Public private partnerships investment in water and sanitation (current US$) - Country Ranking

Definition: Public Private Partnerships in water and sanitation (current US$) refers to commitments to infrastructure projects in water and sanitation that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets, incinerators, standalone solid waste projects, and small projects are excluded. The types of projects included are management and lease contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, and greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility). It excludes divestitures and merchant projects. 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 Malaysia 2,521,000,000.00 2004
2 China 2,312,270,000.00 2020
3 Brazil 1,329,380,000.00 2020
4 Russia 1,200,000,000.00 2015
5 Turkey 942,000,000.00 1996
6 Cuba 600,000,000.00 2000
7 India 583,300,000.00 2018
8 Egypt 475,000,000.00 2010
9 Algeria 468,000,000.00 2009
10 Bolivia 320,000,000.00 1999
11 Gabon 294,000,000.00 1997
12 Morocco 239,530,000.00 2018
13 Jordan 223,000,000.00 2012
14 Honduras 207,900,000.00 2001
15 Armenia 200,000,000.00 2016
16 Côte d'Ivoire 192,310,000.00 2020
17 Uzbekistan 159,730,000.00 2020
18 Vietnam 159,140,000.00 2019
19 Bulgaria 152,000,000.00 2000
20 Colombia 129,000,000.00 2013
21 Ghana 126,000,000.00 2012
22 Peru 121,400,000.00 2018
23 Sudan 120,700,000.00 2007
24 Ukraine 102,000,000.00 2008
25 Tunisia 95,000,000.00 2010
26 Indonesia 82,380,000.00 2019
27 Bangladesh 72,000,000.00 2019
28 Papua New Guinea 71,000,000.00 1997
29 Rwanda 60,000,000.00 2017
30 Romania 41,000,000.00 2006
31 Argentina 34,650,000.00 2004
32 Serbia 33,300,000.00 2012
33 Senegal 33,000,000.00 2015
34 Philippines 32,070,000.00 2019
35 South Africa 31,300,000.00 2000
36 Ecuador 26,490,000.00 2018
37 Mozambique 25,500,000.00 1999
38 Georgia 25,000,000.00 2017
39 Thailand 18,800,000.00 2006
40 Venezuela 15,000,000.00 2001
41 Mexico 14,700,000.00 2020
42 Tanzania 8,500,000.00 2003
43 Albania 8,000,000.00 2002
44 Guatemala 6,700,000.00 2008
45 Niger 3,400,000.00 2001
46 Haiti 1,000,000.00 2009
47 Guinea 300,000.00 1989

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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.

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