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Japan: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1885–2025 · 140 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv_GDP

2025
26.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.0 pointsfrom 26.6%
Average, 2016–2025
25.9%10 years
Record high and low
41.8% (1970)low 8.90% (1931)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203126.5Forecast
203026.5Forecast
202926.6Forecast
202826.7Forecast
202726.8Forecast
202626.9Forecast
202526.7
202426.6
202326.4
202226.8
202125.8
202025.2
201925.8
201825.6
201725.2
201624.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Japan 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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