NAAG Chapter 3B: Gross fixed capital formation by asset type by country
The National Accounts at a Glance (NAAG) is based on the original publication and has nine chapters: The first chapter focuses on indicators of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The second is about income and related indicators and presents measures of net national income, savings and net lending/net borrowing. The...
What the numbers show
NAAG Chapter 3B: Gross fixed capital formation by asset type is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 39.87 Percentage of GDP in China; the lowest is 13.88 Percentage of GDP in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 22.93 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 22.73 Percentage of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 51.3%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 28.5%).
NAAG Chapter 3B: Gross fixed capital formation by asset type: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 39.87 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 2 | India | 30.43 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 3 | Indonesia | 28.77 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 4 | Japan | 27.81 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 5 | Iceland | 26.66 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 39.5% | falling |
| 6 | Czechia | 26.41 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 7 | Switzerland | 26 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 8 | Sweden | 24.87 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 9 | Australia | 24.33 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 10 | Ireland | 24.11 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 11 | Chile | 24.09 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 12 | Belgium | 23.89 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 13 | Israel | 23.8 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 14 | Mexico | 23.76 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 15 | Austria | 23.74 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 16 | Norway | 23.38 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 17 | New Zealand | 23.37 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 18 | Denmark | 22.96 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 19 | Canada | 22.9 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 20 | OECD | 22.62 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 21 | France | 22.19 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 22 | Hungary | 21.94 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 23 | Finland | 21.92 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 24 | Italy | 21.83 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 25 | United States | 21.35 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 26 | Portugal | 20.73 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 32.4% | falling |
| 27 | Russia | 20.64 Percentage of GDP | 2019 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 28 | Spain | 20.61 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 29 | Germany | 20.31 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 18.88 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 31 | Greece | 16.88 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | up 51.3% | falling |
| 32 | Brazil | 16.41 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 33 | Colombia | 16.22 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 15.83 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 14.97 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 36 | South Africa | 13.88 Percentage of GDP | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 30.03 Percentage of GDP
- Lithuania 22.94 Percentage of GDP
- Slovenia 21.13 Percentage of GDP
- Slovak Republic 20.53 Percentage of GDP
- Netherlands 20.11 Percentage of GDP
- Poland 17.11 Percentage of GDP
About this data
The National Accounts at a Glance (NAAG) is based on the original publication and has nine chapters: The first chapter focuses on indicators of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The second is about income and related indicators and presents measures of net national income, savings and net lending/net borrowing. The third chapter looks at the expenditure approach to GDP, with information on the key components of demand and imports. The fourth chapter presents indicators from a production perspective. The fifth chapter looks at household sector indicators such as household disposable income, saving and net worth. The sixth chapter focuses on general government, presenting indicators such as general government revenue, expenditure and gross debt. The seventh chapter looks at financial and non-financial corporations. The eighth chapter presents indicators of capital stock and depreciation. Finally, chapter 9 provides reference indicators, important in their own right but also because they are used in the construction of many of the indicators presented elsewhere in NAAG.