Gross capital formation in US dollars — all countries

Gross capital formation in US dollars — Western Europe

Gross capital formation in US dollars in Western Europe in 2025 — 2,757,687,225,410 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 1,740.8%.

2025 2.76T US$ +10.71% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.76T US$2025
Period minimum 150B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Gross capital formation in US dollars — Western Europe, 1970–202501T2T3T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 149,806,541,861 US$1971: 167,633,952,618 US$1972: 198,045,993,788 US$1973: 257,554,251,908 US$1974: 279,097,107,525 US$1975: 285,464,420,167 US$1976: 311,472,361,487 US$1977: 349,358,677,042 US$1978: 428,488,101,433 US$1979: 532,073,717,443 US$1980: 596,294,165,267 US$1981: 463,567,166,315 US$1982: 430,095,403,004 US$1983: 411,922,112,425 US$1984: 388,795,015,108 US$1985: 391,731,679,923 US$1986: 560,006,133,077 US$1987: 689,581,067,061 US$1988: 780,725,554,948 US$1989: 811,404,227,586 US$1990: 1,031,538,335,282 US$1991: 1,056,455,485,485 US$1992: 1,128,504,088,588 US$1993: 1,008,966,421,507 US$1994: 1,103,872,131,511 US$1995: 1,291,494,884,067 US$1996: 1,222,979,819,856 US$1997: 1,085,726,439,569 US$1998: 1,149,079,611,198 US$1999: 1,142,385,627,656 US$2000: 1,053,457,038,613 US$2001: 1,031,265,371,121 US$2002: 1,026,884,088,269 US$2003: 1,229,013,368,479 US$2004: 1,393,157,770,013 US$2005: 1,453,988,540,584 US$2006: 1,598,419,454,865 US$2007: 1,905,741,852,484 US$2008: 2,106,117,789,782 US$2009: 1,736,327,960,224 US$2010: 1,780,513,908,719 US$2011: 2,095,252,130,311 US$2012: 1,859,749,221,020 US$2013: 1,939,626,543,803 US$2014: 2,020,944,982,455 US$2015: 1,763,471,801,585 US$2016: 1,796,491,088,158 US$2017: 1,954,837,274,424 US$2018: 2,167,505,928,161 US$2019: 2,139,572,144,262 US$2020: 2,148,197,659,398 US$2021: 2,449,088,695,576 US$2022: 2,431,326,540,894 US$2023: 2,510,837,500,359 US$2024: 2,490,970,656,495 US$2025: 2,757,687,225,410 US$
Change over the period: +2.61T (+1,740.83%) Average annual rate: 5.44 %
Gross capital formation in US dollars — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 2.76T +267B +10.71%
2024 2.49T −19.87B −0.79%
2023 2.51T +79.51B +3.27%
2022 2.43T −17.76B −0.73%
2021 2.45T +301B +14.01%
2020 2.15T +8.63B +0.4%
2019 2.14T −27.93B −1.29%
2018 2.17T +213B +10.88%
2017 1.95T +158B +8.81%
2016 1.8T +33.02B +1.87%
2015 1.76T −257B −12.74%
2014 2.02T +81.32B +4.19%
2013 1.94T +79.88B +4.3%
2012 1.86T −236B −11.24%
2011 2.1T +315B +17.68%
2010 1.78T +44.19B +2.54%
2009 1.74T −370B −17.56%
2008 2.11T +200B +10.51%
2007 1.91T +307B +19.23%
2006 1.6T +144B +9.93%
2005 1.45T +60.83B +4.37%
2004 1.39T +164B +13.36%
2003 1.23T +202B +19.68%
2002 1.03T −4.38B −0.42%
2001 1.03T −22.19B −2.11%
2000 1.05T −88.93B −7.78%
1999 1.14T −6.69B −0.58%
1998 1.15T +63.35B +5.84%
1997 1.09T −137B −11.22%
1996 1.22T −68.52B −5.31%
1995 1.29T +188B +17%
1994 1.1T +94.91B +9.41%
1993 1.01T −120B −10.59%
1992 1.13T +72.05B +6.82%
1991 1.06T +24.92B +2.42%
1990 1.03T +220B +27.13%
1989 811B +30.68B +3.93%
1988 781B +91.14B +13.22%
1987 690B +130B +23.14%
1986 560B +168B +42.96%
1985 392B +2.94B +0.76%
1984 389B −23.13B −5.61%
1983 412B −18.17B −4.23%
1982 430B −33.47B −7.22%
1981 464B −133B −22.26%
1980 596B +64.22B +12.07%
1979 532B +104B +24.17%
1978 428B +79.13B +22.65%
1977 349B +37.89B +12.16%
1976 311B +26.01B +9.11%
1975 285B +6.37B +2.28%
1974 279B +21.54B +8.36%
1973 258B +59.51B +30.05%
1972 198B +30.41B +18.14%
1971 168B +17.83B +11.9%
1970 150B

About the indicator

Gross fixed capital formation and changes in inventories in current US dollars — what is commonly called investment in the economy. It covers the construction of buildings and structures, purchases of machinery and equipment, roads and networks, as well as the build-up of inventories. The word gross means that the wear of existing capital is not deducted: part of these outlays merely replaces what is retiring rather than adding to the stock.

Important: This concerns outlays on physical capital inside the country, not financial investment and not inflows of foreign capital.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.