Investment share of GDP in World
Investment in the world was equal to 26.3% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2017.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
26.3%
Change from 2023
−0.4percentage points
European Union, 2024
21.6%
Investment share of GDP in World over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 22.0% |
| 2024 | 26.3% | 21.6% |
| 2023 | 26.7% | 22.5% |
| 2022 | 27.5% | 24.2% |
| 2021 | 27.2% | 23.1% |
| 2020 | 26.5% | 22.1% |
| 2019 | 26.6% | 22.5% |
| 2018 | 26.7% | 21.9% |
| 2017 | 26.1% | 21.3% |
| 2016 | 25.7% | 20.7% |
| 2015 | 25.9% | 20.5% |
| 2014 | 25.9% | 20.1% |
| 2013 | 25.6% | 19.7% |
| 2012 | 25.5% | 20.1% |
| 2011 | 25.3% | 21.5% |
| 2010 | 24.6% | 20.9% |
| 2009 | 23.4% | 20.4% |
| 2008 | 25.5% | 23.8% |
| 2007 | 25.5% | 24.2% |
| 2006 | 25.0% | 23.3% |
| 2005 | 24.5% | 22.3% |
| 2004 | 24.1% | 22.0% |
| 2003 | 23.4% | 21.7% |
| 2002 | 23.3% | 21.8% |
| 2001 | 23.9% | 22.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 26.7% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 25.9%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 21.6%.
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Real GDP growth
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GDP in US dollars
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GDP per capita in US dollars
US$14,406 per person
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GDP per capita, PPP
Int$21,914 per person
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GNI per capita, Atlas method
US$14,244 per person
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