Net investment in nonfinancial assets in European Union
European Union: Net investment in nonfinancial assets was 1.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in European Union, 1973–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
European Union recorded 1.6% for net investment in nonfinancial assets in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net investment in nonfinancial assets in European Union peaked at 1.7% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1988.
That places European Union 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in European Union, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 1.1% | — |
| 1974 | 1.1% | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 1.2% | +12.0% |
| 1976 | 1.1% | -14.5% |
| 1977 | 1.0% | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 0.8% | -19.7% |
| 1979 | 0.8% | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 0.8% | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 0.9% | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 0.9% | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 0.9% | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8% | -11.2% |
| 1985 | 0.8% | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.8% | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.8% | -6.3% |
| 1988 | 0.8% | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.8% | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 0.9% | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 1.0% | +15.5% |
| 1992 | 0.9% | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 0.9% | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 0.8% | -12.4% |
| 1995 | 1.6% | +100.3% |
| 1996 | 1.5% | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 1.4% | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 1.4% | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 1.4% | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 1.4% | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 1.4% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 1.4% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 1.5% | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 1.4% | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 1.5% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 1.7% | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 1.7% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 1.3% | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 1.4% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | +17.0% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 1.6% | +4.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net investment in nonfinancial assets in European Union 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 | +100.3% | 0.8% | 1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is net investment in nonfinancial assets in European Union?
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets in European Union was 1.6% 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 European Union?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7% in 2009.
- What is the lowest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in European Union?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1988.
- How does European Union rank for net investment in nonfinancial assets?
- European Union ranks 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is net investment in nonfinancial assets rising or falling in European Union?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union 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.