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United Arab Emirates: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv_GDP

2024
21.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.7 pointsfrom 20.9%
Average, 2015–2024
21.4%10 years
Record high and low
44.0% (1978)low 17.9% (1974)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203128.6Forecast
203029.3Forecast
202929.3Forecast
202828.6Forecast
202726.8Forecast
202626.5Forecast
202521.6Forecast
202421.6
202320.9
202221.2
202121.9
202022.8
201920.4
201819.9
201719.9
201621.2
201524.4

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

United Arab Emirates 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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