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South Africa: Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1946–2025 · 80 observations · forecasts to 2026 · finv_GDP

2025
14.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.7 pointsfrom 14.8%
Average, 2016–2025
15.0%10 years
Record high and low
30.0% (1976)low 13.1% (2021)

Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)

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10%15%20%25%30%19501960197019801990200020102020South AfricaSouth Africa
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202614.5Forecast
202514.2
202414.8
202314.9
202214.1
202113.1
202013.8
201915.5
201815.9
201716.4
201617.4

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

South Africa 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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