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Japan: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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

2025
27.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.1 pointsfrom 27.7%
Average, 2016–2025
27.3%10 years
Record high and low
43.2% (1970)low 9.27% (1931)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203127.0Forecast
203027.1Forecast
202927.2Forecast
202827.3Forecast
202727.3Forecast
202627.7Forecast
202527.8
202427.7
202327.8
202228.3
202127.3
202026.9
201927.3
201827.1
201726.6
201626.2

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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