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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 participation86
Projects reaching financial closure1371
Region with largest investment shareLatin America and the Caribbean (40%)
Type of PPI with largest share in investmentConcession (55%)
Type of PPI with largest share in projectsConcession (57%)
Projects cancelled or under distress77 representing 6% of total investment
Transport subsector data also available: Airports, Railroads, Roads, Seaports

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
1990502901136
199160400111
1992831100022
19931711900239
19943053401272
19952132502253
19963823204480
19974024317598
199822251211795
199917014114652
20001413452561
20011211725239
200211010110133
200316015019959
20041531348548
2005185104152274
2006247223568120
2007191025435295
200810920318363
20098224314455
20104526159398
20114514042368
Grand Total 3596649234323971,371

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
199092106,6910207,615
19912,40506100003,015
199285502,7770003,632
19932,33802,2520004,589
19944,133202,4340125496,761
19954,82102,7900200637,874
19968,7621236,52301822815,617
19976,47230510,77219052446918,731
19982,29042911,70912430233615,189
19992,18003,2381827071,0877,393
20002,6451094,498568961818,098
20012,755634,0372703514847,960
20021,84401,7200751784,393
20035,6708592505792807,539
20041,7761561,6944301,1582235,437
20057,2163,3893,5471031,5912,54918,395
20069,6421,0616,03174210,0684,23931,783
20076,3242,81812,5142,8024,50624529,208
20081,5422,94912,8581,0605,7271,25525,391
20093,03013512,0761534,87291221,178
20107514,9295,91850015,89925028,247
20111,0126,1526,871017,07085131,957
Grand Total 79,38322,724122,4837,12464,70813,579310,002

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
199018015336
1991704011
1992839222
199321113439
199444423172
199532414353
199644625580
199759926498
199862525395
199922820252
200033819161
200119216239
200211216433
200330022759
200420121648
200542027574
2006777333120
200748240595
200838619063
200933019355
2010700171198
201149117168
Grand Total 78769440751,371

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
19902,28905,32507,615
199134702,66803,015
19921,21902,41303,632
19933,20401,38334,589
19943,38703,37406,761
19953,596384,23827,874
19968,4731,3705,7512315,617
199712,2331,4355,054918,731
199812,1878311,76440815,189
19995,7106761,00167,393
20004,3731,3522,37028,098
20012,9044114,64137,960
20021,6511362,536704,393
20032,20105,33807,539
20042,4934392,466405,437
20056,03509,8162,54318,395
200615,6214,79311,2779231,783
200715,83439511,0881,89229,208
200819,6894725,1765525,391
200912,1786808,2744721,178
201018,4512539,542028,247
201115,9884,28511,684031,957
Grand Total 170,06417,565117,1805,193310,002

Number of projects by region and type
RegionConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
East Asia and Pacific124401887359
Europe and Central Asia251814966
Latin America and the Caribbean341811330492
Middle East and North Africa13013834
South Asia2220947323
Sub-Saharan Africa623181497
Grand Total 78769440751,371

Investment in projects by region and type (US$ million)
RegionConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
East Asia and Pacific15,89711,50951,973479,383
Europe and Central Asia8,6564,9524,3504,76622,724
Latin America and the Caribbean93,46693427,911172122,483
Middle East and North Africa3,49003,4252097,124
South Asia41,009023,699064,708
Sub-Saharan Africa7,5451695,8224213,579
Grand Total 170,06417,565117,1805,193310,002

Number of projects and investment in projects by subsector (US$ million)
SubsectorProject CountTotal Investment
Airports14533,957
Railroads11655,712
Roads731160,495
Seaports38160,488
Grand Total 1,373310,652

Canceled or under distress projects and investment by region (US$ million)
regionProject CountTotal Investment
East Asia and Pacific238,439
Europe and Central Asia10
Latin America and the Caribbean4110,143
Middle East and North Africa2340
South Asia24
Sub-Saharan Africa8980
Grand Total 7719,906

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