World Development Indicators

Private sector in the economy
Investment commitments in infrastructure projects with private participation (total for period shown)						Investment in ICT with private participation		Domestic credit to private sector	Businesses registered
Energy		Transport		Water and sanitation					New	Entry density
$ millions		$ millions		$ millions		$ millions		% of GDP
2010-14	2015-21	2010-14	2015-21	2010-14	2015-21	2010-14	2015-21	2020	2020	2020

Afghanistan	..	209.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	3.1	4,274	0.21
Albania	1,748.7	..	51.3	409.4	..	..	..	..	38.0	2,945	1.52
Algeria	30.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	29.7	9,472	0.35
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	..	112.0	..	190.0	..	..	200.0	..	12.9	..	..
Antigua and Barbuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	55.4	255	3.78
Argentina	2,519.5	5,318.3	250.5	..	..	..	..	..	16.0	5,667	0.20
Armenia	107.0	624.4	101.0	..	..	200.0	..	..	72.2	5,700	2.86
Aruba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	77.7	..	..
Australia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	142.4	236,447	14.27
Austria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	92.9	3,141	0.53
Azerbaijan	..	200.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	26.0	9,165	1.30
Bahamas, The	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	52.1	..	..
Bahrain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	73.9	3,823	3.11
Bangladesh	2,546.2	3,299.7	..	1,949.8	..	399.0	70.0	..	39.2	4,473	0.04
Barbados	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	87.8	934	4.88
Belarus	3,125.0	11.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	32.5	7,204	1.14
Belgium	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	76.8	34,366	4.67
Belize	22.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	8.6	54.2	671	2.56
Benin	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	15.5	4,034	0.61
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	71.4	47	0.09
Bolivia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	71.2	3,593	0.51
Bosnia and Herzegovina	661.9	138.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	58.5	2,229	1.01
Botswana	104.0	..	..	..	..	92.0	..	..	39.8	26,256	17.98
Brazil	79,250.7	56,231.6	77,095.2	14,163.1	9,664.6	9,426.8	1,512.9	606.0	70.0	405,049	2.73
Brunei Darussalam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	39.7	316	1.00
Bulgaria	1,611.2	11.6	79.0	890.0	..	..	..	..	51.5	6,220	1.41
Burkina Faso	..	223.2	..	471.3	..	..	..	..	28.3	3,416	0.33
Burundi	..	15.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	23.6	..	..
Cabo Verde	80.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	25.0	73.2	4,869	13.04
Cambodia	1,863.5	253.9	..	1,000.0	..	..	..	75.0	139.6	5,824	0.54
Cameroon	342.0	1,369.4	..	598.7	..	..	..	136.0	14.7	..	..
Canada	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3,262	0.22
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11.7	335	0.13
Chad	..	221.4	..	..	..	..	303.0	..	10.1	878	0.11
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	124.6	158,583	12.11
China	11,614.5	10,901.6	12,459.9	76,744.8	2,027.5	14,070.6	..	..	182.9	232,064	8.58
Hong Kong SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	258.9	99,405	19.22
Macao SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	267.9	..	..
Colombia	3,138.6	2,796.4	8,450.9	18,521.2	129.0	..	..	..	54.3	68,749	1.97
Comoros	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	74.0	15.0	78	0.16
Congo, Dem. Rep.	..	735.0	..	1,000.0	..	..	..	..	7.5	1,795	0.04
Congo, Rep.	..	..	56.0	..	0.0	..	..	..	17.0	..	..
Costa Rica	853.6	189.0	..	663.0	..	..	..	..	60.4	12,686	3.61
Cote d'Ivoire	680.0	1,258.8	285.0	939.6	..	192.3	700.0	..	21.1	11,451	0.78
Croatia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	59.5	11,539	4.44
Cuba	..	..	..	1,880.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	108.8	11,053	13.26
Czechia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	53.1	26,024	3.79
Denmark	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	163.7	36,982	10.02
Djibouti	..	123.5	..	..	..	..	..	28.0	20.9	1,142	1.74
Dominica	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	53.2	268	5.59
Dominican Republic	862.7	808.6	142.4	..	..	..	..	..	30.5	10,204	1.48
Ecuador	185.7	222.8	..	1,902.0	..	26.5	..	..	47.4	..	..
Egypt, Arab Rep.	590.7	3,006.0	..	5,666.9	475.0	48.5	..	..	27.1	14,768	0.24
El Salvador	16.0	1,344.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	66.3	1,771	0.42
Equatorial Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	12.6	..	..
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	63.4	20,329	24.19
Ethiopia	120.0	271.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	31,198	0.51
Faroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	..	..	..	..	..	..	17.8	57.4	122.1	1,320	2.26
Finland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	101.0	20,020	5.88
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	125.8	218,054	5.25
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	368.0	376.0	..	911.7	..	..	700.0	..	13.4	1,275	0.97
Gambia, The	..	..	..	..	..	..	700.0	..	8.2	..	..
