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Ireland: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1938–2025 · 83 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv_GDP

2025
21.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+4.3 pointsfrom 16.8%
Average, 2016–2025
30.5%10 years
Record high and low
54.7% (2019)low 3.58% (1944)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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0%10%20%30%40%50%60%19401960198020002020IrelandIreland, 1938: 8.69%Ireland
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203122.4Forecast
203022.2Forecast
202921.8Forecast
202821.4Forecast
202721.2Forecast
202621.3Forecast
202521.1
202416.8
202326.7
202223.6
202123.2
202041.5
201954.7
201828.4
201733.4
201635.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Ireland 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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