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Nicaragua: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv_GDP

2025
25.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.0 pointsfrom 24.7%
Average, 2016–2025
24.1%10 years
Record high and low
35.2% (1999)low −4.71% (1979)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203130.7Forecast
203030.5Forecast
202930.3Forecast
202830.5Forecast
202730.2Forecast
202629.5Forecast
202525.7
202424.7
202322.2
202221.8
202123.8
202020.3
201917.8
201824.1
201729.9
201631.2

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Nicaragua 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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