Country Comparison > Investment (gross fixed)

Rank	Country	Investment (gross fixed) (%)
1	Lesotho	48.5
2	Sao Tome and Principe	43.7
3	Qatar	43.5
4	China	42.2
5	Vietnam	40
6	Guyana	39.3
7	Equatorial Guinea	39.2
8	Cape Verde	36.9
9	Latvia	35.8
10	Jamaica	34.1
11	Estonia	33.3
12	India	31.8
13	Congo, Republic of the	31.5
14	Ghana	31.3
15	Spain	30.8
16	Croatia	30.8
17	Montenegro	30.5
18	Armenia	30.3
19	Belarus	29.8
20	Sri Lanka	29.2
21	Namibia	29.1
22	Haiti	28.9
23	Nicaragua	28.8
24	Jordan	27.8
25	Korea, South	27.8
26	Gambia, The	27.7
27	Slovenia	27.6
28	Bulgaria	27.6
29	Australia	27.6
30	Thailand	27.4
31	Colombia	27.3
32	Ethiopia	27.2
33	Romania	26.9
34	Azerbaijan	26.9
35	Georgia	26.7
36	Greece	26.6
37	Ecuador	26.4
38	Honduras	26.3
39	Slovakia	26.3
40	Madagascar	26.3
41	Bangladesh	26
42	Burundi	25.9
43	Czech Republic	25.8
44	Iceland	25.5
45	Kazakhstan	25.4
46	Ireland	25.4
47	Venezuela	25.4
48	Moldova	25.3
49	Zambia	25.1
50	Sudan	25
51	Morocco	24.8
52	Singapore	24.4
53	Uganda	24.3
54	Nigeria	24.3
55	Japan	24.1
56	Lithuania	24
57	Gabon	24
58	Tunisia	23.6
59	Syria	23.6
60	Indonesia	23.6
61	Algeria	23.5
62	Trinidad and Tobago	23.5
63	Albania	23.4
64	Mauritius	23.4
65	Denmark	23.2
66	Rwanda	22.7
67	Ukraine	22.6
68	Belize	22.4
69	New Zealand	22.2
70	Argentina	22
71	Canada	22
72	Hong Kong	22
73	Kenya	22
74	Hungary	21.9
75	Poland	21.8
76	Switzerland	21.8
77	Egypt	21.8
78	United Arab Emirates	21.5
79	Mexico	21.5
80	Austria	21.4
81	Belgium	21.4
82	Pakistan	21.4
83	Togo	21.4
84	Taiwan	21.2
85	Turkmenistan	21.2
86	Turkey	21
87	South Africa	21
88	Portugal	21
89	Eritrea	21
90	Chile	21
91	Kuwait	20.9
92	Peru	20.8
93	France	20.7
94	Burkina Faso	20.6
95	Italy	20.6
96	Panama	20.5
97	Papua New Guinea	20.4
98	Oman	20.3
99	Mozambique	20.3
100	Costa Rica	20.3
101	Cambodia	20.3
102	Malaysia	20.2
103	Serbia	20.1
104	Netherlands	19.9
105	Paraguay	19.8
106	Benin	19.8
107	Sweden	19.6
108	Cyprus	19.6
109	Botswana	19.5
110	Lebanon	19.4
111	Finland	19.4
112	Russia	19.4
113	Norway	19.2
114	Yemen	19.1
115	Saudi Arabia	18.8
116	Tanzania	18.4
117	Germany	18.4
118	United Kingdom	18.3
119	Zimbabwe	18.2
120	Swaziland	17.9
121	Israel	17.9
122	Brazil	17.9
123	Bahrain	17.6
124	Luxembourg	17.5
125	Kyrgyzstan	17.2
126	Dominican Republic	17.2
127	Cameroon	17.2
128	El Salvador	17
129	Iran	17
130	Uruguay	16
131	Guatemala	15.9
132	United States	15.6
133	Tajikistan	15
134	Philippines	14.2
135	Cuba	14.2
136	Bolivia	13.4
137	Seychelles	13.2
138	Senegal	12.2
139	Burma	12.2
140	Chad	11.5
141	Guinea	11.3
142	Malta	10.7
143	Malawi	9.4
144	Angola	9.2
145	Libya	8.8
146	Cote d'Ivoire	8.6
147	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	7.9

Definition: This entry records total business spending on fixed assets, such as factories, machinery, equipment, dwellings, and inventories of raw materials, which provide the basis for future production. It is measured gross of the depreciation of the assets, i.e., it includes invesment that merely replaces worn-out or scrapped capital.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009