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Japan: Gross capital formation

Millions of local currency · 1885–2025 · 140 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv

2025
184 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+5.0%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.4%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$1.23 trillionUS dollars

Gross capital formation

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031212,600,608Forecast
2030207,431,840Forecast
2029202,451,984Forecast
2028197,554,432Forecast
2027192,826,848Forecast
2026188,771,872Forecast
2025184,301,904
2024175,548,704
2023171,159,104
2022165,590,096
2021156,728,496
2020148,970,896
2019156,251,104
2018154,447,504
2017150,517,200
2016145,886,896

Sources

  • Jones & Obstfeld1885–1944
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1885–2020
  • Mitchell1931–2010
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1996
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • World Development Indicators1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1994–2025
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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