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Germany: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1850–2025 · 162 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv_GDP

2025
22.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.5 pointsfrom 21.5%
Average, 2016–2025
21.7%10 years
Record high and low
34.9% (1964)low 3.43% (1855)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203122.5Forecast
203022.5Forecast
202922.4Forecast
202822.4Forecast
202722.2Forecast
202621.9Forecast
202522.0
202421.5
202322.0
202223.3
202122.6
202021.7
201921.4
201821.6
201720.7
201619.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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