Stable inland transport infrastructure investment share of GDP in OECD
- OECD investments in inland transport infrastructure as a percentage of the GDP remained stable at 0.7% in 2018.
- China continued to have the highest inland transport infrastructure investment share of GDP in 2018 (5.7%) and was among the fastest growing countries in terms of volume of inland transport infrastructure investment (+252% between 2008 and 2018 in constant 2015 prices).
- Inland transport infrastructure investments shifted from spending on roads to spending on railways in Slovenia, Denmark, Mexico, and France when comparing 2008 to 2018. Road shares of total inland transport infrastructure declined in these countries by 25-29%.
- Public maintenance spending on roads was over 50% of total road expenditure in Austria, Denmark, Italy, Moldova, New Zealand and Slovenia in the latest available data.
- Norway experienced the most visible growth in capital value of roads between 2008 and 2017 among countries with available data (+68% in constant 2015 prices).
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