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France: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1850–2025 · 175 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv_GDP

2025
22.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.6 pointsfrom 21.6%
Average, 2016–2025
22.6%10 years
Record high and low
29.5% (1974)low 6.23% (1926)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203120.9Forecast
203021.0Forecast
202921.0Forecast
202821.1Forecast
202721.2Forecast
202621.5Forecast
202522.1
202421.6
202323.0
202224.0
202123.4
202022.8
201923.1
201822.6
201722.2
201621.6

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

France 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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