Georgia	432.7	496.4	..	93.0	..	25.0	..	..	79.9	17,905	7.47
Germany	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	84.9	72,774	1.36
Ghana	2,140.0	2,285.0	..	2,050.0	126.0	..	700.0	42.0	13.1	..	..
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	82.3	12,047	1.76
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	59.4	217	2.90
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	2,131.7	183.9	120.0	..	..	..	..	..	35.9	6,229	0.60
Guinea	..	197.5	..	133.0	..	..	700.0	..	10.0	3,192	0.45
Guinea-Bissau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	16.2	..	..
Guyana	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	39.2	819	1.60
Haiti	..	..	57.2	..	..	..	..	..	8.6	..	..
Honduras	1,273.6	1,114.5	1,171.8	296.9	..	..	..	..	69.9	..	..
Hungary	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	37.9	25,608	4.01
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	100.0	2,484	10.44
India	71,680.2	12,523.6	63,265.2	31,274.8	250.7	930.9	..	..	54.7	142,000	0.15
Indonesia	8,194.2	20,959.4	2,662.0	16,102.7	155.0	554.2	..	589.3	38.7	58,426	0.33
Iran, Islamic Rep.	..	94.5	..	235.0	..	..	..	..	60.3	36,158	0.63
Iraq	500.0	500.0	630.0	320.0	..	..	100.0	30.0	13.1	2,020	0.10
Ireland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	33.1	21,873	6.78
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1,832	32.67
Israel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	67.6	16,898	3.07
Italy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	83.1	114,360	2.96
Jamaica	132.0	663.8	937.0	562.0	..	..	..	..	56.9	3,964	1.98
Japan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	193.5	33,411	0.45
Jordan	1,643.0	4,372.8	94.0	..	223.0	..	..	..	82.2	2,778	0.43
Kazakhstan	42.7	899.4	..	960.0	..	..	..	..	25.6	41,211	3.49
Kenya	1,864.6	765.8	..	886.8	..	..	..	28.0	32.1	49,037	1.55
Kiribati	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	0.03
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	164.1	96,155	2.56
Kosovo	486.2	211.7	190.0	..	..	..	..	..	51.6	5,768	4.72
Kuwait	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	126.3	10,603	3.29
Kyrgyz Republic	40.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	28.3	4,936	1.27
Lao PDR	12,229.5	1,899.0	..	5,700.0	..	..	..	..	..	699	0.15
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	33.5	8,234	6.89
Lebanon	..	180.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	106.6	..	..
Lesotho	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	20.2	1,981	1.47
Liberia	..	..	145.0	..	..	..	700.0	..	14.0	60	0.02
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	20.3	..	..
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	58	0.00
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	37.4	5,305	2.97
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	109.7	7,309	17.19
North Macedonia	14.2	87.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	55.7	4,985	3.46
Madagascar	..	19.0	..	245.1	..	..	..	..	16.4	1,881	0.13
Malawi	..	67.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	7.6	..	..
Malaysia	3,708.9	4,647.6	634.3	1,543.0	..	..	..	..	133.9	47,834	2.13
Maldives	..	..	478.0	..	..	..	..	..	52.9	1,153	2.78
Mali	..	424.9	..	..	..	..	..	..	26.0	2,741	0.27
Malta	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	82.5	3,396	10.05
Marshall Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritania	..	..	..	310.0	..	..	700.0	..	22.2	959	0.38
Mauritius	69.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	91.9	6,312	7.05
Mexico	10,755.8	24,062.1	9,791.6	3,859.2	2,290.3	1,976.6	..	946.6	38.1	68,114	0.79
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	22.1	25	0.35
Moldova	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	27.9	4,801	1.86
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	120.0	320.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	45.8	12,532	5.92
Montenegro	..	254.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	60.0	3,270	7.95
Morocco	6,282.3	3,446.4	..	212.5	..	353.5	..	..	91.0	54,250	2.24
Mozambique	298.7	1,385.3	80.0	..	..	..	..	..	24.2	3,925	0.24
Myanmar	170.0	608.0	..	104.0	..	..	..	1,737.6	27.7	14,051	0.39
Namibia	..	128.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	72.8	852	0.56
Nepal	1,276.0	845.8	..	350.0	..	..	..	..	88.4	25,859	1.36
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	102.9	34,777	3.10
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	160.5	58,375	17.88
Nicaragua	774.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	320.0	30.1	..	..
Niger	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11.7	931	0.09
Nigeria	407.3	3,590.0	3,159.4	1,118.0	..	..	..	..	12.1	97,988	0.88
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	166.0	33,128	9.44
Oman	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	76.6	5,804	1.52
Pakistan	2,455.4	15,030.0	1,200.0	240.0	..	..	..	..	15.0	19,791	0.15
Palau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Panama	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	105.9	11,833	4.22
Papua New Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	18.8	..	..
