Economic Policy & Debt · Brazil
Yearly data from 1960 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Brazil's gross capital formation (current LCU) was 2.18 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 108.36% from 1.04 trillion in 2015 (7.62% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.18 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 1.23 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.04 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 2.18 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 0.000203 | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 1.48 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 0.000203 | 1960 |
Over five years it is up 77.38% from 1.23 trillion in 2020 (12.14% a year on average, compounded). Since 1960 it is up 1,072,613.19 trillion% from 0.000203 in 1960 (76.45% a year on average, compounded).
In 2025, Brazil's gross capital formation (current LCU) rose 8.7% on 2024 (from 2 trillion to 2.18 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +12.3% and a typical year strayed about 14.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2,531.5% in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 12.1% in 2015. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 147.22 billion a year. A straight line explains 93% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2025, Brazil had the 48th highest value of the 130 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.
Gross capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of produced assets for purposes of fixed capital formation, inventories or valuables. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
| Year | Gross capital formation (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,175,237,020,300 |
| 2024 | 2,000,285,852,200 |
| 2023 | 1,724,741,945,700 |
| 2022 | 1,823,234,137,800 |
| 2021 | 1,759,339,999,000 |
| 2020 | 1,226,349,001,300 |
| 2019 | 1,146,555,999,200 |
| 2018 | 1,057,277,999,700 |
| 2017 | 963,164,999,900 |
| 2016 | 938,489,999,900 |
| 2015 | 1,043,964,000,200 |
| 2014 | 1,187,482,999,800 |
| 2013 | 1,156,629,000,800 |
| 2012 | 1,031,188,000,100 |
| 2011 | 955,201,000,400 |
| 2010 | 847,165,999,700 |
| 2009 | 626,482,577,800 |
| 2008 | 672,320,235,800 |
| 2007 | 539,137,779,200 |
| 2006 | 429,279,015,900 |
| 2005 | 373,446,534,000 |
| 2004 | 350,683,524,000 |
| 2003 | 289,589,545,200 |
| 2002 | 259,779,671,500 |
| 2001 | 246,597,051,600 |
| 2000 | 226,665,804,300 |
| 1999 | 189,148,059,600 |
| 1998 | 182,074,576,000 |
| 1997 | 169,128,987,800 |
| 1996 | 147,591,573,800 |
| 1995 | 122,082,504,500 |
| 1994 | 77,333,342,000 |
| 1993 | 2,938,734,500 |
| 1992 | 121,362,600 |
| 1991 | 11,917,800 |
| 1990 | 2,329,127 |
| 1989 | 114,497 |
| 1988 | 7,151 |
| 1987 | 935.71 |
| 1986 | 254.24 |
| 1985 | 96.53 |
| 1984 | 22.1 |
| 1983 | 7.11 |
| 1982 | 3.88 |
| 1981 | 2.06 |
| 1980 | 1.05 |
| 1979 | 0.5016 |
| 1978 | 0.303 |
| 1977 | 0.1999 |
| 1976 | 0.1369 |
| 1975 | 0.0981 |
| 1974 | 0.0659 |
| 1973 | 0.041 |
| 1972 | 0.0267 |
| 1971 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 0.0145 |
| 1969 | 0.0124 |
| 1968 | 0.0079 |
| 1967 | 0.005 |
| 1966 | 0.0043 |
| 1965 | 0.003 |
| 1964 | 0.0018 |
| 1963 | 0.0009 |
| 1962 | 0.0006 |
| 1961 | 0.0003 |
| 1960 | 0.0002 |
Every indicator for Brazil is on the Brazil data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.TOTL.CN, 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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