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Gross capital formation as share of GDP

Observed

Outlays on additions to fixed assets plus net changes in inventories, as a percentage of GDP.

Ingestedfrom World BankfreshJSON export
Current value, World
26.29percent of GDP
period 2024
Geography
World (WLD)
Observation date
2024
Unit
percent of GDP
Frequency
annual
Ingested
2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1-year change-0.3701contextual-1.39%2023 to 2024from 26.66 to 26.29 percent of GDP
10-year trend+0.16% per yearcontextual+1.58%2014 to 2024compound annual growth rate; total +0.4082 percent of GDP, from 25.88 to 26.29 percent of GDP
Historical series

Gross capital formation as share of GDP, World

Observed
2324252627281970198019902000201020202024PERCENT OF GDP26.29
55 observations, 1970 to 2024latest point emphasised
Data table (55 rows)
Gross capital formation as share of GDP, World: 55 observations from 1970 to 2024, values from 23.25 to 27.86 percent of GDP. Latest 26.29 percent of GDP in 2024. Full data table below.
PeriodValue (percent of GDP)Source revisionIngested at
202426.28772026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202326.65772026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202227.47392026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202127.23732026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202026.45742026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201926.56412026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201826.66192026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201726.12152026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201625.66632026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201525.92452026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201425.87952026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201325.5972026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201225.48722026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201125.34952026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201024.62682026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200923.42352026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200825.46022026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200725.46622026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200625.00722026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200524.45942026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200424.09492026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200323.42722026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200223.25392026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200123.89062026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200024.69812026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199924.33882026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199824.20872026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199724.6312026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199624.84652026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199525.04722026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199425.02422026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199324.70532026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199225.25882026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199125.87652026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199026.5692026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198926.94072026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198826.38652026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198725.26952026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198625.05492026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198525.00182026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198425.24192026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198324.11152026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198224.55892026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198125.9352026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198026.59882026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197927.17512026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197826.91052026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197726.56692026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197626.2932026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197525.49222026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197427.86312026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197327.71482026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197226.5552026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197126.34992026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197026.58452026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
230 geographies have observations for this metric
World Bank, World Development Indicators, series NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS
Definition

What this measures

Gross capital formation (formerly gross domestic investment) consists of outlays on additions to the fixed assets of the economy plus net changes in the level of inventories. Fixed assets include land improvements; plant, machinery, and equipment purchases; and the construction of roads, railways, and the like, including schools, offices, hospitals, private residential dwellings, and commercial and industrial buildings. Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and work in progress. Source: World Bank national accounts data and OECD National Accounts data files. Direction is contextual: investment builds future capacity, but a higher share is not automatically better.

Direction
contextual, not scored
Geography level
world, regions, countries
Slug
gross-capital-formation-share
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Provenance and methodologysource, series, ingestion, revisions
Classification
Observedpublished by the cited source, ingested without transformation
Source organization
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Series ID
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZSlast fetch: ok
Source links
License and attribution
Approved with attribution
World Bank, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0
Terms of use
Last source update
2026-07-13(source revision label as published by the provider)
Last ingestion
last successful runfresh
Last run
success2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
Parser version
world-bank-v2/1.0.0
Methodology version
1.0
Quality and confidence
National accounts revisions apply. The world aggregate is a GDP-weighted average.
Ingestion rejects values outside -50 to 150 percent of GDP.
55 periods with values for this geography, 1970 to 2024.
Revisions
Values reported for the latest period (2024) by each source revision ingested. Earlier rows are never deleted; the newest ingested row is shown as current.
Source revisionValue (percent of GDP)Ingested atStatus
2026-07-1326.28772026-09-07 05:31 UTCcurrent
No superseded rows for this geography: every period has been ingested once.