output · indicator
Investment measured by gross fixed capital formation as a share of GDP.
Global · 2024
Baseline · 2025
How it’s forecast
Investment uses a weighted composite model with a 8-year lookback, 55% recent-data weight, 80% confidence band, and horizons of 1, 3, 5, 10 years.
Why it matters
Higher readings are generally healthier for this metric.
Trajectory
Before consensus
Countries whose latest reading deviates most from their own recent trend.
Rankings
By country
Observed history with a baseline / optimistic / pessimistic forecast for the largest current readings.
Forecast
Per-country latest reading and baseline forecast across horizons.
| Country | Latest | Year | 1y | 3y | 5y | 10y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 15.2% | 2023 | 15.1% | 14.8% | 14.6% | 14.1% |
| Albania | 24.4% | 2024 | 23.8% | 22.5% | 21.2% | 18.1% |
| Algeria | 35.2% | 2024 | 34.8% | 33.8% | 32.9% | 30.4% |
| Angola | 10.4% | 2024 | 8.7% | 4.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Argentina | 15.9% | 2024 | 15.9% | 15.9% | 15.9% | 16.0% |
| Armenia | 21.4% | 2024 | 21.5% | 22.2% | 22.9% | 24.6% |
| Australia | 24.1% | 2024 | 24.3% | 24.7% | 25.2% | 26.3% |
| Austria | 23.5% | 2024 | 23.2% | 22.4% | 21.6% | 19.6% |
| Azerbaijan | 16.8% | 2024 | 16.8% | 16.5% | 16.2% | 15.5% |
| Bahamas, The | 25.7% | 2024 | 25.9% | 26.3% | 26.8% | 28.1% |
| Bahrain | 28.9% | 2024 | 29.5% | 30.8% | 32.1% | 35.3% |
| Bangladesh | 30.7% | 2024 | 30.6% | 30.3% | 30.0% | 29.3% |
| Belarus | 23.8% | 2024 | 23.9% | 24.0% | 24.1% | 24.3% |
| Belgium | 24.2% | 2024 | 24.3% | 24.5% | 24.7% | 25.2% |
| Belize | 21.1% | 2024 | 21.5% | 22.7% | 23.9% | 26.9% |
| Benin | 34.7% | 2024 | 36.2% | 40.1% | 44.0% | 53.8% |
| Bermuda | 10.9% | 2024 | 10.5% | 9.3% | 8.1% | 5.1% |
| Bhutan | 44.6% | 2023 | 45.9% | 47.8% | 49.8% | 54.7% |
| Bolivia | 16.6% | 2024 | 16.3% | 15.2% | 14.2% | 11.6% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.5% | 2024 | 25.0% | 26.3% | 27.5% | 30.7% |
| Botswana | 28.3% | 2024 | 28.6% | 29.5% | 30.3% | 32.5% |
| Brazil | 16.9% | 2024 | 16.8% | 16.6% | 16.5% | 16.1% |
| Brunei | 27.7% | 2024 | 26.9% | 24.6% | 22.2% | 16.3% |
| Bulgaria | 18.3% | 2024 | 18.7% | 19.5% | 20.2% | 22.2% |
| Burkina Faso | 17.2% | 2024 | 16.9% | 16.2% | 15.6% | 13.9% |
| Cambodia | 31.6% | 2024 | 32.0% | 32.8% | 33.7% | 35.8% |
| Cameroon | 18.2% | 2024 | 18.2% | 18.1% | 18.0% | 17.8% |
