Investment in transport with private participation (current US$) by country
The Private Participation In Infrastructure (PPI) Database records contractual arrangements for public infrastructure projects in low- and middle-income countries (as classified by the World Bank) that have reached financial closure, in which private parties assume operating risk. Investment in transport projects...
What the numbers show
Investment in transport with private participation (current US$) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 4.26 billion current US$ in Brazil; the lowest is 13.50 million current US$ in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 234.00 million current US$, and the mean is 874.87 million current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 316.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Gabon (up 5,593.1%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 97.5%).
Investment in transport with private participation (current US$): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 4.26 billion current US$ | 2024 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Colombia | 3.65 billion current US$ | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Thailand | 3.36 billion current US$ | 2017 | up 664.5% | volatile |
| 4 | China | 3.33 billion current US$ | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Turkey | 1.96 billion current US$ | 2024 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Cambodia | 1.80 billion current US$ | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Vietnam | 1.63 billion current US$ | 2022 | up 491.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Malaysia | 1.54 billion current US$ | 2017 | up 264.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Egypt | 1.36 billion current US$ | 2023 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 10 | India | 1.16 billion current US$ | 2024 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Senegal | 1.12 billion current US$ | 2022 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Peru | 975.00 million current US$ | 2023 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 940.00 million current US$ | 2024 | up 1,180.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Philippines | 765.20 million current US$ | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 663.00 million current US$ | 2015 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 370.00 million current US$ | 2024 | up 393.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 261.00 million current US$ | 2023 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Pakistan | 240.00 million current US$ | 2019 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Mexico | 228.00 million current US$ | 2022 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Gabon | 222.03 million current US$ | 2020 | up 5,593.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Honduras | 209.00 million current US$ | 2020 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 175.60 million current US$ | 2022 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Ecuador | 150.00 million current US$ | 2023 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 142.49 million current US$ | 2024 | up 80.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Tanzania | 142.00 million current US$ | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Paraguay | 135.00 million current US$ | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Kenya | 130.80 million current US$ | 2022 | up 772.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Jamaica | 110.00 million current US$ | 2019 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Russia | 109.00 million current US$ | 2021 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Indonesia | 93.30 million current US$ | 2022 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Mozambique | 80.00 million current US$ | 2013 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Nigeria | 68.00 million current US$ | 2021 | down 73.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Cameroon | 52.50 million current US$ | 2022 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Georgia | 25.42 million current US$ | 2024 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Argentina | 16.00 million current US$ | 2012 | up 131.9% | volatile |
| 36 | South Africa | 13.50 million current US$ | 2019 | down 72.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle income 58.51 billion current US$
- IDA & IBRD total 48.20 billion current US$
- Upper middle income 47.29 billion current US$
- Low & middle income 46.73 billion current US$
- IBRD only 18.19 billion current US$
- Early-demographic dividend 15.99 billion current US$
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 15.41 billion current US$
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 14.93 billion current US$
- Lower middle income 13.93 billion current US$
- Late-demographic dividend 12.15 billion current US$
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 4.09 billion current US$
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 4.09 billion current US$
- Latin America & Caribbean 2.36 billion current US$
- IDA blend 1.29 billion current US$
- South Asia 1.16 billion current US$
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 1.16 billion current US$
About this data
The Private Participation In Infrastructure (PPI) Database records contractual arrangements for public infrastructure projects in low- and middle-income countries (as classified by the World Bank) that have reached financial closure, in which private parties assume operating risk. Investment in transport projects with private participation refers to commitments to infrastructure projects in transport [(a) airport runways and terminals, (b) railways (including fixed assets, freight, intercity passenger, and local passenger); (c) toll roads, bridges, highways, and tunnels, (d) port infrastructure, superstructures, terminals, and channels)] that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. The types of projects included are management and lease contracts, brownfield projects, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investments are classified as one of two types: (1) Investments in physical assets: resources the project company commits to invest in expanding and modernizing facilities and (2) payments to the government: to acquire state-owned enterprises or rights to provide services in a specific area or to use radio spectrum. Data is presented based on investment year. Data are in current U.S. dollars.