United Kingdom (2025)
19.7
% of GDP
+0.5pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.5pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
50
years of data

Data

United Kingdom Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2025 19.7 +0.5pp
2024 19.2 +0.7pp
2023 18.5 +0.2pp
2022 18.3 -0.6pp
2021 18.9 +0.6pp
2020 18.3 -0.7pp
2019 19 +0.1pp
2018 18.9 -0.2pp
2017 19.1 +0.5pp
2016 18.6 +0.1pp
2015 18.5 +0.1pp
2014 18.4 +1.2pp
2013 17.2 +0.7pp
2012 16.5 unchanged
2011 16.5 -0.1pp
2010 16.6 +0.6pp
2009 16 -2.3pp
2008 18.3 -0.9pp
2007 19.2 +0.3pp
2006 18.9 +0.5pp

About this Dataset

United Kingdom recorded 19.7 % of GDP in 2025. The latest change was +0.5pp. Across 1976–2025 the series ranges from 16 in 2009 to 26.5 in 1989.

This page tracks gross capital formation (investment in fixed assets + inventory changes) as a share of GDP in United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 26.5 % of GDP in 1989 and reached its lowest recorded value of 16 in 2009. The latest reading of 19.7 in 2025 represents a change of +0.5pp.