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

Percent of GDP · 1850–2025 · 176 observations · forecasts to 2026 · finv_GDP

2025
17.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.2 pointsfrom 17.6%
Average, 2016–2025
17.8%10 years
Record high and low
24.3% (1989)low 3.18% (1944)

Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202618.0Forecast
202517.8
202417.6
202317.6
202217.9
202117.7
202017.5
201918.2
201818.0
201718.2
201617.9

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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