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India, measured — every morning · est. 2026

Investment rate

Gross capital formation as a share of GDP — how much of the economy is being invested rather than consumed. The investment rate is what turns a year of fast growth into a decade of it.

Latest
34.6
2025
Published by
World Bank
annual

Investment rate over time

15.0%20.0%25.0%30.0%35.0%40.0%45.0%196019711982199320042015202534.6%
1960–2025 · 66 observations · % of GDP
View as table
PeriodInvestment rate
202534.6%
202434.3%
202334.5%
202234.4%
202132.1%
202028.9%
201930.1%
201832.3%
201731.0%
201630.2%
201532.1%
201434.3%
201334.0%
201238.3%
201139.6%
201039.8%
200939.3%
200838.4%
200742.0%
200639.0%
200537.4%
200435.1%
200330.8%
200230.3%
200129.9%
200025.7%
199931.0%
199825.0%
199725.7%
199622.8%
199529.2%
199426.3%
199322.7%
199227.4%
199125.1%
199027.3%
198926.9%
198826.3%
198725.8%
198626.1%
198526.4%
198423.3%
198321.0%
198225.1%
198125.6%
198019.6%
197923.6%
197822.7%
197721.1%
197619.4%
197519.5%
197422.5%
197318.7%
197219.5%
197119.2%
197018.2%
196917.6%
196817.7%
196718.2%
196618.4%
196520.1%
196419.5%
196319.0%
196218.1%
196119.3%
196017.9%

Compared with

China
40.5%
India
34.6%
Vietnam
30.8%
Indonesia
30.6%
Sri Lanka
29.6%
Nepal
29.4%
Bangladesh
28.5%
Japan
27.7%
Germany
21.9%
United States
21.5%
Brazil
17.1%
Pakistan
14.3%
South Africa
13.9%
Latest available year for each country · % of GDP

Source

World Bank — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS