Emerging markets Compared by Economy > Gross capital formation > Current US$

DEFINITION: Gross capital formation (formerly gross domestic investment) consists of outlays on additions to the fixed assets of the economy plus net changes in the level of inventories. Fixed assets include land improvements (fences, ditches, drains, and so on); plant, machinery, and equipment purchases; and the construction of roads, railways, and the like, including schools, offices, hospitals, private residential dwellings, and commercial and industrial buildings. Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." According to the 1993 SNA, net acquisitions of valuables are also considered capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	China	970.92 billion$	2005
2	India	268.72 billion$	2005
3	Mexico	167.45 billion$	2005
4	Brazil	163.76 billion$	2005
5	Russia	159.55 billion$	2005
6	Turkey	89.81 billion$	2005
7	Indonesia	63.86 billion$	2005
8	Poland	57.74 billion$	2005
9	Thailand	55.88 billion$	2005
10	South Africa	43.68 billion$	2005
11	Argentina	39.31 billion$	2005
12	Venezuela	30.36 billion$	2005
13	Chile	26.5 billion$	2005
14	Malaysia	25.98 billion$	2005
15	Hungary	25.86 billion$	2005
16	Colombia	23.47 billion$	2005
17	Romania	22.37 billion$	2005
18	Pakistan	18.65 billion$	2005
19	Ukraine	15.87 billion$	2005
20	Philippines	14.99 billion$	2005
21	Peru	14.76 billion$	2005
22	Bulgaria	7.46 billion$	2005
23	Lithuania	6.41 billion$	2005
24	Latvia	5.41 billion$	2005
25	Estonia	4.17 billion$	2005

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