| Canada | 22.6% | 2024 | 22.4% | 22.0% | 21.7% | 20.7% |
| Central African Republic | 15.1% | 2024 | 14.7% | 13.7% | 12.7% | 10.1% |
| Chad | 14.9% | 2024 | 14.7% | 14.1% | 13.5% | 11.9% |
| Chile | 23.5% | 2024 | 23.5% | 23.6% | 23.7% | 24.0% |
| China | 39.9% | 2024 | 39.6% | 38.7% | 37.9% | 35.8% |
| Colombia | 16.6% | 2024 | 15.9% | 14.1% | 12.3% | 7.9% |
| Comoros | 11.7% | 2024 | 11.4% | 10.6% | 9.8% | 7.8% |
| Congo | 26.5% | 2024 | 26.9% | 27.8% | 28.7% | 31.0% |
| Costa Rica | 15.8% | 2024 | 15.6% | 14.9% | 14.2% | 12.5% |
| Croatia | 25.2% | 2024 | 26.2% | 28.6% | 31.0% | 37.0% |
| Cuba | 12.8% | 2024 | 13.3% | 14.5% | 15.7% | 18.7% |
| Curacao | 34.0% | 2018 | 35.1% | 38.0% | 40.8% | 47.9% |
| Cyprus | 20.5% | 2024 | 20.9% | 21.7% | 22.6% | 24.6% |
| Czechia | 26.5% | 2024 | 26.7% | 27.3% | 27.8% | 29.2% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 19.7% | 2024 | 19.4% | 18.5% | 17.6% | 15.4% |
| DR Congo | 32.5% | 2024 | 32.8% | 33.8% | 34.7% | 37.1% |
| Denmark | 23.3% | 2024 | 23.5% | 23.9% | 24.3% | 25.3% |
| Djibouti | 24.2% | 2024 | 23.1% | 20.4% | 17.7% | 11.0% |
| Dominican Republic | 26.1% | 2024 | 26.0% | 25.8% | 25.6% | 25.0% |
| Ecuador | 18.4% | 2024 | 18.2% | 17.6% | 16.9% | 15.4% |
| Egypt | 11.7% | 2024 | 10.8% | 8.4% | 6.1% | 0.1% |
| El Salvador | 22.2% | 2024 | 22.6% | 23.9% | 25.2% | 28.5% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9.1% | 2024 | 9.1% | 8.9% | 8.8% | 8.4% |
| Eritrea | 12.6% | 2011 | 12.3% | 11.5% | 10.7% | 8.6% |
| Estonia | 23.9% | 2024 | 23.0% | 20.8% | 18.6% | 13.0% |
| Eswatini | 16.1% | 2024 | 15.9% | 15.5% | 15.0% | 14.0% |
| Ethiopia | 20.6% | 2024 | 18.6% | 13.5% | 8.3% | 0.0% |
| Finland | 22.0% | 2024 | 21.6% | 20.4% | 19.3% | 16.5% |
| France | 22.1% | 2024 | 21.9% | 21.6% | 21.2% | 20.2% |
| French Polynesia | 21.9% | 2024 | 21.9% | 21.8% | 21.6% | 21.3% |
| Gabon | 19.1% | 2024 | 19.3% | 19.6% | 20.0% | 20.8% |
| Gambia, The | 29.9% | 2024 | 30.1% | 30.8% | 31.5% | 33.3% |
| Georgia | 21.3% | 2024 | 21.3% | 21.0% | 20.8% | 20.2% |
| Germany | 20.5% | 2024 | 20.4% | 20.2% | 19.9% | 19.4% |
| Ghana | 9.9% | 2024 | 8.1% | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Greece | 16.0% | 2024 | 16.6% | 18.1% | 19.5% | 23.2% |
| Greenland | 34.7% | 2023 | 35.6% | 38.0% | 40.5% | 46.5% |
| Guatemala | 16.1% | 2024 | 16.2% | 16.6% | 17.0% | 18.0% |
| Guinea | 33.2% | 2024 | 36.2% | 44.0% | 51.7% | 70.0% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 24.1% | 2024 | 24.7% | 26.1% | 27.5% | 31.1% |
| Guyana | 32.3% | 2005 | 33.9% | 38.0% | 42.2% | 52.6% |
| Haiti | 9.9% | 2024 | 8.5% | 4.9% | 1.3% | 0.0% |
| Honduras | 23.9% | 2024 | 24.1% | 24.7% | 25.3% | 26.7% |
| Hong Kong | 16.3% | 2024 | 16.0% | 15.2% | 14.4% | 12.3% |
| Hungary | 23.1% | 2024 | 22.5% | 20.9% | 19.4% | 15.6% |
| Iceland | 26.6% | 2024 | 27.5% | 29.6% | 31.7% | 37.0% |
| India | 29.9% | 2024 | 30.0% | 30.3% | 30.6% | 31.4% |
| Indonesia | 29.1% | 2024 | 28.7% | 27.7% | 26.6% | 24.0% |
| Iran | 28.1% | 2024 | 28.2% | 28.6% | 29.0% | 30.1% |
| Iraq | 19.4% | 2024 | 21.0% | 24.8% | 28.6% | 38.1% |
| Ireland | 17.3% | 2024 | 16.4% | 12.7% | 9.0% | 0.0% |
| Israel | 22.7% | 2024 | 22.6% | 22.3% | 22.1% | 21.4% |
| Italy | 22.2% | 2024 | 22.6% | 23.9% | 25.2% | 28.5% |
| Japan | 26.1% | 2024 | 26.2% | 26.5% | 26.8% | 27.5% |
| Jordan | 22.2% | 2021 | 22.3% | 22.7% | 23.1% | 24.2% |
| Kazakhstan | 24.3% | 2024 | 24.8% | 25.8% | 26.9% | 29.6% |
| Kenya | 17.5% | 2024 | 17.1% | 16.0% | 14.9% | 12.1% |
| Kiribati | 25.4% | 2023 | 26.6% | 29.6% | 32.6% | 40.1% |
| Kosovo | 31.6% | 2024 | 31.5% | 31.1% | 30.8% | 30.0% |
| Kuwait | 16.8% | 2023 | 15.7% | 12.8% | 10.0% | 2.9% |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 24.0% | 2024 | 23.5% | 22.1% | 20.7% | 17.4% |
| Laos | 29.0% | 2016 | 28.9% | 28.4% | 27.9% | 26.8% |
| Latvia | 22.4% | 2024 | 22.5% | 22.5% | 22.6% | 22.7% |
| Lebanon | 1.9% | 2023 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Lesotho | 28.3% | 2023 | 29.0% | 30.6% | 32.1% | 36.1% |
| Libya | 14.3% | 2024 | 14.8% | 16.1% | 17.3% | 20.3% |
| Lithuania | 22.5% | 2024 | 22.7% | 23.2% | 23.8% | 25.1% |
| Luxembourg | 15.4% | 2024 | 14.9% | 13.7% | 12.5% | 9.5% |
| Macao | 13.7% | 2024 | 12.0% | 7.9% | 3.8% | 0.0% |
| Madagascar | 22.2% | 2024 | 22.0% | 21.8% | 21.5% | 20.9% |
| Malaysia | 20.5% | 2024 | 20.5% | 20.2% | 20.0% | 19.4% |
| Maldives | 34.8% | 2024 | 35.3% | 35.9% | 36.4% | 37.7% |
| Mali | 20.8% | 2024 | 20.2% | 18.9% | 17.5% | 14.1% |
| Malta | 18.5% | 2024 | 17.7% | 16.0% | 14.2% | 9.8% |
| Marshall Islands | 22.5% | 2024 | 22.4% | 21.8% | 21.3% | 19.9% |
| Mauritania | 25.8% | 2024 | 24.8% | 22.5% | 20.2% | 14.5% |
| Mauritius | 21.0% | 2024 | 21.4% | 22.5% | 23.6% | 26.4% |
| Mexico | 24.1% | 2024 | 24.6% | 25.9% | 27.1% | 30.2% |
| Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 44.9% | 1983 | 44.9% | 44.9% | 44.9% | 44.9% |
| Moldova | 20.0% | 2024 | 19.1% | 17.0% | 14.9% | 9.7% |
| Mongolia | 27.2% | 2024 | 27.1% | 27.1% | 27.1% | 27.1% |
| Montenegro | 21.1% | 2024 | 20.4% | 18.7% | 16.9% | 12.6% |
| Morocco | 26.5% | 2024 | 26.3% | 25.9% | 25.5% | 24.4% |
| Namibia | 23.7% | 2024 | 25.6% | 30.1% | 34.6% | 46.0% |
| Nepal | 24.3% | 2024 | 23.1% | 19.9% | 16.7% | 8.7% |
| Netherlands | 19.8% | 2024 | 19.7% | 19.5% | 19.2% | 18.5% |
| New Caledonia | 22.1% | 2024 | 21.4% | 19.3% | 17.2% | 12.0% |
| New Zealand | 23.2% | 2024 | 23.1% | 22.7% | 22.3% | 21.3% |
| Nicaragua | 22.9% | 2024 | 22.7% | 22.6% | 22.4% | 22.1% |
| Niger | 22.1% | 2024 | 20.5% | 16.8% | 13.0% | 3.6% |
| North Macedonia | 23.5% | 2024 | 23.7% | 24.2% | 24.7% | 26.0% |
| Norway | 22.0% | 2024 | 21.8% | 21.2% | 20.7% | 19.3% |
| Oman | 25.5% | 2024 | 25.0% | 23.5% | 22.1% | 18.5% |
| Pakistan | 11.5% | 2024 | 11.1% | 10.0% | 9.0% | 6.4% |
| Palau | 35.3% | 2023 | 35.1% | 34.7% | 34.2% | 33.2% |
| Panama | 31.4% | 2024 | 31.7% | 32.1% | 32.5% | 33.5% |
| Papua New Guinea | 18.1% | 2004 | 17.9% | 17.4% | 16.9% | 15.8% |
| Paraguay | 21.0% | 2024 | 20.7% | 20.2% | 19.7% | 18.4% |
| Peru | 20.8% | 2024 | 20.4% | 19.5% | 18.7% | 16.5% |
| Philippines | 23.6% | 2024 | 23.6% | 23.6% | 23.6% | 23.6% |
| Poland | 17.0% | 2024 | 17.1% | 17.1% | 17.1% | 17.2% |
| Portugal | 20.4% | 2024 | 20.6% | 21.0% | 21.5% | 22.6% |
| Puerto Rico (US) | 13.7% | 2024 | 14.1% | 14.8% | 15.6% | 17.5% |
| Romania | 25.3% | 2024 | 25.7% | 26.6% | 27.6% | 30.0% |
| Russia | 22.1% | 2024 | 22.6% | 23.7% | 24.9% | 27.6% |
| Rwanda | 29.1% | 2024 | 29.7% | 31.4% | 33.0% | 37.2% |
| Samoa | 27.8% | 2024 | 27.2% | 25.4% | 23.6% | 19.1% |
| San Marino | 16.9% | 2023 | 16.5% | 15.4% | 14.3% | 11.6% |
| Saudi Arabia | 28.6% | 2024 | 29.8% | 32.6% | 35.4% | 42.4% |
| Senegal | 34.0% | 2024 | 34.5% | 35.7% | 37.0% | 40.2% |
| Serbia | 23.8% | 2024 | 24.1% | 25.0% | 25.9% | 28.1% |
| Seychelles | 17.2% | 2024 | 17.2% | 16.9% | 16.6% | 15.9% |
| Sierra Leone | 19.6% | 2024 | 20.2% | 21.7% | 23.3% | 27.1% |
| Singapore | 21.9% | 2024 | 21.8% | 21.6% | 21.4% | 20.9% |
| Slovakia | 20.4% | 2024 | 20.5% | 20.7% | 20.9% | 21.4% |
| Slovenia | 20.9% | 2024 | 21.2% | 21.7% | 22.3% | 23.7% |
