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Investment rate

47 of 54 countries reporting · annual · World Bank

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

Credit ratings

Rank Country Fitch Moody's S&P
1 🇿🇦 South Africa BB Ba2 BB
2 🇪🇬 Egypt B Caa1 B
3 🇳🇬 Nigeria B B3 B
4 🇬🇭 Ghana B Caa1 B-
5 🇰🇪 Kenya B- B3 B

Sorted by median ordinal across available agencies (Fitch / Moody's / S&P scales aligned at equivalent notches); ties broken alphabetically by country. Grades are never averaged or converted to a blended score — ordinals stay ordinals.