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United States: Gross capital formation

Millions of local currency · 1869–2025 · 157 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv

2025
6.64 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+4.2%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+5.4%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$6.64 trillionUS dollars

Gross capital formation

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
20318,238,249Forecast
20308,021,870Forecast
20297,813,773Forecast
20287,602,228Forecast
20277,373,585Forecast
20267,039,570Forecast
20256,643,121
20246,376,969
20235,971,328
20225,708,454
20215,051,970
20204,573,797
20194,667,673
20184,455,419
20174,149,092
20163,927,963

Sources

  • Jones & Obstfeld1869–1945
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Mitchell1929–1993
  • Carter et al.1929–2002
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1996
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • World Development Indicators1970–2024
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1970–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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