Gross capital formation in US dollars — all countries

Gross capital formation in US dollars — World

Gross capital formation in US dollars in the world in 2024 — 29,355,315,227,446 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 3,569.2%.

2024 29.36T US$ +2.58% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 29.36T US$2024
Period minimum 800B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

Gross capital formation in US dollars — World, 1970–2024010T20T30T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 800,053,850,279 US$1971: 876,354,849,226 US$1972: 1,020,247,277,866 US$1973: 1,302,357,372,599 US$1974: 1,513,328,030,316 US$1975: 1,541,766,870,352 US$1976: 1,728,649,814,935 US$1977: 1,974,981,828,527 US$1978: 2,369,284,084,598 US$1979: 2,766,761,249,788 US$1980: 3,053,488,575,422 US$1981: 3,079,244,209,694 US$1982: 2,884,973,933,186 US$1983: 2,891,754,787,283 US$1984: 3,144,987,357,298 US$1985: 3,262,909,609,721 US$1986: 3,857,904,460,346 US$1987: 4,430,437,127,269 US$1988: 5,171,138,971,226 US$1989: 5,514,116,357,406 US$1990: 6,108,725,038,079 US$1991: 6,209,961,597,050 US$1992: 6,474,187,065,775 US$1993: 6,440,952,899,721 US$1994: 7,023,368,508,543 US$1995: 7,849,286,592,723 US$1996: 7,966,985,806,856 US$1997: 7,870,803,475,804 US$1998: 7,693,714,000,866 US$1999: 7,990,199,467,979 US$2000: 8,388,910,463,276 US$2001: 8,062,546,154,968 US$2002: 8,150,073,516,008 US$2003: 9,204,195,769,600 US$2004: 10,665,596,811,476 US$2005: 11,725,454,561,725 US$2006: 12,995,140,837,615 US$2007: 14,916,664,959,081 US$2008: 16,390,913,241,353 US$2009: 14,299,882,294,999 US$2010: 16,473,752,824,241 US$2011: 18,857,181,221,507 US$2012: 19,384,324,683,818 US$2013: 20,009,460,627,013 US$2014: 20,766,605,436,423 US$2015: 19,661,003,755,284 US$2016: 19,784,862,863,608 US$2017: 21,448,406,426,770 US$2018: 23,278,728,450,901 US$2019: 23,588,005,940,016 US$2020: 22,856,174,284,499 US$2021: 26,905,020,715,648 US$2022: 28,260,372,998,417 US$2023: 28,616,721,506,411 US$2024: 29,355,315,227,446 US$
Change over the period: +28.56T (+3,569.17%) Average annual rate: 6.9 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World

World 29.36T US$
World 29.36T US$
Gross capital formation in US dollars — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 29.36T +739B +2.58%
2023 28.62T +356B +1.26%
2022 28.26T +1.36T +5.04%
2021 26.91T +4.05T +17.71%
2020 22.86T −732B −3.1%
2019 23.59T +309B +1.33%
2018 23.28T +1.83T +8.53%
2017 21.45T +1.66T +8.41%
2016 19.78T +124B +0.63%
2015 19.66T −1.11T −5.32%
2014 20.77T +757B +3.78%
2013 20.01T +625B +3.22%
2012 19.38T +527B +2.8%
2011 18.86T +2.38T +14.47%
2010 16.47T +2.17T +15.2%
2009 14.3T −2.09T −12.76%
2008 16.39T +1.47T +9.88%
2007 14.92T +1.92T +14.79%
2006 13T +1.27T +10.83%
2005 11.73T +1.06T +9.94%
2004 10.67T +1.46T +15.88%
2003 9.2T +1.05T +12.93%
2002 8.15T +87.53B +1.09%
2001 8.06T −326B −3.89%
2000 8.39T +399B +4.99%
1999 7.99T +296B +3.85%
1998 7.69T −177B −2.25%
1997 7.87T −96.18B −1.21%
1996 7.97T +118B +1.5%
1995 7.85T +826B +11.76%
1994 7.02T +582B +9.04%
1993 6.44T −33.23B −0.51%
1992 6.47T +264B +4.25%
1991 6.21T +101B +1.66%
1990 6.11T +595B +10.78%
1989 5.51T +343B +6.63%
1988 5.17T +741B +16.72%
1987 4.43T +573B +14.84%
1986 3.86T +595B +18.24%
1985 3.26T +118B +3.75%
1984 3.14T +253B +8.76%
1983 2.89T +6.78B +0.24%
1982 2.88T −194B −6.31%
1981 3.08T +25.76B +0.84%
1980 3.05T +287B +10.36%
1979 2.77T +397B +16.78%
1978 2.37T +394B +19.96%
1977 1.97T +246B +14.25%
1976 1.73T +187B +12.12%
1975 1.54T +28.44B +1.88%
1974 1.51T +211B +16.2%
1973 1.3T +282B +27.65%
1972 1.02T +144B +16.42%
1971 876B +76.3B +9.54%
1970 800B

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.