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

Definition: Investment in ICT projects with private participation refers to commitments to projects in ICT backbone infrastructure (including land based and submarine cables) 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 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 are in current U.S. dollars and available 2015 onwards only.

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

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Turkey 6,550,000,000.00 2005
2 Thailand 2,400,000,000.00 1993
3 Tunisia 2,250,000,000.00 2006
4 Morocco 2,110,000,000.00 2000
5 Serbia 1,937,390,000.00 2006
6 China 1,430,000,000.00 2002
7 Ukraine 1,320,000,000.00 2011
8 Argentina 1,254,700,000.00 1990
9 India 1,248,500,000.00 2001
10 Mexico 946,600,000.00 2017
11 Pakistan 907,500,000.00 2004
12 Bosnia and Herzegovina 901,500,000.00 2006
13 Egypt 892,000,000.00 2005
14 Belarus 800,000,000.00 2008
15 Philippines 761,000,000.00 2007
16 Nigeria 759,050,000.00 2006
17 Mauritania 700,000,000.00 2012
17 Liberia 700,000,000.00 2012
17 Côte d'Ivoire 700,000,000.00 2012
17 Gabon 700,000,000.00 2012
17 Guinea 700,000,000.00 2012
17 The Gambia 700,000,000.00 2012
17 Senegal 700,000,000.00 2012
24 Colombia 683,500,000.00 2006
25 Jordan 558,000,000.00 2000
26 Zambia 489,000,000.00 2010
27 Brazil 470,000,000.00 2020
28 Algeria 465,000,000.00 2005
29 North Macedonia 403,500,000.00 2001
30 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 400,000,000.00 2008
31 Indonesia 385,290,000.00 2017
32 Mali 383,000,000.00 2009
33 Iran 370,000,000.00 2008
34 El Salvador 367,000,000.00 1998
35 Cuba 366,000,000.00 1994
36 Armenia 333,000,000.00 2008
37 Nicaragua 320,000,000.00 2015
38 Chad 303,000,000.00 2010
39 Burkina Faso 290,000,000.00 2006
40 Russia 283,100,000.00 2000
41 Bulgaria 280,000,000.00 2004
42 Syrian Arab Republic 276,000,000.00 2015
43 Peru 273,700,000.00 2015
44 Romania 268,000,000.00 2008
45 Vietnam 267,000,000.00 2009
46 South Africa 229,820,000.00 2016
47 Sri Lanka 225,000,000.00 1997
48 Angola 200,000,000.00 2010
49 Albania 161,000,000.00 2007
50 Sudan 159,000,000.00 2004
51 Malaysia 158,000,000.00 1995
52 Montenegro 147,000,000.00 2005
53 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 146,900,000.00 1985
54 Cameroon 136,000,000.00 2018
55 Kazakhstan 127,500,000.00 1999
56 Myanmar 119,000,000.00 2018
57 Venezuela 100,300,000.00 2001
58 Rwanda 100,000,000.00 2007
59 Georgia 94,000,000.00 2006
60 Kyrgyz Republic 88,000,000.00 1997
61 Cambodia 75,000,000.00 2019
62 Comoros 74,000,000.00 2019
63 Bangladesh 70,000,000.00 2014
64 Benin 60,000,000.00 2000
65 Samoa 57,410,000.00 2017
65 Fiji 57,410,000.00 2017
67 Lebanon 50,000,000.00 1994
68 Congo 42,500,000.00 1997
69 Ghana 42,000,000.00 2018
70 Seychelles 38,260,000.00 2011
71 Uganda 33,500,000.00 1999
72 Guatemala 33,300,000.00 1999
73 Malawi 30,500,000.00 2006
74 Iraq 30,000,000.00 2015
75 Kenya 28,000,000.00 2016
75 Somalia 28,000,000.00 2016
75 Yemen 28,000,000.00 2016
75 Tanzania 28,000,000.00 2016
75 Djibouti 28,000,000.00 2016
80 Lesotho 27,000,000.00 2001
81 Cabo Verde 25,000,000.00 2019
82 Dem. Rep. Congo 20,000,000.00 2000
82 Namibia 20,000,000.00 1995
84 Vanuatu 17,800,000.00 2013
85 Bhutan 17,500,000.00 2006
86 Eswatini 17,200,000.00 1998
87 Guyana 16,500,000.00 1991
88 Niger 15,800,000.00 2001
89 Azerbaijan 14,000,000.00 1994
90 Honduras 13,100,000.00 1996
91 Madagascar 12,600,000.00 2004
92 Bolivia 10,000,000.00 2002
92 Uzbekistan 10,000,000.00 1997
92 Solomon Islands 10,000,000.00 1989
95 Lao PDR 9,100,000.00 2002
96 Belize 8,600,000.00 2019
97 Afghanistan 8,300,000.00 2006
98 Grenada 6,100,000.00 1989
99 Nepal 5,000,000.00 2004
99 Tajikistan 5,000,000.00 2001
101 Mongolia 4,500,000.00 1995
102 Costa Rica 3,000,000.00 1989
102 Guinea-Bissau 3,000,000.00 1989
104 Mauritius 1,700,000.00 2003
105 São Tomé and Principe 1,000,000.00 1989
105 Haiti 1,000,000.00 1998

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Development Relevance: Investment in infrastructure projects with private participation has made important contributions to improving the efficiency of infrastructure services, and extending delivery to poor people. Developing countries have been in the forefront, looking for 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 commitments (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. Data are available 2015 onwards only for ICT.

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 6,400 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