Investment share of GDP in European Union
Investment in the European Union was equal to 22.0% of GDP in 2025.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
22.0%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
World, 2024
26.3%
Investment share of GDP in European Union over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22.0% | – |
| 2024 | 21.6% | 26.3% |
| 2023 | 22.5% | 26.7% |
| 2022 | 24.2% | 27.5% |
| 2021 | 23.1% | 27.2% |
| 2020 | 22.1% | 26.5% |
| 2019 | 22.5% | 26.6% |
| 2018 | 21.9% | 26.7% |
| 2017 | 21.3% | 26.1% |
| 2016 | 20.7% | 25.7% |
| 2015 | 20.5% | 25.9% |
| 2014 | 20.1% | 25.9% |
| 2013 | 19.7% | 25.6% |
| 2012 | 20.1% | 25.5% |
| 2011 | 21.5% | 25.3% |
| 2010 | 20.9% | 24.6% |
| 2009 | 20.4% | 23.4% |
| 2008 | 23.8% | 25.5% |
| 2007 | 24.2% | 25.5% |
| 2006 | 23.3% | 25.0% |
| 2005 | 22.3% | 24.5% |
| 2004 | 22.0% | 24.1% |
| 2003 | 21.7% | 23.4% |
| 2002 | 21.8% | 23.3% |
| 2001 | 22.9% | 23.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 21.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 20.5%, the figure has changed by +1.5 percentage points.