Key information about United States Investment: % of GDP

• United States Investment accounted for 20.7 % of its Nominal GDP in Mar 2023, compared with a ratio of 21.3 % in the previous quarter.
• US investment share of Nominal GDP data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1947 to Mar 2023, with an average ratio of 22.3 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 25.4 % in Dec 1978 and a record low of 16.1 % in Jun 1947.

CEIC calculates Investment as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly Nominal Gross Capital Formation and quarterly Nominal GDP. The Bureau of Economic Analysis provides Nominal Gross Capital Formation in USD and Nominal GDP in USD. Seasonally adjusted auxiliary series is used since non-seasonally adjusted data is unavailable from the source.


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• In the latest reports, US GDP expanded 1.8 % YoY in Mar 2023.
• US Nominal GDP reached 6,632.4 USD bn in Mar 2023.
• Its GDP deflator (implicit price deflator) increased 5.3 % in Mar 2023.
• US GDP Per Capita reached 59,484.0 USD in Dec 2017.
• Its Gross Savings Rate was measured at 16.0 % in Mar 2023.

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The table shows the level of gross fixed capital formation, i.e. investment, as percent of GDP around the world. There are three values - for the last quarter, for the previous quarter, and for a year ago. These numbers are updated as soon as new data are released by the national authorities. Looking across countries, investment is about 20-25 percent of GDP, typically with greater values for less developed countries than for advanced economies. This is normal as those countries are in the process of industrialization that requires more investment.

Key information about India Investment: % of GDP

• India Investment accounted for 30.5 % of its Nominal GDP in Dec 2024, compared with a ratio of 34.7 % in the previous quarter.
• India investment share of Nominal GDP data is updated quarterly, available from Jun 2004 to Dec 2024, with an average ratio of 33.6 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 41.2 % in Sep 2011 and a record low of 21.8 % in Jun 2020.

CEIC calculates Investment as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly Nominal Gross Capital Formation and quarterly Nominal GDP. Gross Capital Formation is calculated as the sum of Gross Fixed Capital Formation, Changes in Stocks and Valuables. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation provides Nominal Gross Capital Formation in local currency and Nominal GDP in local currency, based on SNA 2008 at 2011-2012 prices. Investment as % of Nominal GDP prior to Q2 2011 is based on a combination of SNA 2008 and SNA 1993, at 2004-2005 prices.


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• In the latest reports, India GDP expanded 6.1 % YoY in Mar 2023.
• India Nominal GDP reached 873.7 USD bn in Mar 2023.
• Its GDP deflator (implicit price deflator) increased 4.1 % in Mar 2023.
• India GDP Per Capita reached 2,452.2 USD in Mar 2023.
• Its Gross Savings Rate was measured at 30.7 % in Mar 2024.

This indicator measures the share of GDP that is used for investment activities in the government, business and household sectors. It is defined as gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) expressed as a percentage of GDP. Gross fixed capital formation consists of resident producers’ investments, deducting disposals, in fixed assets during a given period. It also includes certain additions to the value of non-produced assets realized by producers or institutional units. Fixed assets are tangible or intangible assets produced as outputs from production processes that are used repeatedly, or continuously, for more than one year.

GDP Growth Contribution Investment in the United States decreased to -2.66 percentage points in the second quarter of 2025 from 3.79 percentage points in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States GDP Growth Contribution Investment.

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In 2024, China’s level of total investment reached around 40.4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP). This value is expected to remain stable in 2025 and increase slightly in the following years. Final consumption accounted for 55.7 percent in 2023. International comparison of total investments The GDP of a country can be calculated by the expenditure approach, which sums up final consumption (private and public), total investment, and net exports. The ratio of consumption to investment may vary greatly between different countries.Matured economies normally consume a larger share of their economic output. In the U.S. and many European countries, total investment ranges roughly at only 20 to 25 percent of the GDP. In comparison, some emerging economies reached levels of 30 to 40 percent of investment during times of rapid economic development. Level of total investment in China China is among the countries that spend the highest share of their GDP on investments. Between 1980 and 2000, 30 to 40 percent of its economic output were invested, roughly on par with South Korea or Japan. While the latter’s investment spending ratio decreased in later years, China’s even grew, especially after the global financial crisis, peaking at staggering 47 percent of GDP in 2011.However, returns on those investments declined year by year, indicated by lower GDP growth rates. This resulted in a quickly growing debt burden, which reached nearly 285 percent of the GDP in 2023, up from only 135 percent in 2008. The Chinese government defined the goal to shift to consumption driven growth, but the transformation takes longer than expected.

