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China: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1952–2025 · 74 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv_GDP

2025
40.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.6 pointsfrom 41.7%
Average, 2016–2025
42.8%10 years
Record high and low
47.0% (2011)low 16.0% (1962)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203140.3Forecast
203040.3Forecast
202940.3Forecast
202839.9Forecast
202739.5Forecast
202639.5Forecast
202540.1
202441.7
202342.2
202243.4
202143.6
202043.5
201943.5
201844.1
201743.3
201643.0

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

China 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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