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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, United States
21.53percent of GDP
period 2024
Geography
United States (USA)
Observation date
2024
Unit
percent of GDP
Frequency
annual
Ingested
2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1-year change-0.0375contextual-0.17%2023 to 2024from 21.57 to 21.53 percent of GDP
10-year trend+0.30% per yearcontextual+3.02%2014 to 2024compound annual growth rate; total +0.6314 percent of GDP, from 20.9 to 21.53 percent of GDP
Historical series

Gross capital formation as share of GDP, United States

Observed
1618202224261970198019902000201020202024PERCENT OF GDP21.53
55 observations, 1970 to 2024latest point emphasised
Data table (55 rows)
Gross capital formation as share of GDP, United States: 55 observations from 1970 to 2024, values from 17.77 to 25.11 percent of GDP. Latest 21.53 percent of GDP in 2024. Full data table below.
PeriodValue (percent of GDP)Source revisionIngested at
202421.53262026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202321.57012026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202222.02682026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202121.40642026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202021.43772026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201921.66982026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201821.56912026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201721.15582026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201620.8882026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201521.41522026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201420.90122026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201320.37932026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201219.95072026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201119.03352026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201018.67222026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200917.76882026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200821.03752026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200722.55762026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200623.53752026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200523.37572026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200422.65212026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200321.74562026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200221.72272026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200122.17672026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200023.67842026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199923.41912026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199822.95832026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199722.40972026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199621.70182026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199521.27262026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199421.27912026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199320.39362026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199220.07762026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199120.11062026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199021.52922026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198922.51382026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198822.82782026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198723.62022026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198623.74062026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198524.18832026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198425.09582026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198322.2532026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198222.07012026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198124.27692026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
198023.31032026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197925.11112026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197824.83182026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197723.52632026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197622.03842026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197520.27752026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197422.69492026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197323.33182026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197222.58062026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197121.91982026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
197021.41472026-07-132026-09-07 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
success2026-09-14 00:10 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
2026-07-1321.53262026-09-07 05:31 UTCcurrent
No superseded rows for this geography: every period has been ingested once.