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

Percent of GDP · 1911–2025 · 103 observations · forecasts to 2026 · finv_GDP

2025
29.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.8 pointsfrom 30.8%
Average, 2016–2025
30.9%10 years
Record high and low
38.7% (1991)low 6.15% (1913)

Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202629.1Forecast
202529.1
202430.8
202332.1
202231.9
202131.5
202031.0
201930.1
201830.5
201731.7
201629.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

South Korea 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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