United Kingdom — Gross capital formation (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1830–2031 · 202 observations
About this series
Gross capital formation records investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories and, where included, valuables during the period. It is a flow in the expenditure account of GDP. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
For the United Kingdom, the gross capital formation reading stood at 19.6% of GDP in 2025. Against 19% of GDP in 2024, the period change was +0.57 percentage points. It was above the selected 10-year average of 18.8% of GDP.
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Latest observations
2000–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | 21.5 % of GDP |
| 2030 | 21.3 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 21.1 % of GDP |
| 2028 | 21.1 % of GDP |
| 2027 | 21 % of GDP |
15 earlier values
| 2026 | 20.6 % of GDP |
| 2025 | 19.6 % of GDP |
| 2024 | 19 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 18.5 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 18.3 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 18.9 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 18.3 % of GDP |
| 2019 | 19 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 18.9 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 19.1 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 18.6 % of GDP |
| 2015 | 18.5 % of GDP |
| 2014 | 18.4 % of GDP |
| 2013 | 17.2 % of GDP |
| 2012 | 16.5 % of GDP |
Values before 2012, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.