Total capital expenditure and net lending (current LCU) by country

Expenditure for acquisition of land, intangible assets, government stocks, and nonmilitary and nonfinancial assets; also for capital grants and lending minus repayments. Data are in current local currency.

Countries reporting
50
Highest
62.02 trillion current LCU
Mozambique
Lowest
1 current LCU
Mali
Median
119.36 billion current LCU
Years covered
47
1965–2011
Data points
1,453

What the numbers show

Total capital expenditure and net lending (current LCU) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 62.02 trillion current LCU in Mozambique; the lowest is 1 current LCU in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 119.36 billion current LCU, and the mean is 1.85 trillion current LCU.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of Congo (up 185,433.0%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 100.0%).

Total capital expenditure and net lending: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mozambique 62.02 trillion current LCU 2011 up 335.7% volatile
2 Zambia 5.17 trillion current LCU 2011 up 231.9% volatile
3 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.78 trillion current LCU 2011 up 185,433.0% volatile
4 Tanzania 2.75 trillion current LCU 2011 up 860.4% volatile
5 Uganda 2.62 trillion current LCU 2011 up 187.8% volatile
6 Madagascar 2.48 trillion current LCU 2011 up 415.9% volatile
7 Guinea 1.76 trillion current LCU 2011 up 309.4% volatile
8 Equatorial Guinea 1.53 trillion current LCU 2010 up 2,684.6% volatile
9 Sao Tome and Principe 1.29 trillion current LCU 2011 up 506.9% volatile
10 Algeria 1.05 trillion current LCU 2011 up 428.9% volatile
11 Nigeria 1.01 trillion current LCU 2005 up 870.3% volatile
12 Congo 981.45 billion current LCU 2011 up 377.9% volatile
13 Senegal 874.00 billion current LCU 2011 up 293.9% volatile
14 Angola 846.26 billion current LCU 2011 up 6,659.7% volatile
15 Gabon 754.30 billion current LCU 2011 up 274.3% volatile
16 Sierra Leone 727.79 billion current LCU 2008 up 1,304.7% volatile
17 Cote d'Ivoire 694.30 billion current LCU 2011 up 384.5% volatile
18 Cameroon 641.00 billion current LCU 2011 up 203.5% volatile
19 Burkina Faso 538.40 billion current LCU 2011 up 127.0% volatile
20 Rwanda 425.70 billion current LCU 2011 up 634.8% volatile
21 Chad 383.50 billion current LCU 2010 up 271.2% volatile
22 Kenya 192.74 billion current LCU 2011 up 487.1% volatile
23 Niger 175.10 billion current LCU 2005 up 368.8% volatile
24 Benin 166.37 billion current LCU 2005 up 104.9% volatile
25 Togo 125.84 billion current LCU 2011 up 830.8% volatile
26 Burundi 112.88 billion current LCU 2005 up 474.7% volatile
27 Egypt 104.30 billion current LCU 2011 up 517.9% volatile
28 Mauritania 95.20 billion current LCU 2011 up 219.2% volatile
29 Malawi 87.14 billion current LCU 2011 up 720.0% volatile
30 Central African Republic 52.90 billion current LCU 2010 up 24.1% flat
31 Ethiopia 48.66 billion current LCU 2011 up 863.0% volatile
32 Morocco 48.47 billion current LCU 2011 up 121.4% volatile
33 Guinea-Bissau 37.00 billion current LCU 2011 up 70.9% volatile
34 South Africa 17.46 billion current LCU 2008 up 293.4% volatile
35 Mauritius 12.36 billion current LCU 2011 up 182.5% volatile
36 Comoros 11.59 billion current LCU 2010 up 181.2% volatile
37 Botswana 10.68 billion current LCU 2011 up 197.8% volatile
39 Ghana 8.01 billion current LCU 2010 up 585.9% volatile
40 Namibia 5.44 billion current LCU 2011 up 406.4% volatile
41 Tunisia 4.10 billion current LCU 2011 up 76.1% volatile
42 Sudan 3.57 billion current LCU 2009 up 1,009.2% volatile
43 Gambia 2.84 billion current LCU 2011 up 254.9% volatile
44 Lesotho 2.62 billion current LCU 2011 up 354.0% volatile
45 Eritrea 2.27 billion current LCU 2009 flat
46 Liberia 1.95 billion current LCU 2008 down 45.3% volatile
47 Eswatini 1.80 billion current LCU 2011 up 115.2% volatile
48 Zimbabwe 473.46 million current LCU 2011 up 223.3% volatile
49 Seychelles 363.74 million current LCU 2010 down 16.1% volatile
50 Cape Verde 28,941 current LCU 2011 up 280.1% volatile
51 Mali 1 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Total capital expenditure and net lending (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 1,453 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Expenditure for acquisition of land, intangible assets, government stocks, and nonmilitary and nonfinancial assets; also for capital grants and lending minus repayments. Data are in current local currency.