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Gross capital formation, share of GDP in China

Gross capital formation, share of GDP in China was 40.5% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is down 0.6 pts from 2023. That is the 5th highest of 168 countries in 2024.

2024, % of GDP40.5
Change on 2023-0.6 pts
Rank5th of 168Countries ranked
Series high46.32011
Series low15.71962

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Gross capital formation, share of GDP in China, 1960 to 2024

102030405019601970198019902000201020241960: 39.5 % of GDP1961: 22.8 % of GDP1962: 15.7 % of GDP1963: 21.7 % of GDP1964: 24.3 % of GDP1965: 27.1 % of GDP1966: 30.4 % of GDP1967: 23.8 % of GDP1968: 24.9 % of GDP1969: 25 % of GDP1970: 32.8 % of GDP1971: 33.6 % of GDP1972: 31.2 % of GDP1973: 32.9 % of GDP1974: 33.2 % of GDP1975: 35 % of GDP1976: 33.2 % of GDP1977: 33.8 % of GDP1978: 37.5 % of GDP1979: 36.2 % of GDP1980: 34.5 % of GDP1981: 32.9 % of GDP1982: 31.9 % of GDP1983: 31.9 % of GDP1984: 34.3 % of GDP1985: 39 % of GDP1986: 37.7 % of GDP1987: 37.3 % of GDP1988: 39 % of GDP1989: 37.1 % of GDP1990: 34.1 % of GDP1991: 35.5 % of GDP1992: 39.3 % of GDP1993: 43.5 % of GDP1994: 40.3 % of GDP1995: 39.1 % of GDP1996: 37.8 % of GDP1997: 35.7 % of GDP1998: 35 % of GDP1999: 34.2 % of GDP2000: 33.6 % of GDP2001: 35.5 % of GDP2002: 36.1 % of GDP2003: 39.4 % of GDP2004: 41.6 % of GDP2005: 40.2 % of GDP2006: 39.7 % of GDP2007: 40.2 % of GDP2008: 42 % of GDP2009: 44.9 % of GDP2010: 46.1 % of GDP2011: 46.3 % of GDP2012: 45.8 % of GDP2013: 45.9 % of GDP2014: 45.3 % of GDP2015: 42.7 % of GDP2016: 42.1 % of GDP2017: 42.5 % of GDP2018: 43.3 % of GDP2019: 42.7 % of GDP2020: 42.6 % of GDP2021: 42.7 % of GDP2022: 42.4 % of GDP2023: 41.1 % of GDP2024: 40.5 % of GDP102030405019601982200420241960: 39.5 % of GDP1961: 22.8 % of GDP1962: 15.7 % of GDP1963: 21.7 % of GDP1964: 24.3 % of GDP1965: 27.1 % of GDP1966: 30.4 % of GDP1967: 23.8 % of GDP1968: 24.9 % of GDP1969: 25 % of GDP1970: 32.8 % of GDP1971: 33.6 % of GDP1972: 31.2 % of GDP1973: 32.9 % of GDP1974: 33.2 % of GDP1975: 35 % of GDP1976: 33.2 % of GDP1977: 33.8 % of GDP1978: 37.5 % of GDP1979: 36.2 % of GDP1980: 34.5 % of GDP1981: 32.9 % of GDP1982: 31.9 % of GDP1983: 31.9 % of GDP1984: 34.3 % of GDP1985: 39 % of GDP1986: 37.7 % of GDP1987: 37.3 % of GDP1988: 39 % of GDP1989: 37.1 % of GDP1990: 34.1 % of GDP1991: 35.5 % of GDP1992: 39.3 % of GDP1993: 43.5 % of GDP1994: 40.3 % of GDP1995: 39.1 % of GDP1996: 37.8 % of GDP1997: 35.7 % of GDP1998: 35 % of GDP1999: 34.2 % of GDP2000: 33.6 % of GDP2001: 35.5 % of GDP2002: 36.1 % of GDP2003: 39.4 % of GDP2004: 41.6 % of GDP2005: 40.2 % of GDP2006: 39.7 % of GDP2007: 40.2 % of GDP2008: 42 % of GDP2009: 44.9 % of GDP2010: 46.1 % of GDP2011: 46.3 % of GDP2012: 45.8 % of GDP2013: 45.9 % of GDP2014: 45.3 % of GDP2015: 42.7 % of GDP2016: 42.1 % of GDP2017: 42.5 % of GDP2018: 43.3 % of GDP2019: 42.7 % of GDP2020: 42.6 % of GDP2021: 42.7 % of GDP2022: 42.4 % of GDP2023: 41.1 % of GDP2024: 40.5 % of GDP
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Gross capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-10-08.
All 65 values
Period% of GDP
202440.5
202341.1
202242.4
202142.7
202042.6
201942.7
201843.3
201742.5
201642.1
201542.7
201445.3
201345.9
201245.8
201146.3
201046.1
200944.9
200842
200740.2
200639.7
200540.2
200441.6
200339.4
200236.1
200135.5
200033.6
199934.2
199835
199735.7
199637.8
199539.1
199440.3
199343.5
199239.3
199135.5
199034.1
198937.1
198839
198737.3
198637.7
198539
198434.3
198331.9
198231.9
198132.9
198034.5
197936.2
197837.5
197733.8
197633.2
197535
197433.2
197332.9
197231.2
197133.6
197032.8
196925
196824.9
196723.8
196630.4
196527.1
196424.3
196321.7
196215.7
196122.8
196039.5

