Investment as percent of GDP by country: the latest data

Gross fixed capital formation including land improvements; plant, machinery, and equipment purchases; and the construction of roads, railways, and the like, including schools, offices, hospitals, private residential dwellings, and commercial and industrial buildings as percent of GDP

Countries	Latest value	Reference	Three months ago	One year ago
Albania	29.69	Q4 / 2025	23.15	29.35
Algeria	37.93	Q2 / 2025	39.06	34.70
Argentina	14.32	Q1 / 2026	15.51	16.22
Armenia	15.69	Q1 / 2026	27.51	15.49
Australia	23.53	Q1 / 2026	24.34	22.87
Austria	23.15	Q1 / 2026	24.48	22.85
Azerbaijan	16.27	Q1 / 2026	17.28	13.85
Bahamas	20.97	Q4 / 2023	22.52	22.32
Belarus	19.82	Q1 / 2026	29.38	21.95
Belgium	23.04	Q1 / 2026	25.52	22.90
Bermuda	11.02	Q4 / 2025	11.24	10.44
Bolivia	14.20	Q4 / 2025	13.84	17.03
Bosnia and Herzegovina	23.62	Q1 / 2026	26.08	23.16
Botswana	25.29	Q1 / 2026	28.93	29.76
Brazil	16.46	Q1 / 2026	16.03	17.55
Brunei	21.85	Q1 / 2026	23.08	19.84
Bulgaria	15.68	Q1 / 2026	23.33	14.89
Burkina Faso	17.25	Q4 / 2025	16.38	19.33
Cameroon	17.48	Q4 / 2025	18.20	17.71
Canada	21.50	Q1 / 2026	22.65	21.82
Cape Verde	15.02	Q1 / 2026	12.83	13.45
Chile	22.33	Q1 / 2026	24.59	23.27
Colombia	15.93	Q1 / 2026	16.83	15.82
Costa Rica	16.15	Q1 / 2026	16.63	15.71
Croatia	30.06	Q1 / 2026	25.03	30.93
Cyprus	19.88	Q1 / 2026	21.23	19.89
Czechia	25.20	Q1 / 2026	29.37	24.09
Denmark	21.67	Q1 / 2026	24.05	22.57
Dominican Republic	25.15	Q1 / 2026	23.38	25.06
Ecuador	21.32	Q1 / 2026	20.09	20.06
Egypt	12.43	Q4 / 2025	10.85	12.63
Estonia	18.68	Q1 / 2026	27.87	22.93
Euro area	20.74	Q1 / 2026	21.83	20.94
Finland	20.88	Q1 / 2026	23.20	19.23
France	21.89	Q2 / 2026	21.74	21.98
Georgia	18.75	Q1 / 2026	17.03	20.91
Germany	18.52	Q1 / 2026	20.33	18.81
Ghana	8.00	Q1 / 2026	7.28	6.72
Greece	15.68	Q1 / 2026	20.58	14.65
Guatemala	16.95	Q1 / 2026	16.18	16.65
Hong Kong	17.32	Q1 / 2026	17.24	15.28
Hungary	18.86	Q1 / 2026	21.82	20.17
Iceland	23.19	Q1 / 2026	24.16	28.28
India	31.58	Q1 / 2026	30.24	30.44
Indonesia	28.29	Q1 / 2026	30.02	28.03
Iran	26.81	Q3 / 2020	28.20	23.03
Ireland	21.38	Q1 / 2026	24.42	26.79
Israel	24.04	Q1 / 2026	23.91	23.87
Italy	22.97	Q1 / 2026	21.59	22.40
Japan	30.77	Q1 / 2026	27.34	30.61
Kazakhstan	21.59	Q1 / 2026	22.63	20.73
Kyrgyzstan	19.74	Q3 / 2023	18.92	21.42
Latvia	20.50	Q1 / 2026	23.82	20.73
Lithuania	19.66	Q1 / 2026	24.85	21.67
Luxembourg	15.38	Q1 / 2026	14.63	14.97
Macao	9.48	Q1 / 2026	12.44	13.42
Malaysia	21.92	Q1 / 2026	20.21	21.66
Malta	17.42	Q1 / 2026	18.15	17.54
Mauritius	20.86	Q1 / 2026	17.40	21.06
Mexico	21.20	Q1 / 2026	22.95	22.65
Moldova	19.60	Q1 / 2026	20.83	19.93
Mongolia	27.00	Q1 / 2025	33.51	20.89
Montenegro	24.08	Q1 / 2026	25.23	23.35
Netherlands	21.15	Q2 / 2026	21.03	21.28
New Zealand	21.79	Q1 / 2026	22.04	22.43
Nicaragua	22.61	Q1 / 2026	27.60	22.69
Nigeria	38.56	Q4 / 2023	29.83	33.78
Norway	19.97	Q1 / 2026	26.18	20.18
Palestine	23.17	Q1 / 2026	24.09	23.12
Panama	30.45	Q2 / 2024	40.30	29.11
Paraguay	19.82	Q1 / 2026	18.74	20.21
Peru	19.71	Q1 / 2026	22.79	20.70
Philippines	22.45	Q2 / 2026	21.12	26.83
Poland	12.89	Q1 / 2026	22.67	13.24
Portugal	22.40	Q1 / 2026	21.04	20.81
Qatar	24.69	Q4 / 2022	30.58	29.65
Romania	19.31	Q1 / 2026	23.92	19.18
Russia	16.51	Q1 / 2026	29.15	17.79
Rwanda	32.70	Q1 / 2026	29.45	36.03
Saudi Arabia	28.13	Q1 / 2026	29.09	28.44
Senegal	27.08	Q1 / 2026	22.37	34.39
Serbia	20.66	Q1 / 2026	25.35	21.26
Seychelles	19.04	Q1 / 2026	20.15	19.41
Singapore	22.59	Q1 / 2026	22.36	21.64
Slovakia	15.22	Q1 / 2026	24.37	17.02
Slovenia	22.47	Q2 / 2026	23.40	20.58
South Africa	13.48	Q1 / 2026	13.56	14.52
South Korea	24.26	Q1 / 2026	28.41	27.41
Spain	20.52	Q2 / 2026	20.23	20.49
Sri Lanka	19.76	Q3 / 2024	18.87	17.77
Sweden	23.03	Q1 / 2026	28.11	22.52
Switzerland	25.33	Q1 / 2026	26.85	25.58
Taiwan	25.16	Q1 / 2026	24.09	27.90
Thailand	23.86	Q1 / 2026	23.56	22.70
Turkey	29.06	Q1 / 2026	30.23	30.49
USA	17.57	Q3 / 2025	17.68	17.73
Uganda	24.22	Q1 / 2026	23.77	22.64
Ukraine	19.30	Q2 / 2025	19.43	20.56
United Kingdom	19.77	Q1 / 2026	19.03	19.78
Uruguay	14.63	Q1 / 2026	17.38	15.76
Uzbekistan	36.96	Q1 / 2026	28.51	33.47

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.