Venture capital investments in United States of America
United States of America: Venture capital investments was 0.6244 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Venture capital investments in United States of America, 2006–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, venture capital investments in United States of America stood at 0.6244 Percentage of GDP.
The figure is up 17.2% on the previous year and up 81.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, venture capital investments in United States of America peaked at 1.13 Percentage of GDP in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.1837 Percentage of GDP, in 2009.
That places United States of America 2nd out of 28 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Venture capital investments in United States of America, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.2101 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2007 | 0.2584 Percentage of GDP | +23.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2461 Percentage of GDP | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 0.1837 Percentage of GDP | -25.4% |
| 2010 | 0.2025 Percentage of GDP | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 0.2805 Percentage of GDP | +38.5% |
| 2012 | 0.2441 Percentage of GDP | -13.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2378 Percentage of GDP | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 0.3229 Percentage of GDP | +35.8% |
| 2015 | 0.3435 Percentage of GDP | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 0.3307 Percentage of GDP | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 0.3635 Percentage of GDP | +9.9% |
| 2018 | 0.575 Percentage of GDP | +58.2% |
| 2019 | 0.5446 Percentage of GDP | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 0.6047 Percentage of GDP | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 1.13 Percentage of GDP | +86.2% |
| 2022 | 0.7344 Percentage of GDP | -34.8% |
| 2023 | 0.4735 Percentage of GDP | -35.5% |
| 2024 | 0.5327 Percentage of GDP | +12.5% |
| 2025 | 0.6244 Percentage of GDP | +17.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2246 Percentage of GDP | 0.1837 Percentage of GDP | 0.2584 Percentage of GDP | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.3445 Percentage of GDP | 0.2025 Percentage of GDP | 0.575 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6826 Percentage of GDP | 0.4735 Percentage of GDP | 1.13 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 1 Israel 1.81 Percentage of GDP compare
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- 2 Croatia 0.0091 Percentage of GDP compare
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- 3 Lithuania 0.0651 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 Sweden 0.2056 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Canada 0.1845 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Poland 0.0337 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Slovenia 0.0254 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Switzerland 0.167 Percentage of GDP compare
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- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 5.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 0.6804 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 61,250 current LCU per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.5343 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 46,041 constant 2015 US$ per person (2024)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 5.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.8153 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is venture capital investments in United States of America?
- Venture capital investments in United States of America was 0.6244 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 Percentage of GDP in 2021.
- What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1837 Percentage of GDP in 2009.
- How does United States of America rank for venture capital investments?
- United States of America ranks 2nd out of 28 countries with data for 2025.
- Is venture capital investments rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 81.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org