El Salvador — Gross capital formation (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1950–2030 · 81 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 26.3% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was 20.1% of GDP in 2024; the period change was +6.21 percentage points. Relative to the selected 10-year average of 20% of GDP, the latest reading was above.
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Latest observations
2014–2030
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2030 | 27.4 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 26.9 % of GDP |
| 2028 | 26.7 % of GDP |
| 2027 | 26.3 % of GDP |
| 2026 | 26.1 % of GDP |
12 earlier values, back to 2014
| 2025 | 26.3 % of GDP |
| 2024 | 20.1 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 20.5 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 24.2 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 23.1 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 17 % of GDP |
| 2019 | 18.1 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 18.2 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 16.5 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 15.8 % of GDP |
| 2015 | 15.8 % of GDP |
| 2014 | 16.2 % of GDP |