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United Kingdom: Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1850–2025 · 176 observations · forecasts to 2027 · finv_GDP

2025
18.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.2 pointsfrom 18.7%
Average, 2016–2025
18.7%10 years
Record high and low
24.6% (1989)low 3.18% (1944)

Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202718.8Forecast
202618.8Forecast
202518.9
202418.7
202318.9
202219.0
202118.5
202018.2
201918.8
201818.7
201719.0
201618.6

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

United Kingdom 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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