Investment share of GDP in Faroe Islands

Investment in Faroe Islands was equal to 28.2% of GDP in 2024.

Faroe Islands, 2024 28.2% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −3.2percentage points 2023: 31.4%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 37th of 169 See the full ranking

Investment share of GDP in Faroe Islands 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 Faroe IslandsWorld
2024 28.2% 26.3%
2023 31.4% 26.7%
2022 32.3% 27.5%
2021 28.9% 27.2%
2020 28.3% 26.5%
2019 27.6% 26.6%
2018 29.7% 26.7%
2017 23.5% 26.1%
2016 22.2% 25.7%
2015 24.0% 25.9%
2014 21.8% 25.9%
2013 21.6% 25.6%
2012 26.3% 25.5%
2011 16.3% 25.3%
2010 19.5% 24.6%
2009 17.5% 23.4%
2008 26.2% 25.5%
2007 32.1% 25.5%
2006 28.7% 25.0%
2005 22.0% 24.5%
2004 20.2% 24.1%
2003 31.4% 23.4%
2002 23.3% 23.3%
2001 26.1% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.2 percentage points from 31.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 21.8%, the figure has changed by +6.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 169 countries with data for 2024, Faroe Islands has the 37th 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
1998 to 2024 for Faroe Islands
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