China compared with nearby places

Afghanistan: 17.1 % of GDPAlbania: 25 % of GDPArmenia: 23.8 % of GDPAngola: 10.6 % of GDPArgentina: 15.8 % of GDPAustria: 23.6 % of GDPAustralia: 24.3 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 20.7 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 27.4 % of GDPBangladesh: 30.7 % of GDPBelgium: 24.6 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 21.8 % of GDPBulgaria: 20.4 % of GDPBenin: 35.1 % of GDPBrunei: 27.9 % of GDPBolivia: 17.9 % of GDPBrazil: 17 % of GDPBahamas: 26.8 % of GDPBhutan: 42.6 % of GDPBotswana: 36.2 % of GDPBelarus: 25.8 % of GDPBelize: 19.8 % of GDPCanada: 23.2 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 31.4 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 23.6 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 26.8 % of GDPSwitzerland: 26.7 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 20.9 % of GDPChile: 23.1 % of GDPCameroon: 18.9 % of GDPChina: 40.5 % of GDPColombia: 16.5 % of GDPCosta Rica: 16.2 % of GDPCuba: 24.2 % of GDPCape Verde: 16.3 % of GDPCyprus: 20.7 % of GDPCzechia: 26.3 % of GDPGermany: 21.5 % of GDPDjibouti: 0.3 % of GDPDenmark: 23.2 % of GDPDominican Republic: 27 % of GDPAlgeria: 41.1 % of GDPEcuador: 19.5 % of GDPEstonia: 24.6 % of GDPEgypt: 13 % of GDPSpain: 21.2 % of GDPEthiopia: 20.6 % of GDPFinland: 22.3 % of GDPFiji: 20.9 % of GDPFaroe Islands: 28.2 % of GDPFrance: 21.5 % of GDPGabon: 19.1 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 19.2 % of GDPGeorgia: 24.5 % of GDPGhana: 9.9 % of GDPGambia: 29.9 % of GDPGuinea: 32.1 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 5.1 % of GDPGreece: 18.3 % of GDPGuatemala: 16.4 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 26.3 % of GDPHong Kong: 16.1 % of GDPHonduras: 23.2 % of GDPCroatia: 24.3 % of GDPHaiti: 12.1 % of GDPHungary: 23.7 % of GDPIndonesia: 31.4 % of GDPIreland: 18.2 % of GDPIsrael: 23.8 % of GDPIndia: 34.3 % of GDPIraq: 19.1 % of GDPIran: 44.3 % of GDPIceland: 26.2 % of GDPItaly: 22.3 % of GDPJapan: 27.7 % of GDPKenya: 16.5 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 21.5 % of GDPCambodia: 32.2 % of GDPKiribati: 29.9 % of GDPSouth Korea: 30 % of GDPKuwait: 15.1 % of GDPKazakhstan: 27.2 % of GDPLebanon: 1.4 % of GDPSri Lanka: 26.3 % of GDPLesotho: 29.7 % of GDPLithuania: 20.7 % of GDPLuxembourg: 15.8 % of GDPLatvia: 21.5 % of GDPLibya: 14.3 % of GDPMorocco: 30.1 % of GDPMoldova: 22.3 % of GDPMontenegro: 25.9 % of GDPMadagascar: 23.6 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 30.6 % of GDPMali: 19.6 % of GDPMongolia: 35.5 % of GDPMauritania: 43.1 % of GDPMauritius: 21.1 % of GDPMalawi: 13.7 % of GDPMexico: 23.9 % of GDPMalaysia: 22 % of GDPMozambique: 17.7 % of GDPNamibia: 26 % of GDPNew Caledonia: 22.1 % of GDPNiger: 23.5 % of GDPNicaragua: 24.7 % of GDPNetherlands: 19.7 % of GDPNorway: 23.7 % of GDPNepal: 28.6 % of GDPNew Zealand: 23.1 % of GDPOman: 24.8 % of GDPPanama: 33.5 % of GDPPeru: 19.7 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 21.9 % of GDPPhilippines: 23.7 % of GDPPakistan: 13.2 % of GDPPoland: 17.8 % of GDPPuerto Rico: 14.2 % of GDPPalestine: 23.6 % of GDPPortugal: 20.3 % of GDPPalau: 35 % of GDPParaguay: 23.1 % of GDPRomania: 25 % of GDPSerbia: 25 % of GDPRussia: 26.5 % of GDPRwanda: 34.7 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 31.7 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 19.5 % of GDPSudan: 2.9 % of GDPSweden: 25.1 % of GDPSingapore: 21.8 % of GDPSlovenia: 21.5 % of GDPSlovakia: 20.1 % of GDPSierra Leone: 20.5 % of GDPSenegal: 34.7 % of GDPSomalia: 26.7 % of GDPEl Salvador: 20.1 % of GDPEswatini: 15 % of GDPChad: 19.6 % of GDPThailand: 21.5 % of GDPTajikistan: 32.4 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 30.1 % of GDPTunisia: 7.9 % of GDPTürkiye: 30.7 % of GDPTanzania: 39.6 % of GDPUkraine: 19.2 % of GDPUganda: 22.4 % of GDPUnited States: 21.5 % of GDPUruguay: 15.9 % of GDPUzbekistan: 39 % of GDPVenezuela: 4.9 % of GDPVietnam: 30.6 % of GDPVanuatu: 26.1 % of GDPSamoa: 29 % of GDPSouth Africa: 14.1 % of GDPZambia: 23.8 % of GDPZimbabwe: 8.8 % of GDP
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Gross capital formation, share of GDP, 2024, % of GDP. China is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: World Bank. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Acquisitions less disposals of produced assets for fixed capital formation, inventories or valuables, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.

Includes the change in inventories, so it can be negative in a year when stocks are run down. For investment in fixed assets alone see gross_fixed_capital_formation_gdp. Current prices, so the share moves with relative prices as well as volumes. Countries that rebase their national accounts can shift it by several points. The latest year varies by country.

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Gross capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS), Gross capital formation, share of GDP, China, 1960 to 2024. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gross-capital-formation-gdp/china. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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What is the gross capital formation, share of GDP in China?

Gross capital formation, share of GDP in China was 40.5% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is down 0.6 pts from 2023. That is the 5th highest of 168 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

World Bank. Gross capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest gross capital formation, share of GDP in China?

46.3% of GDP in 2011, the highest value since 1960 in this series.

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