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Germany: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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

2025
21.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.5 pointsfrom 20.5%
Average, 2016–2025
21.3%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
203121.7Forecast
203021.7Forecast
202921.7Forecast
202821.6Forecast
202721.5Forecast
202621.2Forecast
202521.0
202420.5
202321.7
202223.0
202122.4
202021.6
201921.3
201821.5
201720.5
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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