In 2024, the total investment as a share of the gross domestic product (GDP) in Paraguay was estimated at approximately 23.24 percent. Between 1980 and 2024, the figure dropped by around 5.54 percentage points, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory. The share is forecast to decline by about 1.40 percentage points from 2024 to 2030, fluctuating as it trends downward.This indicator describes the ratio of total investment in current local currency to GDP in current local currency. The International Monetary Fund defines the total investment as the overall value of the gross fixed capital formation as well as changes in inventories and acquisitions less disposals of valuables. GDP, on the other hand, represents the total value of final goods and services produced during a year.

This dataset provides values for GDP GROWTH RATE CONTRIBUTION INVESTMENT reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

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The non-financial Annual Sector Accounts (ASA) are compiled in accordance with the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010) and are transmitted by the EU Member States, EFTA Members (except Liechtenstein) following ESA2010 transmission programme (Table 8) established by the Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union, annexes A and B respectively).

The ASA encompass non-financial accounts that provide a description of the different stages of the economic process: production, generation of income, distribution of income, redistribution of income, use of income and non-financial accumulation. The ASA record the economic flows of institutional sectors in order to illustrate their economic behaviour and interactions between them. They also provide a list of balancing items that have high analytical value in their own right: value added, operating surplus and mixed income, balance of primary incomes, disposable income, saving, net lending / net borrowing. All of them but net lending / net borrowing, can be expressed in gross or net terms, i.e. with and without consumption of fixed capital that accounts for the use and obsolescence of fixed assets.

In terms of institutional sectors, a broad distinction is made between the domestic economy (ESA 2010 classification code S.1) and the rest of the world (S.2). Within S.1 and S.2, in turn, more detailed subsectors are distinguished as explained in more detail in section "3.2 Classification system".

Data are presented in the table "Non-financial transactions" (nasa_10_nf_tr).

The table contains data, as far as they are available, expressed in national currency and millions of euro in current prices.

In line with ESA2010 Transmission programme requirements data series start from 1995 (unless subject to voluntary transmission option and/or country specific derogations). Countries may transmit longer series on voluntary basis.

Available level of detail by sectors and transactions may also vary by country due to voluntary transmission of some items (as defined in ESA2010 transmission programme) and country specific derogations.

ASA collected according ESA2010 Transmission programme include selected data on employment (in persons and hours worked) by institutional sectors. However, as transmission of these variables is voluntary (except for the sector of General government), data availability may vary significantly across countries.

A set of key indicators, deemed meaningful for economic analysis, is available in the table "Key indicators" (nasa_10_ki) for most of the members of the European Economic Area (EEA), of the Euro area and EU.

Key ratios are derived from non-financial transactions as follows:

• Gross household saving rate (S.14_S.15): B8G/(B6G+D8rec-D8pay)*100;
• Gross investment rate of households (S.14_S.15): P51G/(B6G+D8rec-D8pay)*100;
• Gross investment rate of non-financial corporations (S.11): P51G/B1G*100;
• Gross profit share of non-financial corporations (S.11): B2G_B3G/B1G*100;
• Total investment to GDP ratio (S.1): P51G/B1GQ*100;
• Business investment to GDP ratio: (S.11_P51G+S.12_P51G)/B1GQ*100;
• Government investment to GDP ratio: S.13_P51G/B1GQ*100;
• Households investment to GDP ratio: (S.14_S.15_P51G)/B1GQ*100.

With the following transaction codes:

• B8G - Gross saving;
• B6G - Gross disposable income;
• D8rec / D8pay - the adjustment for the change in pension entitlements (receivable / payable);
• P51G - Gross fixed capital formation;
• B1G - Gross value added;
• B1GQ – Gross domestic product;
• B2G_B3G - Gross operating surplus/ mixed income.

In the above, all ratios are expressed in gross terms, i.e. before deduction of consumption of fixed capital.

The following key indicators are calculated in real or nominal terms:

• Real growth of household adjusted disposable income per capita (percentage change on previous period, S.14_S.15): B7G/(POP_NC*Price Deflator);
• Nominal growth of household adjusted disposable income per capita (percentage change on previous period, S.14_S.15): B7G/(POP_NC);
• Real growth of household actual consumption per capita (percentage change on previous period, S.14_S.15): P4/(POP_NC*Price Deflator).

With the following codes (the codes already described above have not been listed):

• B7G - Gross adjusted gross disposable income (adjusted for social transfers in kind);
• P4 - Actual final consumption (adjusted for social transfers in kind);
• POP_NC - Total population national concept (source:Quarterly national accounts, Eurobase domain namq_10_pe);
• Price deflator - Price index/implicit deflator calculated as CP_MEUR/CLV10_MEUR – both indicators refer to households and NPISH final consumption expenditure (P31_S14_S15) (source: Quarterly national accounts, Eurobase domain namq_10_gdp).