Paraguay	..	..	..	868.0	..	..	..	..	50.0	226	0.05
Peru	8,552.2	3,539.0	4,144.6	7,875.0	1,088.8	225.4	..	273.7	55.2	83,351	3.80
Philippines	4,523.7	9,941.0	1,646.5	7,142.6	178.3	567.6	..	..	52.0	15,161	0.21
Poland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	49.8	41,143	1.64
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	104.3	36,076	5.45
Puerto Rico	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11,218	5.54
Qatar	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	138.9	14,824	6.26
Romania	4,634.0	114.6	2.5	50.4	..	..	..	..	25.8	78,419	6.23
Russian Federation	12,905.3	2,377.7	12,867.5	9,953.8	100.0	1,200.0	..	..	59.7	214,895	2.26
Rwanda	230.1	362.0	..	..	..	60.0	..	..	25.0	16,105	2.17
Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	57.4	87.0	82	0.72
San Marino	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sao Tome and Principe	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	19.8	268	2.21
Saudi Arabia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	54.0	15,920	0.64
Senegal	359.0	851.1	862.0	173.0	..	33.0	700.0	..	29.4	4,284	0.47
Serbia	574.0	818.0	..	1,161.0	33.3	..	..	..	45.5	9,030	1.99
Seychelles	..	..	..	..	..	..	38.3	..	25.8	109	1.62
Sierra Leone	30.0	40.0	130.0	..	..	..	..	..	0.0	1,980	0.46
Singapore	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	130.6	42,217	9.99
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	66.3	18,969	5.13
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	43.3	3,265	2.42
Solomon Islands	..	233.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	32.6	..	..
Somalia	..	..	10.0	492.0	..	..	..	28.0	..	..	..
South Africa	9,683.3	9,954.4	97.0	13.5	..	..	..	229.8	109.2	486,900	12.50
South Sudan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2.3	1,765	0.30
Spain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	108.7	77,541	2.50
Sri Lanka	1,169.8	..	500.0	770.0	..	70.6	..	..	47.0	10,510	0.74
St. Kitts and Nevis	..	47.9	..	..	..	..	..	..	61.5	..	..
St. Lucia	..	20.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	77.7	244	1.85
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	..	82.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	47.1	323	4.27
Sudan	..	..	..	604.4	..	..	..	..	7.9	..	..
Suriname	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	24.2	892	2.30
Eswatini	..	115.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	21.3	2,961	4.36
Sweden	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	137.8	57,682	8.98
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	170.4	26,347	4.64
Syrian Arab Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	276.0	..	..	..
Tajikistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	13.0	831	0.15
Tanzania	134.1	9.7	..	..	..	..	..	28.0	13.2	5,276	0.18
Thailand	9,795.0	7,166.4	..	3,356.0	..	..	..	..	160.4	63,340	1.29
Timor-Leste	..	..	..	490.0	..	..	..	..	13.5	2,889	4.43
Togo	..	139.9	442.0	..	..	..	..	..	26.6	4,410	0.94
Tonga	6.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	39.5	45	0.72
Trinidad and Tobago	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	46.1	4,344	4.54
Tunisia	..	50.0	..	..	95.0	..	..	..	81.7	15,715	2.00
Turkiye	42,001.6	8,494.6	11,269.5	60,257.8	..	..	..	..	75.2	100,409	1.77
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	64.0	215.7	..	229.5	..	..	..	..	14.2	18,862	0.86
Ukraine	2,269.2	3,568.7	..	285.0	..	..	1,320.0	..	28.2	51,349	1.68
United Arab Emirates	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	90.8	19,050	2.30
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	146.6	774,854	18.11
United States	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	215.8	..	..
Uruguay	..	67.0	..	220.0	..	..	..	..	27.9	5,139	2.29
Uzbekistan	..	2,294.0	..	..	..	159.7	..	..	35.7	61,677	2.71
Vanuatu	..	..	..	..	..	..	17.8	..	61.1	258	1.53
Venezuela, RB	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vietnam	5,822.3	17,641.5	430.5	2,409.9	..	248.0	..	..	115.5	111,477	1.66
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	52.3	..	..
Yemen, Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	28.0	..	..	..
Zambia	1,849.0	1,270.0	..	..	..	..	489.0	..	15.2	10,640	1.07
Zimbabwe	..	65.7	97.0	..	..	..	..	..	5.4	20,273	2.48
World	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	147.3	..	3.49
East Asia & Pacific	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	171.6	..	6.91
Europe & Central Asia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	96.6	..	4.21
Latin America & Caribbean	110,468.3	96,691.4	91,526.2	31,244.6	..	..	..	..	59.6	..	2.52
Middle East & North Africa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	57.9	..	0.77
North America	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	215.8	..	..
South Asia	79,127.7	31,908.5	65,443.2	34,584.6	250.7	1,328.6	..	..	49.5	..	0.17
Sub-Saharan Africa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	37.5	..	0.70
Low income	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	14.1	..	0.45
Lower middle income	129,334.1	109,200.5	..	48,267.3	..	..	..	..	45.8	..	0.44
Upper middle income	209,607.7	146,789.9	126,264.4	206,907.5	15,556.4	12,572.2	..	..	143.8	..	6.27
High income	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	164.1	..	4.62

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