
| 156 | CUBCaribbean | 9.196 |
| 157 | CODMiddle Africa | 7.436 |
| 158 | GMBWestern Africa | 7.278 |
| 159 | SLBMelanesia | 5.946 |
| 160 | ZWEEastern Africa | 5.000 |
02In 2002
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Bhutan68.569
- 2
Chad60.156
- 3
Mozambique40.593
- 4
Iran39.054
- 5
Albania38.575
Lowest
- 160
Zimbabwe5.000
- 159
Solomon Islands5.946
- 158
Gambia7.278
- 157
DR Congo7.436
- 156
Cuba9.196
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.586. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032001 → 2002
Since 2001
What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +1 / −0countries joined / left
- 159values changed, of 159 in both
- 66 · 93rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Chad40.250 → 60.156+19.906
Laos13.544 → 29.040+15.497
Azerbaijan20.677 → 34.576+13.900
Brunei20.870 → 33.860+12.989
Bahrain15.709 → 23.348+7.638
Fell most
Iraq43.422 → 18.227−25.195
Seychelles40.395 → 27.588−12.807
Tajikistan16.383 → 9.296−7.087
Ghana26.599 → 19.700−6.899
Eritrea35.261 → 29.549−5.712
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.
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 2002.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 160 countries has every column.
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World Bank Group (2002). Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-capital-formation/2002
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07Questions
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2002: questions and answers
Which country has the highest investment (gross capital formation) in Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2002?
Bhutan, at 68.569, of the 160 countries in the file.
What year does Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2002 describe?
2002.
How many countries does Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2002 cover?
160.
Where can I download Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2002?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2002 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2025.