Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Europe & Central Asia
Europe & Central Asia: Net investment in nonfinancial assets was 1.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Europe & Central Asia, 1972–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia recorded 1.8% for net investment in nonfinancial assets in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.7% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net investment in nonfinancial assets in Europe & Central Asia peaked at 2.2% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 1982.
Europe & Central Asia ranks 12th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Europe & Central Asia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 1.3% | — |
| 1973 | 1.1% | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 1.2% | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 1.3% | +7.8% |
| 1976 | 1.2% | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 1.2% | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 1.0% | -18.6% |
| 1979 | 0.9% | -10.0% |
| 1980 | 0.9% | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 1.0% | +8.9% |
| 1982 | 0.9% | -14.5% |
| 1983 | 1.0% | +20.7% |
| 1984 | 0.9% | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 1.0% | +7.5% |
| 1986 | 0.9% | -7.3% |
| 1987 | 0.9% | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 0.9% | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 0.9% | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 1.0% | +9.9% |
| 1991 | 1.1% | +10.4% |
| 1992 | 1.1% | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 1.0% | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 0.9% | -12.4% |
| 1995 | 1.4% | +63.0% |
| 1996 | 1.5% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 1.4% | -6.0% |
| 1998 | 1.3% | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 1.3% | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 1.4% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 1.4% | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 1.5% | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 1.6% | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 1.4% | -10.4% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 1.7% | +12.2% |
| 2008 | 2.2% | +28.2% |
| 2009 | 1.8% | -17.3% |
| 2010 | 1.9% | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 1.9% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 1.7% | -10.8% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.7% | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | -8.2% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 1.8% | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | -13.0% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 1.7% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1.8% | +5.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Europe & Central Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +63.0% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.4% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia
- 9 Bhutan 8.6% compare
- 10 Afghanistan 8.5% compare
- 11 Niger 8.5% compare
- 12 Malawi 8.0% compare
- 13 Azerbaijan 7.9% compare
- 14 Lesotho 7.7% compare
- 15 Solomon Islands 7.7% compare
More public sector data for Europe & Central Asia
- Arms imports 14.17 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 15.26 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 23.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 14.17 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 774.37 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0245 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 19.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 719.05 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 416.81 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net investment in nonfinancial assets in Europe & Central Asia?
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Europe & Central Asia was 1.8% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2008.
- What is the lowest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Europe & Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 1982.
- How does Europe & Central Asia rank for net investment in nonfinancial assets?
- Europe & Central Asia ranks 12th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is net investment in nonfinancial assets rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia 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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About this data
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.