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South Korea: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1911–2025 · 103 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv_GDP

2025
29.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.8 pointsfrom 30.0%
Average, 2016–2025
31.3%10 years
Record high and low
46.0% (1940)low −2.93% (1919)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203128.2Forecast
203028.3Forecast
202928.4Forecast
202828.5Forecast
202728.2Forecast
202627.9Forecast
202529.1
202430.0
202331.9
202233.3
202132.5
202031.5
201931.2
201831.2
201732.0
201630.0

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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