Australia (2025)
24.5
% of GDP
+0.2pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.2pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
50
years of data

Data

Australia Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2025 24.5 +0.2pp
2024 24.3 +0.4pp
2023 23.9 +0.2pp
2022 23.7 +0.8pp
2021 22.9 +0.6pp
2020 22.3 -1pp
2019 23.3 -1.3pp
2018 24.6 +0.5pp
2017 24.1 -1.2pp
2016 25.3 -0.9pp
2015 26.2 -0.4pp
2014 26.6 -1.2pp
2013 27.8 +0.2pp
2012 27.6 +1.2pp
2011 26.4 -0.3pp
2010 26.7 -0.6pp
2009 27.3 -1.2pp
2008 28.5 +1pp
2007 27.5 unchanged
2006 27.5 unchanged

About this Dataset

Australia recorded 24.5 % of GDP in 2025. The latest change was +0.2pp. Across 1976–2025 the series ranges from 22.3 in 1992 to 29.8 in 1982.

This page tracks gross capital formation (investment in fixed assets + inventory changes) as a share of GDP in Australia from 1990 to present. Capital formation is the engine of future productive capacity.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks gross capital formation (investment in fixed assets + inventory changes) as a share of GDP in Australia from 1990 to present. Capital formation is the engine of future productive capacity. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1976–2025 (50 observations).

The series peaked at 29.8 % of GDP in 1982 and reached its lowest recorded value of 22.3 in 1992. The latest reading of 24.5 in 2025 represents a change of +0.2pp.