Investment share of GDP in Afghanistan

Investment in Afghanistan was equal to 17.1% of GDP in 2024.

Afghanistan, 2024 17.1% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +1.8percentage points 2023: 15.3%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 137th of 169 See the full ranking

Investment share of GDP in Afghanistan over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2024
Period AfghanistanWorld
2024 17.1% 26.3%
2023 15.3% 26.7%
2022 16.7% 27.5%
2021 13.0% 27.2%
2020 11.5% 26.5%
2019 – 26.6%
2018 – 26.7%
2017 – 26.1%
2016 – 25.7%
2015 – 25.9%
2014 – 25.9%
2013 – 25.6%
2012 – 25.5%
2011 – 25.3%
2010 – 24.6%
2009 – 23.4%
2008 – 25.5%
2007 – 25.5%
2006 – 25.0%
2005 – 24.5%
2004 – 24.1%
2003 – 23.4%
2002 – 23.3%
2001 – 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.8 percentage points from 15.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2020, when it was 11.5%, the figure has changed by +5.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 169 countries with data for 2024, Afghanistan has the 137th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 26.3%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2020 to 2024 for Afghanistan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices