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United Kingdom: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1830–2025 · 196 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv_GDP

2025
17.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.3 pointsfrom 18.0%
Average, 2016–2025
17.9%10 years
Record high and low
24.9% (1989)low 0.922% (1944)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203118.8Forecast
203018.6Forecast
202918.4Forecast
202818.4Forecast
202718.3Forecast
202618.0Forecast
202517.7
202418.0
202317.2
202217.9
202118.0
202017.6
201918.4
201818.2
201718.5
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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