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Barbados: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2024 · 67 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv_GDP

2024
17.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.3 pointsfrom 16.3%
Average, 2015–2024
16.3%10 years
Record high and low
21.5% (1981)low 6.99% (1992)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203118.1Forecast
203018.1Forecast
202918.0Forecast
202817.9Forecast
202717.8Forecast
202617.6Forecast
202517.8Forecast
202417.6
202316.3
202216.7
202117.2
202017.8
201914.4
201814.2
201715.6
201616.3
201516.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Barbados 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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