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South Africa: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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

2025
14.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 15.1%
Average, 2016–2025
15.2%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
203116.6Forecast
203016.4Forecast
202916.2Forecast
202816.0Forecast
202715.6Forecast
202615.4Forecast
202514.9
202415.1
202315.9
202215.6
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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