Brazil (2025)
17.1
% of GDP
+0.1pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.1pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
50
years of data

Data

Brazil Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2025 17.1 +0.1pp
2024 17 +1.2pp
2023 15.8 -2.3pp
2022 18.1 -1.4pp
2021 19.5 +3.4pp
2020 16.1 +0.6pp
2019 15.5 +0.4pp
2018 15.1 +0.5pp
2017 14.6 -0.4pp
2016 15 -2.4pp
2015 17.4 -3.1pp
2014 20.5 -1.2pp
2013 21.7 +0.3pp
2012 21.4 -0.4pp
2011 21.8 unchanged
2010 21.8 +3pp
2009 18.8 -2.8pp
2008 21.6 +1.8pp
2007 19.8 +2pp
2006 17.8 +0.6pp

About this Dataset

Brazil recorded 17.1 % of GDP in 2025. The latest change was +0.1pp. Across 1976–2025 the series ranges from 14.6 in 2017 to 26.9 in 1989.

This page tracks gross capital formation (investment in fixed assets + inventory changes) as a share of GDP in Brazil 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 Brazil 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 26.9 % of GDP in 1989 and reached its lowest recorded value of 14.6 in 2017. The latest reading of 17.1 in 2025 represents a change of +0.1pp.