Investment share of GDP
Gross fixed capital formation of the total economy (businesses, government and households) as a percentage of gross domestic product, both at current prices.
Includes dwellings, buildings, machinery, transport equipment and intellectual property such as software and R&D. Ireland's ratio swings with the purchases of intellectual property by multinational companies. From the annual sector accounts (ESA 2010). Households include non-profit institutions serving households. The latest years are often provisional and are revised with later transmissions.
Key facts
- Investment share of GDP in the European Union (27) was 21.7% of GDP in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Czechia had the highest investment share of GDP of 26 EU countries in 2024, at 26.6% of GDP, and Luxembourg the lowest, at 15.4% of GDP. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 28 places, with figures from 1995 to 2025.
Rankings
EU countries by investment share of GDP, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Greece
- Estonia
- Ireland
- Austria
- Malta
- Croatia
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest investment share of GDP? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"investment_share_gdp","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=investment_share_gdp&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)