Gross capital formation in US dollars — all countries

Gross capital formation in US dollars — Lower-middle-income countries

Gross capital formation in US dollars in lower-middle-income countries in 2025 — 2,419,725,667,069 US$. Since 1986, the indicator has risen by 1,381.9%.

2025 2.42T US$ +1.41% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.42T US$2025
Period minimum 153B US$1987

Trend over time

1986–2025 · US$

Gross capital formation in US dollars — Lower-middle-income countries, 1986–202501T2T3T198619901994199820022006201020142018202220251986: 163,280,176,674 US$1987: 152,552,305,927 US$1988: 157,636,688,661 US$1990: 198,922,574,855 US$1991: 210,671,642,401 US$1992: 232,939,081,406 US$1993: 187,025,190,325 US$1994: 210,209,336,985 US$1995: 251,929,704,681 US$1996: 260,840,396,138 US$1997: 276,846,627,337 US$1998: 274,008,573,126 US$1999: 304,483,334,653 US$2000: 291,737,148,785 US$2001: 325,858,830,744 US$2002: 347,180,394,756 US$2003: 411,290,550,602 US$2004: 524,198,465,664 US$2005: 611,311,282,611 US$2006: 724,058,912,784 US$2007: 974,014,619,922 US$2008: 1,036,887,167,597 US$2009: 1,065,379,353,893 US$2010: 1,279,898,653,152 US$2011: 1,415,811,599,260 US$2012: 1,444,295,357,559 US$2013: 1,353,527,132,392 US$2014: 1,436,406,136,641 US$2015: 1,401,059,644,255 US$2016: 1,496,077,910,462 US$2017: 1,695,663,194,762 US$2018: 1,781,311,055,578 US$2019: 1,761,621,975,604 US$2020: 1,602,653,031,836 US$2021: 1,998,495,370,327 US$2022: 2,178,110,568,987 US$2023: 2,258,972,216,932 US$2024: 2,385,966,077,950 US$2025: 2,419,725,667,069 US$
Change over the period: +2.26T (+1,381.95%) Average annual rate: 7.16 %
Gross capital formation in US dollars — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 2.42T +33.76B +1.41%
2024 2.39T +127B +5.62%
2023 2.26T +80.86B +3.71%
2022 2.18T +180B +8.99%
2021 2T +396B +24.7%
2020 1.6T −159B −9.02%
2019 1.76T −19.69B −1.11%
2018 1.78T +85.65B +5.05%
2017 1.7T +200B +13.34%
2016 1.5T +95.02B +6.78%
2015 1.4T −35.35B −2.46%
2014 1.44T +82.88B +6.12%
2013 1.35T −90.77B −6.28%
2012 1.44T +28.48B +2.01%
2011 1.42T +136B +10.62%
2010 1.28T +215B +20.14%
2009 1.07T +28.49B +2.75%
2008 1.04T +62.87B +6.45%
2007 974B +250B +34.52%
2006 724B +113B +18.44%
2005 611B +87.11B +16.62%
2004 524B +113B +27.45%
2003 411B +64.11B +18.47%
2002 347B +21.32B +6.54%
2001 326B +34.12B +11.7%
2000 292B −12.75B −4.19%
1999 304B +30.47B +11.12%
1998 274B −2.84B −1.03%
1997 277B +16.01B +6.14%
1996 261B +8.91B +3.54%
1995 252B +41.72B +19.85%
1994 210B +23.18B +12.4%
1993 187B −45.91B −19.71%
1992 233B +22.27B +10.57%
1991 211B +11.75B +5.91%
1990 199B
1988 158B +5.08B +3.33%
1987 153B −10.73B −6.57%
1986 163B

About the indicator

Gross fixed capital formation and changes in inventories in current US dollars — what is commonly called investment in the economy. It covers the construction of buildings and structures, purchases of machinery and equipment, roads and networks, as well as the build-up of inventories. The word gross means that the wear of existing capital is not deducted: part of these outlays merely replaces what is retiring rather than adding to the stock.

Important: This concerns outlays on physical capital inside the country, not financial investment and not inflows of foreign capital.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.