Luxembourg's gross fixed capital formation (annual % growth) was -0.46% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 7.76 percentage points from -8.22% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | -0.46% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | -4.1% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | -8.22% | 2015 |
| Highest | 37.14% | 1986 |
| Lowest | -15.08% | 1992 |
| Average since 2016 | 0.25% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 10.65% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Luxembourg's gross fixed capital formation (annual % growth) rose 2.28 percentage points on 2024 (from -2.74% to -0.46%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 13.65 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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 46.65 percentage points in 1986 and the biggest yearly fall was 30.83 percentage points in 1992. 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 8% 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, Luxembourg had the 99th 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Luxembourg | -0.46% | 2025 |
| World | 2.2% | 2024 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 2.98% | 2025 |
| High income | 1.41% | 2024 |
Closest to Luxembourg in the 2025 ranking
- Honduras — 96th of 123: -0.12%
- Germany — 97th of 123: -0.18%
- Russian Federation — 98th of 123: -0.37%
- Switzerland — 100th of 123: -0.54%
- Seychelles — 101st of 123: -0.68%
- Botswana — 102nd of 123: -1.21%
What this measures
Gross fixed capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets during the accounting period, including certain specified expenditures on services that add to the value of non-produced assets. 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 55 values
| Year | Gross fixed capital formation (annual % growth) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.4601 |
| 2024 | -2.74 |
| 2023 | -5.06 |
| 2022 | -13.88 |
| 2021 | 14.56 |
| 2020 | -4.1 |
| 2019 | 13.31 |
| 2018 | -7.24 |
| 2017 | 5.34 |
| 2016 | 2.77 |
| 2015 |
Gross fixed capital formation (annual % growth) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Luxembourg
- GDP (current US$) — US$101.16 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 89.52 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$70.96 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 68.96 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$147,252 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 130,314 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$103,292 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 100,385 (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$68.91 billion (2025)
- GNI (current LCU) — 60.98 billion (2025)
- GNI per capita (current LCU) — 88,769 (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Luxembourg's gross fixed capital formation (annual % growth)?
- -0.46% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is down 11.11 percentage points from 10.65% in 1971. The highest value was 37.14% in 1986 and the lowest -15.08% in 1992.
- How does Luxembourg rank?
- 99th highest of 123 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross fixed capital formation (annual % growth) unusual for Luxembourg?
- In 2025, Luxembourg's gross fixed capital formation (annual % growth) rose 2.28 percentage points on 2024 (from -2.74% to -0.46%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 13.65 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.FTOT.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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