Investment in transport with private participation (current US$) - Country Ranking

Definition: Investment in transport projects with private participation refers to commitments to infrastructure projects in transport that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets and small projects are excluded. The types of projects included are management and lease contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank, Private Participation in Infrastructure Project Database (http://ppi.worldbank.org).

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Lao PDR 5,700,000,000.00 2019
2 Egypt 5,018,850,000.00 2020
3 Thailand 3,356,000,000.00 2017
4 Indonesia 2,903,430,000.00 2018
5 China 2,788,890,000.00 2020
6 Cuba 1,880,000,000.00 2019
7 India 1,861,860,000.00 2020
8 Philippines 1,733,250,000.00 2019
9 Malaysia 1,543,000,000.00 2017
10 Nigeria 1,050,000,000.00 2019
11 Vietnam 1,025,050,000.00 2019
12 Cambodia 1,000,000,000.00 2017
12 Colombia 1,000,000,000.00 2020
14 Russia 925,710,000.00 2020
15 Bangladesh 861,000,000.00 2020
16 Tunisia 840,000,000.00 2007
17 Paraguay 738,000,000.00 2019
18 Costa Rica 663,000,000.00 2015
19 Sudan 604,370,000.00 2019
20 Kazakhstan 585,000,000.00 2020
21 Kenya 575,970,000.00 2020
22 Ghana 550,000,000.00 2017
23 Ecuador 500,000,000.00 2020
24 Timor-Leste 490,000,000.00 2018
25 Benin 489,000,000.00 2009
26 Côte d'Ivoire 471,300,000.00 2017
26 Burkina Faso 471,300,000.00 2017
28 Togo 442,000,000.00 2011
29 Uganda 404,000,000.00 2006
30 Djibouti 396,000,000.00 2007
31 Mauritius 383,000,000.00 2009
32 Nepal 350,000,000.00 2015
33 Mauritania 310,000,000.00 2019
34 North Macedonia 295,000,000.00 2008
35 Albania 284,600,000.00 2017
36 Brazil 282,160,000.00 2020
37 Madagascar 245,100,000.00 2017
38 Pakistan 240,000,000.00 2019
39 Turkey 237,800,000.00 2019
40 Iran 235,000,000.00 2016
41 Peru 229,000,000.00 2020
42 Gabon 222,030,000.00 2020
43 Yemen 220,000,000.00 2008
44 Honduras 209,000,000.00 2020
45 Morocco 200,000,000.00 2008
46 Senegal 173,000,000.00 2015
47 Mexico 137,700,000.00 2020
48 Tanzania 134,000,000.00 2007
49 Guinea 133,000,000.00 2020
50 Sierra Leone 130,000,000.00 2010
51 Guatemala 120,000,000.00 2014
51 Iraq 120,000,000.00 2017
51 Sri Lanka 120,000,000.00 2017
54 Jamaica 110,000,000.00 2019
55 Algeria 108,000,000.00 2009
56 Nicaragua 104,000,000.00 2000
56 Myanmar 104,000,000.00 2018
58 Armenia 101,000,000.00 2013
59 Zimbabwe 97,000,000.00 2011
60 Jordan 94,000,000.00 2014
61 Georgia 93,000,000.00 2019
62 Mozambique 80,000,000.00 2013
63 Bulgaria 79,000,000.00 2013
64 Dominican Republic 73,400,000.00 2013
65 Moldova 60,000,000.00 2008
66 Haiti 57,210,000.00 2014
67 Congo 56,000,000.00 2010
68 Mali 55,400,000.00 2003
69 Angola 53,000,000.00 2007
70 Romania 50,400,000.00 2017
71 Somalia 50,000,000.00 2020
72 Syrian Arab Republic 45,000,000.00 2009
73 Serbia 42,560,000.00 2019
74 Belize 37,600,000.00 2002
75 Venezuela 34,000,000.00 2004
76 Cameroon 30,730,000.00 2020
77 Uzbekistan 25,000,000.00 2008
77 Liberia 25,000,000.00 2013
79 Bolivia 16,600,000.00 2000
80 Argentina 16,000,000.00 2012
81 Zambia 15,550,000.00 2003
82 Ukraine 15,000,000.00 2020
83 South Africa 13,500,000.00 2019
84 Malawi 6,000,000.00 1999
85 Belarus 3,960,000.00 2008
86 Lebanon 3,000,000.00 2004
87 Comoros 500,000.00 2003

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Development Relevance: Investment in infrastructure projects with private participation has made important contributions to easing fiscal constraints, improving the efficiency of infrastructure services, and extending delivery to poor people. Developing countries have been in the forefront, pioneering better approaches to infrastructure services and reaping the benefits of greater competition and customer focus. Entrepreneurship is essential to the dynamism of the modern market economy, and a greater entry density of new businesses can foster competition and economic growth. Private sector development and investment - tapping private sector initiative and investment for socially useful purposes - are critical for poverty reduction. In parallel with public sector efforts, private investment, especially in competitive markets, has tremendous potential to contribute to growth. Private markets are the engine of productivity growth, creating productive jobs and higher incomes. And with government playing a complementary role of regulation, funding, and service provision, private initiative and investment can help provide the basic services and conditions that empower poor people - by improving health, education, and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: The data on investment in infrastructure projects with private participation refer to all investment (public and private) in projects in which a private company assumes operating risk during the operating period or development and operating risk during the contract period. Investment refers to commitments not disbursements. Foreign state-owned companies are considered private entities for the purposes of this measure. Movable assets and small projects are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data on the projects are compiled from publicly available information. The database aims to be as comprehensive as possible, but some projects - particularly those involving local and small-scale operators - may be omitted because they are not publicly reported.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The data are from the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Project database, which tracks infrastructure projects with private participation in developing countries. It provides information on more than 5,000 infrastructure projects in 139 developing economies from 1984. The database contains more than 30 fields per project record, including country, financial closure year, infrastructure services provided, type of private participation, investment, technology, capacity, project location, contract duration, private sponsors, bidding process, and development bank support. The database is a joint product of the World Bank's Finance, Economics, and Urban Development Department and the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility. Geographic and income aggregates are calculated by the World Bank's Development Data Group. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual