Argentina: Gross capital formation (annual % growth)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Argentina's gross capital formation (annual % growth) rose 35.46 percentage points on 2024 (from -17.73% to 17.73%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −1.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 25.35 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 77.79 percentage points in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 36.82 percentage points in 1978. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 3% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Argentina had the 12th highest value of the 123 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Argentina in the 2025 ranking

• Lithuania — 9th of 123: 19.32%
• Sierra Leone — 10th of 123: 18.73%
• Latvia — 11th of 123: 18.33%
• Nicaragua — 13th of 123: 17.13%
• Mozambique — 14th of 123: 15.85%
• Armenia — 15th of 123: 15.6%

What this measures

Gross capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of produced assets for purposes of fixed capital formation, inventories or valuables. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 65 values

Gross capital formation (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• Bahamas, The — 19.77% (2024)
• Belize — 4.52% (2024)
• Bolivia — -10.48% (2024)
• Brazil — 4.43% (2025)
• Chile — 8.93% (2025)
• Colombia — 2.09% (2025)
• Costa Rica — 3.31% (2025)
• Cuba — 3.31% (2024)
• Dominican Republic — -4.36% (2025)
• Ecuador — 5.49% (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Argentina

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$41 billion (2025)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$32.33 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$580.02 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 719.72 trillion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$522.52 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 646.27 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 84.91% (2025)
• Gross national expenditure deflator (base year varies by country) — 107,789 (2025)
• Gross national expenditure (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Argentina's gross capital formation (annual % growth)?

17.73% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1961?

It is up 8.06 percentage points from 9.68% in 1961. The highest value was 40.19% in 2003 and the lowest -37.59% in 2002.

How does Argentina rank?

12th highest of 123 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in gross capital formation (annual % growth) unusual for Argentina?

In 2025, Argentina's gross capital formation (annual % growth) rose 35.46 percentage points on 2024 (from -17.73% to 17.73%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −1.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 25.35 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.TOTL.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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