Gross capital formation in US dollars — all countries

Gross capital formation in US dollars — Southern Africa

Gross capital formation in US dollars in Southern Africa in 2025 — 68,686,797,331 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 3,955.4%.

2025 68.69B US$ +0.41% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 95.71B US$2011
Period minimum 1.69B US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Gross capital formation in US dollars — Southern Africa, 1960–2025025B50B75B100B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,693,728,794 US$1962: 1,725,275,733 US$1964: 2,685,550,610 US$1966: 3,145,966,348 US$1968: 3,887,721,132 US$1970: 5,415,417,881 US$1972: 5,892,102,166 US$1974: 11,436,075,099 US$1976: 11,562,390,391 US$1978: 13,041,796,797 US$1980: 27,705,038,803 US$1982: 22,088,147,940 US$1984: 20,823,103,954 US$1986: 14,971,785,360 US$1988: 21,653,253,112 US$1990: 25,151,470,789 US$1992: 24,987,610,357 US$1994: 27,090,084,722 US$1996: 28,998,718,739 US$1998: 27,814,856,342 US$2000: 25,233,311,591 US$2002: 21,674,518,190 US$2004: 47,453,790,935 US$2006: 60,113,183,333 US$2008: 73,960,898,974 US$2010: 81,241,149,808 US$2012: 90,108,226,072 US$2014: 80,380,574,121 US$2016: 61,826,568,144 US$2018: 73,455,628,258 US$2020: 49,266,721,740 US$2022: 73,527,271,800 US$2024: 68,407,288,061 US$2025: 68,686,797,331 US$
Change over the period: +66.99B (+3,955.36%) Average annual rate: 5.86 %
Gross capital formation in US dollars — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 68.69B +280M +0.41%
2024 68.41B −1.21B −1.74%
2023 69.62B −3.91B −5.32%
2022 73.53B +10.68B +16.99%
2021 62.85B +13.58B +27.57%
2020 49.27B −20.8B −29.68%
2019 70.06B −3.39B −4.62%
2018 73.46B +2.47B +3.49%
2017 70.98B +9.16B +14.81%
2016 61.83B −11.48B −15.66%
2015 73.31B −7.07B −8.8%
2014 80.38B −5.05B −5.91%
2013 85.43B −4.68B −5.19%
2012 90.11B −5.6B −5.85%
2011 95.71B +14.47B +17.81%
2010 81.24B +13.19B +19.38%
2009 68.05B −5.91B −7.99%
2008 73.96B +4.61B +6.64%
2007 69.35B +9.24B +15.37%
2006 60.11B +7.55B +14.36%
2005 52.56B +5.11B +10.77%
2004 47.45B +13.39B +39.3%
2003 34.07B +12.39B +57.17%
2002 21.67B −495M −2.23%
2001 22.17B −3.06B −12.14%
2000 25.23B −686M −2.65%
1999 25.92B −1.9B −6.82%
1998 27.81B −1.66B −5.64%
1997 29.48B +478M +1.65%
1996 29B −3.45B −10.64%
1995 32.45B +5.36B +19.79%
1994 27.09B +4.55B +20.19%
1993 22.54B −2.45B −9.8%
1992 24.99B −898M −3.47%
1991 25.89B +734M +2.92%
1990 25.15B +636M +2.59%
1989 24.52B +2.86B +13.22%
1988 21.65B +4.91B +29.32%
1987 16.74B +1.77B +11.84%
1986 14.97B +1.2B +8.71%
1985 13.77B −7.05B −33.86%
1984 20.82B −4.22B −16.85%
1983 25.04B +2.95B +13.38%
1982 22.09B −8.78B −28.43%
1981 30.86B +3.16B +11.4%
1980 27.71B +11.16B +67.48%
1979 16.54B +3.5B +26.84%
1978 13.04B +468M +3.72%
1977 12.57B +1.01B +8.74%
1976 11.56B −1.21B −9.46%
1975 12.77B +1.33B +11.67%
1974 11.44B +3.31B +40.76%
1973 8.12B +2.23B +37.89%
1972 5.89B −597M −9.2%
1971 6.49B +1.07B +19.82%
1970 5.42B +888M +19.62%
1969 4.53B +639M +16.45%
1968 3.89B +13.14M +0.34%
1967 3.87B +729M +23.16%
1966 3.15B −22M −0.69%
1965 3.17B +482M +17.96%
1964 2.69B +373M +16.15%
1963 2.31B +587M +34.02%
1962 1.73B +17.64M +1.03%
1961 1.71B +13.91M +0.82%
1960 1.69B

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.