Investment share of GDP in Greenland

Investment in Greenland was equal to 36.0% of GDP in 2023.

Greenland, 2023 36.0% % of GDP
Change from 2022 −1.8percentage points 2022: 37.8%
World, 2023 26.7% Official aggregate

Investment share of GDP in Greenland 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 GreenlandWorld
2024 – 26.3%
2023 36.0% 26.7%
2022 37.8% 27.5%
2021 37.1% 27.2%
2020 33.0% 26.5%
2019 31.3% 26.6%
2018 21.7% 26.7%
2017 23.6% 26.1%
2016 24.5% 25.7%
2015 24.0% 25.9%
2014 22.6% 25.9%
2013 30.1% 25.6%
2012 37.7% 25.5%
2011 64.0% 25.3%
2010 52.4% 24.6%
2009 32.2% 23.4%
2008 40.3% 25.5%
2007 30.5% 25.5%
2006 23.1% 25.0%
2005 24.2% 24.5%
2004 16.3% 24.1%
2003 19.4% 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 37.8% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 30.1%, the figure has changed by +5.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 26.7%.

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
2003 to 2023 for Greenland
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