El Salvador — Gross capital formation (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1950–2031 · 82 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.
The gross capital formation reading for El Salvador was 26.6% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was 20.3% of GDP in 2024; the period change was +6.28 percentage points. Relative to the selected 10-year average of 20.2% of GDP, the latest reading was above.
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Latest observations
2015–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | 29.1 % of GDP |
| 2030 | 28.9 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 28.6 % of GDP |
| 2028 | 28.3 % of GDP |
| 2027 | 28 % of GDP |
12 earlier values, back to 2015
| 2026 | 28.3 % of GDP |
| 2025 | 26.6 % of GDP |
| 2024 | 20.3 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 20.7 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 24.5 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 23.4 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 17.2 % of GDP |
| 2019 | 18.3 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 18.4 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 16.7 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 16 % of GDP |
| 2015 | 16 % of GDP |