| Solomon Islands | 19.5% | 2024 | 18.9% | 17.7% | 16.5% | 13.4% |
| Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 26.7% | 2024 | 28.5% | 33.0% | 37.6% | 48.9% |
| South Africa | 14.5% | 2024 | 14.7% | 15.0% | 15.3% | 16.1% |
| South Korea | 30.0% | 2024 | 29.8% | 29.3% | 28.7% | 27.4% |
| South Sudan | 5.8% | 2015 | 5.2% | 3.5% | 1.8% | 0.0% |
| Spain | 20.3% | 2024 | 20.4% | 20.5% | 20.7% | 21.1% |
| Sri Lanka | 18.8% | 2024 | 16.8% | 11.8% | 6.9% | 0.0% |
| Sudan | 2.9% | 2024 | 2.3% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Suriname | 37.5% | 2010 | 35.8% | 31.8% | 27.8% | 17.8% |
| Sweden | 25.1% | 2024 | 25.1% | 25.3% | 25.4% | 25.7% |
| Switzerland | 25.1% | 2024 | 24.8% | 24.2% | 23.6% | 22.1% |
| Syria | 4.5% | 2022 | 3.7% | 1.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Tajikistan | 28.3% | 2023 | 28.2% | 27.4% | 26.6% | 24.6% |
| Tanzania | 41.4% | 2024 | 41.6% | 42.3% | 42.9% | 44.5% |
| Thailand | 22.2% | 2024 | 22.0% | 21.6% | 21.1% | 19.8% |
| Timor-Leste | 27.0% | 2024 | 28.3% | 31.7% | 35.0% | 43.4% |
| Togo | 27.1% | 2022 | 28.4% | 31.8% | 35.3% | 43.9% |
| Tonga | 26.2% | 2023 | 26.6% | 27.6% | 28.5% | 30.9% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 19.0% | 2023 | 18.5% | 17.3% | 16.1% | 13.2% |
| Tunisia | 15.2% | 2024 | 14.9% | 13.9% | 13.0% | 10.6% |
| Turkmenistan | 17.6% | 2024 | 16.7% | 14.2% | 11.6% | 5.3% |
| Türkiye | 31.3% | 2024 | 32.0% | 33.6% | 35.1% | 39.1% |
| Uganda | 21.6% | 2024 | 21.2% | 20.2% | 19.2% | 16.6% |
| Ukraine | 18.9% | 2024 | 20.1% | 23.1% | 26.0% | 33.3% |
| United Arab Emirates | 28.9% | 2009 | 30.6% | 35.1% | 39.5% | 50.6% |
| United Kingdom | 18.7% | 2024 | 18.7% | 18.7% | 18.7% | 18.8% |
| United States | 21.7% | 2024 | 21.7% | 21.8% | 21.9% | 22.2% |
| Uruguay | 16.2% | 2024 | 16.1% | 15.7% | 15.3% | 14.4% |
| Uzbekistan | 37.1% | 2024 | 38.2% | 41.1% | 43.9% | 51.2% |
| Vanuatu | 37.9% | 2022 | 41.3% | 49.1% | 56.9% | 70.0% |
| Venezuela | 3.8% | 2024 | 3.2% | 1.7% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Vietnam | 29.0% | 2024 | 28.7% | 27.9% | 27.0% | 25.0% |
| West Bank and Gaza | 21.8% | 2024 | 21.4% | 20.2% | 19.0% | 15.9% |
| Yemen, Rep. | 6.2% | 2018 | 6.6% | 7.6% | 8.6% | 11.0% |
| Zambia | 21.6% | 2024 | 20.1% | 15.8% | 11.6% | 1.0% |
| Zimbabwe | 7.9% | 2024 | 7.4% | 6.2% | 5.0% | 2.0% |
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