19, Feb 2019, EST.

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Country or Region: Western Hemisphere (Latin America and the Caribbean) › Change country
Economic Indicator: Investment (% of GDP) › See all Western Hemisphere indicators, › See Investment (% of GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2019
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: US Dollar
Currency Symbol: US$

Data are based on individual countries' national accounts statistics. For many countries, the estimates of national saving are built up from national accounts data on gross domestic investment and from balance of payments-based data on net foreign investment.

Investment (% of GDP) for Western Hemisphere in year 2015 is 21.073 %. Data are based on individual countries' national accounts statistics. For many countries, the estimates of national saving are built up from national accounts data on gross domestic investment and from balance of payments-based data on net foreign investment.

This makes Western Hemisphere n/a in world rankings according to Investment (% of GDP) in year 2015. The world's average Investment (% of GDP) value is 21.76 %; Western Hemisphere is 0.69 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2014, Investment (% of GDP) for Western Hemisphere was 21.54 % Investment (% of GDP) for Western Hemisphere in 2015 was or will be 2.15% less than it was or will be in 2014.

In the following or forecasted year, 2016, Investment (% of GDP) for Western Hemisphere was or will be 20.73 %, which is 1.61% less than the 2015 figure.