Investment share of GDP in Uruguay

Investment in Uruguay was equal to 16.2% of GDP in 2025.

Uruguay, 2025 16.2% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.3percentage points 2024: 15.9%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Uruguay (2025).

Investment share of GDP in Uruguay 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 UruguayWorld
2025 16.2% –
2024 15.9% 26.3%
2023 17.7% 26.7%
2022 18.6% 27.5%
2021 18.2% 27.2%
2020 16.2% 26.5%
2019 14.1% 26.6%
2018 14.9% 26.7%
2017 15.9% 26.1%
2016 17.4% 25.7%
2015 19.7% 25.9%
2014 21.2% 25.9%
2013 22.5% 25.6%
2012 22.9% 25.5%
2011 20.9% 25.3%
2010 19.4% 24.6%
2009 19.6% 23.4%
2008 23.2% 25.5%
2007 19.5% 25.5%
2006 19.5% 25.0%
2005 17.7% 24.5%
2004 17.5% 24.1%
2003 15.2% 23.4%
2002 13.1% 23.3%
2001 14.3% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 15.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 19.7%, the figure has changed by −3.5 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 Uruguay
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