Data for 2009

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2009

Name: Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2009
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2009, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2009 covers 171 countries. Republic of the Congo is highest, at 54.295; Eritrea is lowest, at 9.264. The middle country reads 22.326. Against 2008, 170 values changed (45 up, 125 down), 1 country joined.

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Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) · Data for 2009

HighestRepublic of the Congo

54.295

LowestEritrea

9.264

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

171countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
171distinct 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), 2009, 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), 2009: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.295
2	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.189
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	50.188
4	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	48.864
5	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	46.600
6	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	46.067
7	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.928
8	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	42.964
9	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	42.113
10	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	41.641
11	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	41.360
12	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	41.145
13	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.898
14	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	39.393
15	India`IND`Southern Asia	39.257
16	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	37.832
17	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	37.222
18	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	37.163
19	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	36.864
20	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	36.586
21	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	34.371
22	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	34.356
23	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	34.061
24	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	34.040
25	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	33.938
26	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	32.630
27	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	32.620
28	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	32.440
29	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	32.212
30	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.185
31	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	31.741
32	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	31.715
33	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	31.674
34	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	31.634
35	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	31.425
36	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	30.985
37	Panama`PAN`Central America	30.857
38	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	30.538
39	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	29.948
40	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	29.642
41	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	29.558
42	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	29.415
43	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	28.771
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	28.538
45	Niger`NER`Western Africa	28.472
46	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	28.054
47	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	28.027
48	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27.981
49	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	27.370
50	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	27.276
51	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	27.270
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.203
53	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	26.921
54	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	26.671
55	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	26.616
56	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	26.433
57	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	26.398
58	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	26.332
59	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	26.220
60	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	26.206
61	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	26.145
62	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	26.116
63	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	26.018
64	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	25.936
65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	25.742
66	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	24.845
67	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	24.664
68	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	24.434
69	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	24.375
70	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	24.289
71	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	23.746
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	23.713
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23.695
74	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	23.660
75	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23.418
76	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	23.409
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	23.372
78	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	23.352
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.259
80	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	23.211
81	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.200
82	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	23.142
83	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	23.015
84	Chile`CHL`South America	22.920
85	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	22.532
86	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	22.326
87	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	22.267
88	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.026
89	Colombia`COL`South America	21.988
90	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21.959
91	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	21.847
92	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21.474
93	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	21.403
94	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.337
95	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	21.307
96	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	21.292
97	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	21.235
98	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21.178
99	Ecuador`ECU`South America	21.173
100	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	21.009
101	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20.997
102	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	20.883
103	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	20.843
104	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	20.758
105	France`FRA`Western Europe	20.718
106	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	20.636
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	20.599
108	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	20.577
109	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20.460
110	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	20.397
111	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	20.304
112	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	19.990
113	Peru`PER`South America	19.979
114	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	19.926
115	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	19.756
116	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	19.718
117	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	19.702
118	Uruguay`URY`South America	19.625
119	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	19.190
120	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	19.033
121	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	19.019
122	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	18.949
123	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	18.926
124	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	18.919
125	Paraguay`PRY`South America	18.916
126	Brazil`BRA`South America	18.796
127	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18.767
128	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18.733
129	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	18.611
130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18.560
131	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	18.555
132	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	18.504
133	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18.453
134	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	18.365
135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	18.354
136	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	18.006
137	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	17.991
138	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	17.966
139	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	17.836
140	United States`USA`Northern America	17.769
141	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	17.578
142	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	17.572
143	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	17.539
144	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	17.432
145	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	17.068
146	Bolivia`BOL`South America	16.971
147	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	16.432
148	Belize`BLZ`Central America	16.226
149	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	16.183
150	Argentina`ARG`South America	16.053
151	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	15.987
152	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	14.866
153	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	14.780
154	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14.744
155	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	14.492
156	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.055
157	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	13.986
158	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	13.652
159	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	13.545
160	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.267
161	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	13.204
162	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	12.980
163	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	12.891
164	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	12.791
165	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	12.747
166	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.607
167	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	11.297
168	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	11.209
169	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	10.938
170	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	10.431
171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.264

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Republic of the Congo54.295
2Bhutan50.189
3Suriname50.188
4Timor-Leste48.864
5Turkmenistan46.600

Lowest

171Eritrea9.264
170Puerto Rico10.431
169Cuba10.938
168Sierra Leone11.209
167Iraq11.297

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22.326. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
170values changed, of 170 in both
45 · 125rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Marshall Islands19.881 → 37.832+17.951
Timor-Leste31.327 → 48.864+17.537
Turkmenistan31.700 → 46.600+14.900
Republic of the Congo42.071 → 54.295+12.224
Equatorial Guinea27.542 → 39.393+11.851

Fell most

Moldova39.228 → 23.142−16.086
Honduras36.066 → 20.599−15.467
Lithuania28.246 → 12.980−15.266
Montenegro40.836 → 26.671−14.165
Latvia36.976 → 23.211−13.764

+ Samoa

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 2009.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 171 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2009). Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-capital-formation/2009

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