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East Germany: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–1989 · 10 observations · inv_GDP

1989
21.8%percent of GDP
Change on 1988
−0.3 pointsfrom 22.1%
Average, 1980–1989
22.6%10 years
Record high and low
26.7% (1980)low 20.0% (1985)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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19%20%21%22%23%24%25%26%27%19801982198419861988East GermanyEast Germany
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
198921.8
198822.1
198721.3
198620.4
198520.0
198420.6
198322.9
198224.1
198126.4
198026.7

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

East Germany 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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