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Canada: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1871–2025 · 155 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv_GDP

2025
23.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.0 pointsfrom 23.6%
Average, 2016–2025
23.6%10 years
Record high and low
47.1% (1912)low 4.48% (1933)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203124.2Forecast
203024.1Forecast
202924.0Forecast
202823.9Forecast
202723.8Forecast
202623.8Forecast
202523.5
202423.6
202324.0
202225.4
202124.3
202022.7
201923.0
201823.4
201723.5
201622.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Canada 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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