Data for 2012

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2012

Name: Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2012
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2012, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2012 covers 172 countries. Bhutan is highest, at 69.449; South Sudan is lowest, at 7.074. The middle country reads 24.066. Against 2011, 170 values changed (85 up, 85 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) · Data for 2012

HighestBhutan

69.449

LowestSouth Sudan

7.074

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

172countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
172distinct 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), 2012, 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), 2012: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.449
2	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	60.029
3	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	55.899
4	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	50.590
5	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	49.167
6	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	45.817
7	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	43.817
8	Panama`PAN`Central America	42.504
9	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	41.148
10	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	40.917
11	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	40.299
12	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	40.282
13	India`IND`Southern Asia	38.347
14	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	37.730
15	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	37.672
16	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.098
17	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	36.424
18	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.351
19	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	36.000
20	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	35.721
21	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	35.204
22	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	35.094
23	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	35.072
24	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	34.961
25	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	34.845
26	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	32.882
27	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	32.504
28	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	32.201
29	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.179
30	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	31.902
31	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	31.518
32	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	31.342
33	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	31.215
34	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31.012
35	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	30.559
36	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	30.210
37	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	29.715
38	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.422
39	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	29.410
40	Niger`NER`Western Africa	29.314
41	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	29.263
42	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	29.081
43	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	28.927
44	Chile`CHL`South America	28.791
45	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	28.640
46	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.603
47	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	28.318
48	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28.262
49	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	28.214
50	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	28.062
51	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	28.024
52	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	27.969
53	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	27.727
54	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	27.623
55	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	27.144
56	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	27.103
57	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	26.966
58	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	26.723
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	26.722
60	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	26.458
61	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	26.258
62	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	26.177
63	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	26.112
64	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.097
65	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	26.028
66	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.022
67	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	25.749
68	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	25.669
69	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	25.230
70	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	25.220
71	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	24.987
72	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	24.927
73	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	24.884
74	Canada`CAN`Northern America	24.868
75	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	24.787
76	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	24.681
77	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	24.671
78	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	24.653
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	24.624
80	Peru`PER`South America	24.606
81	Honduras`HND`Central America	24.564
82	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	24.554
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	24.378
84	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	24.256
85	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	24.199
86	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	24.088
87	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	24.043
88	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	23.933
89	Venezuela`VEN`South America	23.873
90	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	23.753
91	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23.628
92	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	23.610
93	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	23.588
94	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	23.523
95	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	23.421
96	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	23.267
97	Ecuador`ECU`South America	23.013
98	Uruguay`URY`South America	22.915
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	22.884
100	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	22.317
101	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	22.193
102	Colombia`COL`South America	22.105
103	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21.994
104	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	21.887
105	France`FRA`Western Europe	21.830
106	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	21.475
107	Brazil`BRA`South America	21.417
108	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	21.315
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	21.264
110	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	20.877
111	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	20.811
112	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	20.802
113	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	20.693
114	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	20.451
115	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20.287
116	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	20.270
117	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20.169
118	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	20.074
119	United States`USA`Northern America	19.951
120	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	19.888
121	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	19.854
122	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	19.724
123	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.615
124	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	19.561
125	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	19.482
126	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	19.472
127	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	19.354
128	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	19.273
129	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	19.227
130	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	18.861
131	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	18.810
132	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	18.752
133	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	18.594
134	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18.585
135	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	18.583
136	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	18.239
137	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	18.024
138	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18.001
139	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.970
140	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	17.710
141	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	17.696
142	Bolivia`BOL`South America	17.673
143	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	17.509
144	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	17.273
145	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	16.968
146	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16.556
147	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	16.515
148	Argentina`ARG`South America	16.502
149	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	16.152
150	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	16.027
151	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	15.890
152	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	15.818
153	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	15.754
154	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	15.736
155	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	15.276
156	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	15.219
157	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15.194
158	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.169
159	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	14.646
160	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	14.618
161	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	13.446
162	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.072
163	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	12.911
164	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	12.835
165	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	12.261
166	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	11.014
167	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.834
168	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	10.334
169	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9.856
170	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	8.704
171	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.575
172	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	7.074

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Bhutan69.449
2Timor-Leste60.029
3Mongolia55.899
4Mozambique50.590
5Mauritania49.167

Lowest

172South Sudan7.074
171Cuba8.575
170Yemen8.704
169Zimbabwe9.856
168Puerto Rico10.334

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 24.066. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −1countries joined / left
170values changed, of 170 in both
85 · 85rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mozambique29.406 → 50.590+21.184
Mauritania38.654 → 49.167+10.513
Lesotho25.332 → 35.721+10.389
Faroe Islands16.258 → 26.258+10.000
Kyrgyzstan25.473 → 34.961+9.488

Fell most

Greenland64.009 → 37.672−26.337
Sierra Leone46.545 → 29.410−17.136
Timor-Leste70.335 → 60.029−10.306
Marshall Islands23.081 → 12.911−10.170
Cabo Verde44.912 → 35.204−9.708

+ Somalia

+ Venezuela

− Eritrea

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 2012.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2012). Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gross-capital-formation/2012

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