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United States: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1869–2025 · 157 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv_GDP

2025
21.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 21.9%
Average, 2016–2025
21.5%10 years
Record high and low
32.3% (1872)low 6.71% (1932)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203121.4Forecast
203021.6Forecast
202921.8Forecast
202822.0Forecast
202722.2Forecast
202622.1Forecast
202521.7
202421.9
202321.5
202221.9
202121.3
202021.4
201921.7
201821.6
201721.2
201620.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

United States 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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