The following key indicators combine non-financial with financial accounts:

• Gross return on capital employed, before taxes, of non-financial corporations (S.11): [B2G_B3G/(AF2+AF3+AF4+AF5, liab)]*100;
• Net debt-to-income ratio, after taxes, of non-financial corporations (S.11): ([(AF2+AF3+AF4, liab)/(B4N-D5pay)]*100);
• Net return on equity, after taxes, of non-financial corporations (S.11): [(B4N-D5pay)/(AF5, liab)]*100
• Gross debt-to-income ratio of households (S.14_15): [(AF4, liab)/(B6G+D8net)]*100;
• Household net financial assets ratio (BF90/(B6G+D8net)).

With the following codes (the codes already described above have not been listed):

• B4N - Net entrepreneurial income;
• D5pay - Current taxes on income and wealth;
• AF2 - Currency and deposits;
• AF3 - Debt securities (excluding financial derivatives);
• AF4 - Loans;
• AF5 - Equity and investment fund shares;
• BF90 – Financial net worth.

"rec" means resources, that is transactions that add to the economic value of a given sector.

"pay" means "uses", that is transactions that reduce the economic value of a given sector.

"liab" refers to the stock of liabilities incurred by a given sector and recorded in the financial balance sheets.

See also the sector accounts dedicated website for more information.

Key information about United States Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP

• United States Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) registered a growth equal to 1.3 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Sep 2024, compared with a growth equal to 1.7 % in the previous quarter.
• US Foreign Direct Investment: % of Nominal GDP data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1960 to Sep 2024.
• The data reached an all-time high of 6.2 % in Jun 1999 and a record low -1.7 % in Mar 2014.

CEIC calculates Foreign Direct Investment as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly Foreign Direct Investment and quarterly Nominal GDP. The Bureau of Economic Analysis provides Foreign Direct Investment in USD and Nominal GDP in USD.


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• In the latest reports of US, Current Account recorded a deficit of 310.9 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 96.6 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• US Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 96.8 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 637.6 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 6,632.4 USD bn in Mar 2023.

The USA: Capital investment as percent of GDP: The latest value from 2024 is 21.74 percent, an increase from 21.54 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 22.32 percent, based on data from 129 countries. Historically, the average for the USA from 1960 to 2024 is 22.19 percent. The minimum value, 17.77 percent, was reached in 2009 while the maximum of 25.11 percent was recorded in 1979.

Investment as percent of GDP in the USA, June, 2025 The most recent value is 17.73 percent as of Q2 2025, a decline compared to the previous value of 17.79 percent. Historically, the average for the USA from Q1 1960 to Q2 2025 is 16.97 percent. The minimum of 13.47 percent was recorded in Q1 2010, while the maximum of 19.98 percent was reached in Q3 1979. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

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Key information about China Investment: % of GDP

• China Investment accounted for 41.1 % of its Nominal GDP in Dec 2023, compared with a ratio of 42.4 % in the previous year.
• China investment share of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1952 to Dec 2023, with an average ratio of 36.1 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 46.6 % in Dec 2011 and a record low of 15.4 % in Dec 1962.

CEIC calculates Investment as % of Nominal GDP from annual Nominal Gross Capital Formation and annual Nominal GDP. The National Bureau of Statistics provides Nominal Gross Capital Formation in local currency and Nominal GDP in local currency.


Related information about China Investment: % of GDP

• In the latest reports, China GDP expanded 4.5 % YoY in Mar 2023.
• China Nominal GDP reached 4,166.8 USD bn in Mar 2023.
• Its GDP deflator (implicit price deflator) increased 0.4 % in Mar 2023.
• China GDP Per Capita reached 12,621.7 USD in Dec 2023.
• Its Gross Savings Rate was measured at 44.3 % in Dec 2023.

In 2024, the total investment as a share of the gross domestic product (GDP) in Mexico stood at approximately 24.16 percent. Between 1980 and 2024, the figure dropped by around 5.40 percentage points, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory. The share is forecast to decline by about 0.41 percentage points from 2024 to 2030, fluctuating as it trends downward.This indicator describes the ratio of total investment in current local currency to GDP in current local currency. The International Monetary Fund defines the total investment as the overall value of the gross fixed capital formation as well as changes in inventories and acquisitions less disposals of valuables. GDP, on the other hand, represents the total value of final goods and services produced during a year.

In 2024, the total investment as a share of the gross domestic product (GDP) in Colombia was about 17.09 percent. Between 1980 and 2024, the figure dropped by approximately 4.33 percentage points, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory. From 2024 to 2030, the share will rise by around 3.23 percentage points, showing an overall upward trend with periodic ups and downs.This indicator describes the ratio of total investment in current local currency to GDP in current local currency. The International Monetary Fund defines the total investment as the overall value of the gross fixed capital formation as well as changes in inventories and acquisitions less disposals of valuables. GDP, on the other hand, represents the total value of final goods and services produced during a year.