List of countries by investment rate

The following list of countries by investment quota sorts countries according to the value of all investments made in the country as a share of gross domestic product (GDP). In addition, the total value of all investments is also given in US dollars . All data come from the World Bank .

The investment ratio is in the economics one economic indicator that the share of expenditure Gross fixed capital formation reflects the GDP. The investment rate can be an indicator of economic growth and technological progress .

rank	country	Investments as a share of GDP in%	Total investment in USD million (nominal)	year
1	Nepal	55.2%	16,024	2018
2	Bhutan	51.3%	1,296	2017
3	Mozambique	49.0%	7,215	2018
4th	Djibouti	48.3%	1,428	2018
5	Mauritania	47.7%	2,497	2018
6th	Turkmenistan	47.2%	16,598	2012
7th	Algeria	47.1%	81,856	2018
8th	People's Republic of China	44.1%	5,995,274	2018
9	Mongolia	43.1%	5,631	2018
10	Qatar	42.9%	82.011	2018
11	Panama	41.7%	25,977	2017
12	Brunei	41.1%	5,572	2018
13	Cape Verde	40.4%	799	2018
14th	Uzbekistan	40.2%	20,289	2018
15th	Zambia	38.2%	8.006	2016
16	Guyana	37.4%	1,453	2018
17th	Niger	37.1%	3,447	2018
18th	Suriname	36.2%	1,582	2010
19th	Kyrgyzstan	35.4%	2,863	2018
20th	Iran	34.7%	157.715	2017
21st	Indonesia	34.6%	360.277	2018
22nd	Ethiopia	34.1%	28,789	2018
23	Tanzania	34.0%	18,138	2017
24	Morocco	33.5%	39,528	2018
25th	North Macedonia	33.0%	4,180	2018
26th	Myanmar	32.8%	21,854	2017
27	Seychelles	32.5%	518	2018
28	Montenegro	31.9%	1,757	2018
29	Bahrain	31.9%	12,043	2018
30th	India	31.3%	851.175	2018
31	Bangladesh	31.2%	85,591	2018
32	South Korea	30.2%	488.785	2018
33	Libya	29.8%	25,994	2008
34	Turkey	29.6%	228.159	2018
35	Botswana	29.5%	5,493	2018
36	Kosovo	29.5%	2,340	2018
37	Laos	29.0%	4,585	2016
38	Haiti	29.0%	2,802	2018
39	Senegal	28.7%	6,930	2018
40	Sri Lanka	28.6%	25,412	2018
41	Georgia	28.1%	4,950	2018
42	Belarus	27.5%	16,407	2018
43	Norway	27.3%	118,709	2018
44	Hungary	27.2%	42,985	2018
45	Tajikistan	27.2%	1,946	2017
46	Philippines	26.9%	89,142	2018
47	Sweden	26.8%	149,150	2018
48	Palau	26.7%	76	2018
49	Singapore	26.6%	96.903	2018
50	Vietnam	26.5%	65,063	2018
51	Vanuatu	26.4%	215	2014
52	Estonia	26.2%	8,057	2018
53	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	26.2%	207	2017
54	Czech Republic	26.2%	64,170	2018
55	Ecuador	26.0%	28,132	2018
56	Central African Republic	25.9%	575	2018
57	Democratic Republic of Congo	25.8%	12,200	2018
58	Dominican Republic	25.8%	22,070	2018
59	Benin	25.8%	2,669	2018
60	Moldova	25.6%	2,932	2018
61	Honduras	25.5%	6.116	2018
62	Belgium	25.5%	138,375	2018
63	Togo	25.3%	1,358	2018
64	Kuwait	25.2%	35,451	2018
65	Austria	25.1%	114,324	2018
66	Albania	25.0%	3,263	2017
67	Thailand	25.0%	126,316	2018
68	Uganda	25.0%	6,863	2018
69	Finland	24.9%	68,929	2018
70	Burkina Faso	24.7%	3,493	2018
71	Bahamas	24.5%	3,046	2018
72	Australia	24.5%	351.176	2018
73	Japan	24.4%	1,213,676	2018
74	Rwanda	24.4%	2,316	2018
	World average	24.4%		2018
75	Saudi Arabia	24.2%	190,577	2018
76	Palestine	24.2%	3,536	2018
77	Romania	24.2%	57,879	2018
78	Angola	24.1%	29,469	2017
79	New Zealand	23.9%	48,917	2018
80	Kazakhstan	23.8%	42,748	2018
