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Australia: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1861–2025 · 165 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv_GDP

2025
24.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.2 pointsfrom 24.5%
Average, 2016–2025
23.8%10 years
Record high and low
39.3% (1952)low 6.96% (1943)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203125.3Forecast
203025.3Forecast
202925.2Forecast
202825.0Forecast
202724.9Forecast
202624.7Forecast
202524.7
202424.5
202323.9
202223.7
202123.2
202022.3
201922.6
201824.2
201724.4
201624.4

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Australia documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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