Investment share of GDP in Sri Lanka

Investment in Sri Lanka was equal to 29.6% of GDP in 2025.

Sri Lanka, 2025 29.6% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +3.3percentage points 2024: 26.3%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Sri Lanka (2025).

Investment share of GDP in Sri Lanka 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 Sri LankaWorld
2025 29.6% –
2024 26.3% 26.3%
2023 24.3% 26.7%
2022 27.3% 27.5%
2021 36.7% 27.2%
2020 32.9% 26.5%
2019 34.1% 26.6%
2018 38.1% 26.7%
2017 39.7% 26.1%
2016 36.5% 25.7%
2015 34.3% 25.9%
2014 – 25.9%
2013 – 25.6%
2012 – 25.5%
2011 – 25.3%
2010 – 24.6%
2009 24.4% 23.4%
2008 27.6% 25.5%
2007 28.0% 25.5%
2006 28.0% 25.0%
2005 26.8% 24.5%
2004 25.3% 24.1%
2003 22.0% 23.4%
2002 23.3% 23.3%
2001 22.0% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.3 percentage points from 26.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 34.3%, the figure has changed by −4.6 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
1960 to 2025 for Sri Lanka
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