81	Ireland	23.8%	90,939	2018
82	Malaysia	23.6%	84,675	2018
83	Latvia	23.5%	8,086	2018
84	France	23.5%	651.481	2018
85	Cambodia	23.4%	5,755	2018
86	Slovakia	23.4%	24,814	2018
87	Marshall Islands	23.4%	52	2018
88	Jamaica	23.3%	3,667	2018
89	Oman	23.2%	18,387	2018
90	Croatia	23.1%	14,099	2018
91	Canada	23.1%	396.013	2018
92	Denmark	23.0%	81,650	2018
93	Nicaragua	22.9%	3,010	2018
94	Cameroon	22.8%	8,816	2018
95	Mexico	22.7%	277,679	2018
96	Russia	22.7%	376.765	2018
97	Chile	22.7%	67,725	2018
98	Switzerland	22.7%	160.079	2018
99	Serbia	22.7%	11,471	2018
100	Iceland	22.6%	5,852	2018
101	East Timor	22.5%	559	2017
102	Paraguay	22.4%	9,088	2018
103	United Arab Emirates	22.4%	92,946	2018
104	Armenia	22.4%	2,784	2018
105	Lesotho	22.0%	604	2018
106	Israel	21.8%	80,803	2018
107	Germany	21.8%	860.530	2018
108	Gabon	21.8%	3,671	2018
109	Hong Kong	21.7%	78,785	2018
110	Bulgaria	21.6%	14,079	2018
111	Peru	21.3%	47,300	2018
112	Colombia	21.2%	70.208	2018
113	Slovenia	21.1%	11,391	2018
114	United States	21.0%	4,315,457	2018
115	Argentina	21.0%	108.995	2018
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.9%	4.216	2018
117	Poland	20.9%	121,249	2018
118	Netherlands	20.7%	188,746	2018
119	Bolivia	20.6%	8,298	2018
120	El Salvador	20.4%	5,325	2018
121	Spain	20.4%	289.132	2018
122	Mali	20.3%	3,481	2018
123	Azerbaijan	20.1%	9.423	2018
124	Fiji	19.9%	715	2016
125	Nigeria	19.8%	78,698	2018
126	Lithuania	19.8%	10,579	2018
127	Ivory Coast	19.8%	8,494	2018
128	Chad	19.7%	2,225	2018
129	Madagascar	19.6%	2,717	2018
130	Lebanon	19.5%	11,046	2018
131	Tunisia	19.3%	7,689	2018
132	Sudan	19.3%	7,873	2018
133	Afghanistan	19.2%	3,872	2017
134	Cyprus	19.1%	4,776	2018
135	Mauritius	19.1%	2,719	2018
136	Malta	19.1%	2,778	2018
137	Costa Rica	19.0%	11,412	2018
138	Belize	19.0%	355	2018
139	Guinea	18.9%	2,064	2018
140	Ukraine	18.8%	24,556	2018
141	Kenya	18.4%	16,213	2018
142	Jordan	18.4%	7,787	2018
143	Italy	18.2%	378,450	2018
144	Republic of the Congo	18.2%	2,045	2018
145	Portugal	18.1%	43,645	2018
146	South Africa	17.9%	66,072	2018
147	Luxembourg	17.6%	12,449	2018
148	United Kingdom	17.3%	493.070	2018
149	Macau	17.2%	9,463	2018
150	Gambia	17.0%	277	2018
151	Pakistan	16.7%	52,659	2018
152	Egypt	16.7%	41,789	2018
152	Uruguay	16.5%	9,863	2018
154	Equatorial Guinea	15.5%	2,077	2018
155	Brazil	15.4%	288.193	2018
156	Comoros	15.0%	176	2018
157	Ghana	14.9%	9,744	2018
158	Sierra Leone	13.6%	554	2018
159	Malawi	13.4%	847	2017
160	Greece	13.1%	28,588	2018
161	Swaziland	13.1%	615	2018
162	Liberia	12.9%	422	2018
163	Iraq	12.9%	28,864	2018
164	Namibia	12.6%	1,825	2018
165	Zimbabwe	12.4%	3,893	2018
166	Trinidad and Tobago	12.4%	2,922	2015
167	Guatemala	12.1%	9,478	2018
168	Cuba	12.0%	12,040	2018
169	Barbados	11.3%	579	2018
170	Burundi	11.1%	337	2018
171	Guinea-Bissau	10.9%	159	2018
172	Eritrea	10.0%	261	2011
173	Puerto Rico	8.8%	8,922	2018
174	South Sudan	5.8%	690	2015
175	Yemen	1.5%	416	2016
176	Venezuela	−3.8%	..	2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gross capital formation (% of GDP) | Data. Retrieved January 8, 2018 (American English). 
2. ↑ Gross fixed capital formation (current US $) | Data. Retrieved January 9, 2018 (American English).