These figures include capital expenditure on new infrastructure or extension of existing one, including reconstruction, renewal, and upgrades renewal and upgrades or major repairs.
Supplementary notes
Data were estimated for: Netherlands Data as of 2021 for: United States. Data as of 2023 for: Finland and Italy. Data as of 2024 for: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, and Slovakia.
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