Gross capital formation in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Gross capital formation was 31.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Gross capital formation in Lower middle income, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, gross capital formation in Lower middle income stood at 31.1%.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross capital formation in Lower middle income peaked at 33.6% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 19.2%, in 1960.
Lower middle income ranks 12th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Gross capital formation in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 19.2% | — |
| 1961 | 19.9% | +3.9% |
| 1962 | 19.6% | -1.7% |
| 1963 | 20.0% | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 21.5% | +7.6% |
| 1965 | 21.7% | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 19.5% | -10.3% |
| 1967 | 19.8% | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 20.1% | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 19.6% | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 20.5% | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 21.5% | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 21.1% | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 20.9% | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 22.5% | +8.0% |
| 1975 | 22.4% | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 23.0% | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 26.9% | +16.5% |
| 1978 | 28.0% | +4.1% |
| 1979 | 26.1% | -6.7% |
| 1980 | 23.0% | -11.7% |
| 1981 | 22.1% | -3.9% |
| 1982 | 23.3% | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 20.2% | -13.0% |
| 1984 | 22.6% | +11.7% |
| 1985 | 24.3% | +7.6% |
| 1986 | 26.3% | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 26.5% | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 27.8% | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 26.9% | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 26.9% | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 23.9% | -11.1% |
| 1992 | 25.5% | +6.5% |
| 1993 | 22.3% | -12.7% |
| 1994 | 24.5% | +10.1% |
| 1995 | 24.2% | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 20.4% | -15.5% |
| 1997 | 21.3% | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 21.5% | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 27.5% | +28.3% |
| 2000 | 23.8% | -13.7% |
| 2001 | 25.9% | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 26.0% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 27.2% | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 29.6% | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 30.6% | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 30.8% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 33.6% | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 30.5% | -9.3% |
| 2009 | 31.6% | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 31.7% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 32.0% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 30.6% | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 28.7% | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 28.2% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 27.7% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 27.3% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 28.7% | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 29.7% | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 27.2% | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 26.2% | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 28.6% | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 29.9% | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 30.5% | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 31.2% | +2.3% |
| 2025 | 31.1% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.1% | 19.2% | 21.7% | 10 |
| 1970s | 23.3% | 20.5% | 28.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 24.3% | 20.2% | 27.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.8% | 20.4% | 27.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 29.0% | 23.8% | 33.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.2% | 27.2% | 32.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.6% | 26.2% | 31.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More economy & growth data for Lower middle income
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 7.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added 61.3% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.3146 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 2.29 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 2.30 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 7.0% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 31.3% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 780.54 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added 4.48 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Services, value added 4.49 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross capital formation in Lower middle income?
- Gross capital formation in Lower middle income was 31.1% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest gross capital formation recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 33.6% in 2007.
- What is the lowest gross capital formation recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.2% in 1960.
- How does Lower middle income rank for gross capital formation?
- Lower middle income ranks 12th out of 43 groups with data for 2025.
- Is gross capital formation rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Gross capital formation (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Gross capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of produced assets for purposes of fixed capital formation, inventories or valuables. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.