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This page provides a snapshot of infrastructure projects in low- and middle-income countries by primary sector. Projects include management or lease contracts, concessions, greenfield projects, and divestitures. The database contains almost 5,000 projects dating from 1984 to 2011.
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Featured Indicator,1990-2011Value
Number of countries with private participation107
Projects reaching financial closure2283
Region with largest investment shareLatin America and the Caribbean (35%)
Type of PPI with largest share in investmentGreenfield project (65%)
Type of PPI with largest share in projectsGreenfield project (72%)
Projects cancelled or under distress117 representing 5% of total investment
Energy subsector data also available: Electricity, Natural Gas

Number of projects by region and year of financial closure
Financial Closure YearEast Asia and PacificEurope and Central AsiaLatin America and the CaribbeanMiddle East and North AfricaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan AfricaTotal
19901110014
19911000113
1992602504035
1993286516233117
199433113003481
199524447020398
19964310460164119
199754774356149
199813145039594
199918437211779
200018637110577
20014481947789
2002531034183109
20035812241117113
200438615314480
200543122621013106
200636153652212126
20074427235249132
20082228291298117
200928274524711160
20104026321477153
20115647680629242
Grand Total 701340714363631292,283

Investment in projects by region and year of investment (US$ million)
Year of InvestmentEast Asia and PacificEurope and Central AsiaLatin America and the CaribbeanMiddle East and North AfricaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan AfricaTotal Investment
199044684400040592
19913790006140992
19923,52805,14302008,691
19935,57802,8572,9271,051012,413
19946,5831,1004,07602,0697613,904
19958,3711,7606,45702,8097719,474
199610,3353,6619,54804,07942828,051
199712,9371,19522,9124,6081,45375443,859
19985,19088918,8311,6201,29171528,536
19995,09534810,6116752,59353719,859
20003,4764,01114,3821501,98745124,457
20014,4392,0906,3101,36785571315,774
20023,4616267,8853040048412,886
20039,4551,0747,1813609221,29720,289
20043,4054353,5891,2124,3485613,044
20056,5453,7625,2574001,9081,43519,306
20064,4813,2129,3672,6865,81667526,236
20076,17518,27211,2811,12911,6651,41049,933
20087,95320,91010,75710414,12856054,411
20098,08210,49325,3571,10326,91680572,755
201011,33912,09612,48231538,17947274,882
20116,08819,02224,235019,2281,49570,069
Grand Total 132,939105,023218,95718,686142,33012,477630,414

Number of projects by type of private participation
Most infrastructure projects with private participation fit in one of the four categories indicated in the table. But the boundaries between these categories are not always clear, and some projects have features of more than one category. In these cases projects have been classified in the category that best reflects the risk borne by the private sector.
Financial Closure YearConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
199012104
199100213
199213913035
1993974313117
1994102445281
1995141568198
1996928811119
19972828921149
199893946094
199962149379
200071751277
2001101563189
2002913852109
20031111838113
200491157380
20051314772106
20061113984126
2007932910132
2008319950117
20097141390160
2010951372153
2011512297242
Grand Total 2024051,633432,283

Investment in projects by type of private participation (US$ million)
Most infrastructure projects with private participation fit in one of these four categories. But the boundaries between these categories are not always clear, and some projects have features of more than one category. In these cases projects have been classified in the category that best reflects the risk borne by the private sector.
Year of InvestmentConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
199040484680592
199101298640992
19924,1422,0682,48108,691
19932,3885509,476012,413
19941,7352,9129,258013,904
19952,4443,21313,812519,474
19961,3849,38817,275428,051
199720,0796,69917,081043,859
19989,6265,51513,396028,536
19994,9853,28111,593019,859
20005,5403,54115,375124,457
20013,5802,8009,395015,774
20021,3911,5839,912012,886
20031,0553,79715,437020,289
20041,3564,5806,89521413,044
20052,5313,65813,114319,306
20064,5003,52318,213026,236
20074,04222,62723,264049,933
20084,87118,45231,088054,411
20098,5729,86854,315072,755
20107,2936,25061,19514474,882
20118,2524,05757,6808070,069
Grand Total 99,804118,974411,185451630,414

Number of projects by region and type
RegionConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
East Asia and Pacific61925462701
Europe and Central Asia3118210819340
Latin America and the Caribbean86975283714
Middle East and North Africa5328036
South Asia1233381363
Sub-Saharan Africa1888518129
Grand Total 2024051,633432,283

Investment in projects by region and type (US$ million)
RegionConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
East Asia and Pacific5,47924,297103,1640132,939
Europe and Central Asia11,06452,02841,83992105,023
Latin America and the Caribbean74,60329,972114,172210218,957
Middle East and North Africa6,60722411,855018,686
South Asia2211,142131,022144142,330
Sub-Saharan Africa2,0291,3109,134512,477
Grand Total 99,804118,974411,185451630,414

Number of projects and investment in projects by subsector (US$ million)
SubsectorProject CountTotal Investment
 3499
Electricity1,940562,968
Natural Gas34268,113
Grand Total 2,285631,580

Canceled or under distress projects and investment by region (US$ million)
regionProject CountTotal Investment
East Asia and Pacific195,015
Europe and Central Asia211,726
Latin America and the Caribbean5821,993
South Asia42,997
Sub-Saharan Africa151,218
Grand Total 11732,948

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