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South Africa: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1946–2025 · 80 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv_GDP

2025
13.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.9 pointsfrom 14.2%
Average, 2016–2025
15.0%10 years
Record high and low
34.7% (1974)low 12.3% (2020)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203114.1Forecast
203014.0Forecast
202913.8Forecast
202813.7Forecast
202713.4Forecast
202613.1Forecast
202513.4
202414.2
202315.8
202215.7
202112.8
202012.3
201915.8
201816.2
201716.6
201617.0

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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