Investment share of GDP in United Kingdom
Investment in United Kingdom was equal to 19.7% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 1994.
United Kingdom, 2025
19.7%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
World, 2024
26.3%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
22.2%
Investment share of GDP in United Kingdom 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.
| Period | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19.7% | – |
| 2024 | 19.2% | 26.3% |
| 2023 | 18.5% | 26.7% |
| 2022 | 18.3% | 27.5% |
| 2021 | 18.9% | 27.2% |
| 2020 | 18.3% | 26.5% |
| 2019 | 19.0% | 26.6% |
| 2018 | 18.9% | 26.7% |
| 2017 | 19.1% | 26.1% |
| 2016 | 18.6% | 25.7% |
| 2015 | 18.5% | 25.9% |
| 2014 | 18.4% | 25.9% |
| 2013 | 17.2% | 25.6% |
| 2012 | 16.5% | 25.5% |
| 2011 | 16.5% | 25.3% |
| 2010 | 16.6% | 24.6% |
| 2009 | 16.0% | 23.4% |
| 2008 | 18.3% | 25.5% |
| 2007 | 19.2% | 25.5% |
| 2006 | 18.9% | 25.0% |
| 2005 | 18.4% | 24.5% |
| 2004 | 18.1% | 24.1% |
| 2003 | 18.3% | 23.4% |
| 2002 | 18.7% | 23.3% |
| 2001 | 18.8% | 23.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 19.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 18.5%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.