Investment rate

Gross fixed capital formation, % of GDP

Order: Highest to lowest · Show lowest first
Countries: 47 of 54 have data · 7 without data
Period: Latest figures range from 2015 to 2025: 39 countries report 2025; 8 report earlier years (2015, 2023, 2024).
Source: World Bank · annual

Countries’ latest figures come from different years. Each row shows its own year, so figures from different years are not a like-for-like comparison.

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Investment rate: Highest to lowest
Rank	Country	Value (%)	Year	Change from previous figure	Compare
1	🇹🇿 Tanzania + compare	42.22% ↑ 1.07 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 1.07 pts	+ compare
2	🇬🇲 Gambia + compare	40.39% ↑ 10.45 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 10.45 pts	+ compare
3	🇩🇿 Algeria + compare	39.4% ↑ 4.2 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 4.2 pts	+ compare
4	🇬🇳 Guinea + compare	38.07% ↑ 4.9 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 4.9 pts	+ compare
5	🇧🇯 Benin + compare	35.43% ↑ 0.76 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 0.76 pts	+ compare
6	🇷🇼 Rwanda + compare	32.19% ↓ 0.75 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 0.75 pts	+ compare
7	🇱🇸 Lesotho + compare	30.89% ↑ 1.55 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 1.55 pts	+ compare
8	🇨🇬 Congo + compare	29.08% ↑ 2.54 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 2.54 pts	+ compare
9	🇨🇩 DR Congo + compare	28.79% ↓ 2.59 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 2.59 pts	+ compare
10	🇸🇳 Senegal + compare	28.72% ↓ 2.42 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 2.42 pts	+ compare
11	🇧🇼 Botswana + compare	28.23% ↓ 0.23 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 0.23 pts	+ compare
12	🇸🇴 Somalia + compare	28.11% ↑ 1.37 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 1.37 pts	+ compare
13	🇲🇷 Mauritania + compare	26.98% ↑ 1.19 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 1.19 pts	+ compare
14	🇲🇦 Morocco + compare	26.81% ↑ 0.35 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 0.35 pts	+ compare
15	🇩🇯 Djibouti + compare	25.46% ↑ 1.3 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 1.3 pts	+ compare
16	🇬🇦 Gabon + compare	24.83% ↑ 5.69 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 5.69 pts	+ compare
17	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone + compare	23.2% ↑ 3.65 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 3.65 pts	+ compare
18	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau + compare	22.29% ↓ 1.04 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 1.04 pts	+ compare
19	🇺🇬 Uganda + compare	21.86% ↑ 0.21 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 0.21 pts	+ compare
20	🇲🇱 Mali + compare	21.67% ↑ 0.79 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 0.79 pts	+ compare
21	🇿🇲 Zambia + compare	21.6% ↓ 4.83 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 4.83 pts	+ compare
22	🇳🇦 Namibia + compare	21.52% ↓ 2.52 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 2.52 pts	+ compare
23	🇲🇬 Madagascar + compare	21.04% ↑ 0.6 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 0.6 pts	+ compare
24	🇹🇬 Togo + compare	20.98% ↓ 6.09 pts from previous figure	2023	↓ 6.09 pts	+ compare
25	🇳🇪 Niger + compare	20.94% ↓ 1.47 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 1.47 pts	+ compare
26	🇪🇹 Ethiopia + compare	20.12% ↓ 0.46 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 0.46 pts	+ compare
27	🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire + compare	20.04% ↑ 0.32 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 0.32 pts	+ compare
28	🇲🇺 Mauritius + compare	19.74% ↓ 1.24 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 1.24 pts	+ compare
29	🇨🇲 Cameroon + compare	19.34% ↑ 1.16 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 1.16 pts	+ compare
30	🇸🇨 Seychelles + compare	18.71% ↓ 2.59 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 2.59 pts	+ compare
31	🇰🇪 Kenya + compare	17.92% ↑ 0.35 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 0.35 pts	+ compare
32	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso + compare	16.73% ↓ 0.47 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 0.47 pts	+ compare
33	🇹🇩 Chad + compare	16.39% ↑ 0.91 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 0.91 pts	+ compare
34	🇸🇿 Eswatini + compare	16.07% ↓ 0.02 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 0.02 pts	+ compare
35	🇹🇳 Tunisia + compare	15.21% ↓ 0.53 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 0.53 pts	+ compare
36	🇨🇫 Central African Republic + compare	14.78% ↓ 0.34 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 0.34 pts	+ compare
37	🇱🇾 Libya + compare	14.27% ↑ 0 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 0 pts	+ compare
38	🇿🇦 South Africa + compare	13.88% ↓ 0.64 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 0.64 pts	+ compare
39	🇰🇲 Comoros + compare	11.85% ↓ 0.15 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 0.15 pts	+ compare
40	🇪🇬 Egypt + compare	11.71% ↑ 0.01 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 0.01 pts	+ compare
41	🇦🇴 Angola + compare	10.62% ↓ 1.8 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 1.8 pts	+ compare
42	🇬🇭 Ghana + compare	9.74% ↓ 0.13 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 0.13 pts	+ compare
43	🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe + compare	8.67% ↑ 1.84 pts from previous figure	2025	↑ 1.84 pts	+ compare
44	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe + compare	7.93% ↓ 1.75 pts from previous figure	2024	↓ 1.75 pts	+ compare
45	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea + compare	6.37% ↓ 0.12 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 0.12 pts	+ compare
46	🇸🇸 South Sudan + compare	5.75% ↓ 2.24 pts from previous figure	2015	↓ 2.24 pts	+ compare
47	🇸🇩 Sudan + compare	0.73% ↓ 2.15 pts from previous figure	2025	↓ 2.15 pts	+ compare
	Median	20.98%	median of shown

“—” in the change column means there is no earlier figure to compare with.

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