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Soviet Union: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–1991 · 22 observations · inv_GDP

1991
25.5%percent of GDP
Change on 1990
−0.7 pointsfrom 26.2%
Average, 1982–1991
27.7%10 years
Record high and low
32.5% (1970)low 20.6% (1989)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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20%22%24%26%28%30%32%34%19701975198019851990Soviet UnionSoviet Union
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
199125.5
199026.2
198920.6
198828.8
198729.3
198629.2
198529.1
198430.0
198329.5
198228.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Soviet Union 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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