Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Net investment in nonfinancial assets was 2.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), 1997–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) recorded 2.9% for net investment in nonfinancial assets in 2024. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 23.7% on the previous year and up 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net investment in nonfinancial assets in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) peaked at 2.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 1998.
That places Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1.3% | — |
| 1998 | 0.9% | -28.2% |
| 2008 | 2.6% | +186.7% |
| 2009 | 2.6% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 2.4% | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 2.3% | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 2.3% | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 2.4% | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 2.4% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2.4% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | -11.4% |
| 2017 | 2.2% | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 2.8% | +26.8% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 2.6% | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 2.3% | -9.7% |
| 2022 | 2.3% | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 2.4% | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 2.9% | +23.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +186.7% | 0.9% | 2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
More public sector data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- Arms imports 6.55 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 26.15 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0027 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 13.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 6.55 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 410.43 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0419 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 102.77 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 979.77 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
All data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is net investment in nonfinancial assets in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) was 2.9% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 1998.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank for net investment in nonfinancial assets?
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is net investment in nonfinancial assets rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Net investment in government nonfinancial assets includes fixed assets, inventories, valuables, and nonproduced assets. Nonfinancial assets are stores of value and provide benefits either through their use in the production of goods and services or in the form of property income and holding gains. Net investment in nonfinancial assets also includes consumption of fixed capital. 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.