Gross capital formation (% of GDP)
Gross capital formation as a share of GDP - the investment side of the national accounts: acquisitions less disposals of produced assets for fixed capital formation, inventories or valuables - for the 8-country panel (USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Japan, China, India). The World Bank publishes the indicator in the World Development Indicators. It is the investment leg of the savings-investment identity alongside the connector's gross-savings dataset: savings minus investment is the economy's net lending/net borrowing. China's investment rate tops the panel every fixture year (41.13% of GDP in 2023) while the UK is lowest (18.46% in 2023); all 2021-2023 cells are published on the panel, no upstream gaps. Values are null where national statistics are unavailable and are never interpolated. Units: % of GDP.
- Source
- World Bank
- Rows
- 208
- Columns
- 4
- Source cadence
- Yearly
- Last refreshed
- Sep 26, 2026
- Theme
- finance
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| country_code | string | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code (World Bank API field countryiso3code). |
| country_name | string | Country name as published by the World Bank API. |
| year | integer | Calendar year of the observation (World Bank API field date). |
| value | float | Indicator value for the country and year, as defined by the World Bank indicator (see the dataset description). Missing values are null. (unit: % of GDP) |
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@misc{dz_world_bank_gross_capital_formation_gdp_55317244,
title = {{Gross capital formation (\% of GDP)}},
author = {{World Bank}},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Datazimuts},
howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/world_bank/gross_capital_formation_gdp?snapshot=20260926T054326Z-553172440b88}},
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