Investment share of GDP in Iceland

Investment in Iceland was equal to 26.6% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2007.

Iceland, 2025 26.6% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.3percentage points 2024: 26.2%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Iceland (2025).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 22.2% Middle value of 35 countries

Investment share of GDP in Iceland 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 2025
Period IcelandWorld
2025 26.6% –
2024 26.2% 26.3%
2023 25.4% 26.7%
2022 24.2% 27.5%
2021 22.8% 27.2%
2020 21.0% 26.5%
2019 20.2% 26.6%
2018 22.2% 26.7%
2017 21.6% 26.1%
2016 20.8% 25.7%
2015 19.2% 25.9%
2014 17.1% 25.9%
2013 15.0% 25.6%
2012 15.9% 25.5%
2011 15.3% 25.3%
2010 13.8% 24.6%
2009 14.8% 23.4%
2008 25.9% 25.5%
2007 29.7% 25.5%
2006 36.0% 25.0%
2005 29.1% 24.5%
2004 24.6% 24.1%
2003 21.1% 23.4%
2002 19.5% 23.3%
2001 22.7% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 26.2% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 19.2%, the figure has changed by +7.4 percentage points.

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
1970 to 2025 for Iceland
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