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Gross capital formation (% of GDP) — Ethiopia

Gross capital formation (% of GDP) in Ethiopia in 2025 — 20.1%. Ranked 90 in the world out of 131. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 20.1 pp.

2025 20.1% −0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 90of 131
Period maximum 40.7%2015
Period minimum 0%1981

Trend over time

1981–2025 · % of GDP

Gross capital formation (% of GDP) — Ethiopia, 1981–2025020406019811986199119962001200620112016202120251981: 0%1982: 0%1983: 0%1984: 0%1985: 0%1986: 0%1987: 0%1988: 0%1989: 0%1990: 0%1991: 0%1992: 0%1993: 0%1994: 0%1995: 0%1996: 0%1997: 0%1998: 0%1999: 0%2000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0%2008: 0%2009: 0%2010: 0%2011: 32.1%2012: 37.1%2013: 34.1%2014: 38%2015: 40.7%2016: 37.3%2017: 38.4%2018: 34.2%2019: 35.3%2020: 30.6%2021: 28%2022: 25.3%2023: 22.2%2024: 20.6%2025: 20.1%
Change over the period: +20.1 pp Annual average: 0.46 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Ethiopia 20.1%
Sub-Saharan Africa 23.1%
Eastern Africa computed 23.8%
Low-income countries computed 20.5%
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 20.1 −0.5 pp
2024 20.6 −1.6 pp
2023 22.2 −3.2 pp
2022 25.3 −2.7 pp
2021 28 −2.6 pp
2020 30.6 −4.7 pp
2019 35.3 +1.1 pp
2018 34.2 −4.3 pp
2017 38.4 +1.1 pp
2016 37.3 −3.3 pp
2015 40.7 +2.7 pp
2014 38 +3.9 pp
2013 34.1 −3 pp
2012 37.1 +5 pp
2011 32.1 +32.1 pp
2010 0 +0 pp
2009 0 +0 pp
2008 0 +0 pp
2007 0 +0 pp
2006 0 +0 pp
2005 0 +0 pp
2004 0 +0 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 0 +0 pp
1999 0 +0 pp
1998 0 +0 pp
1997 0 +0 pp
1996 0 +0 pp
1995 0 +0 pp
1994 0 +0 pp
1993 0 +0 pp
1992 0 +0 pp
1991 0 +0 pp
1990 0 +0 pp
1989 0 +0 pp
1988 0 +0 pp
1987 0 +0 pp
1986 0 +0 pp
1985 0 +0 pp
1984 0 +0 pp
1983 0 +0 pp
1982 0 +0 pp
1981 0 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TZ Tanzania 40.7 RW Rwanda 34.1 SO Somalia 28.1 MZ Mozambique 24.2 MG Madagascar 24.1 UG Uganda 22.6 ET Ethiopia 20.1 MU Mauritius 19.9 SC Seychelles 18.7 KE Kenya 17 MW Malawi 15.7 KM Comoros 11.8 DJ Djibouti 1.6
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About the indicator

Gross capital formation as a percent of GDP: outlays on fixed assets (buildings, structures, machinery, transport equipment, infrastructure), changes in inventories of material working assets and net acquisition of valuables. A steadily high rate of capital formation is a necessary condition for fast growth: during the economic surges of East Asia the indicator exceeded 35–40% of GDP.

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

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