Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) in United States
United States: Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) was 1.5% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in United States, 1972–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, net investment in nonfinancial assets in United States stood at 1.5%.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net investment in nonfinancial assets in United States peaked at 1.9% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1974.
That places United States 122nd out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) in United States, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.3% | — |
| 1973 | 0.2% | -17.1% |
| 1974 | 0.2% | -19.1% |
| 1975 | 0.2% | +28.4% |
| 1976 | 0.3% | +16.5% |
| 1977 | 0.3% | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 0.3% | +16.6% |
| 1979 | 0.3% | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 0.3% | -3.7% |
| 1981 | 0.4% | +31.4% |
| 1982 | 0.4% | -7.2% |
| 1983 | 0.4% | -5.5% |
| 1984 | 0.4% | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 0.3% | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 0.3% | -8.9% |
| 1987 | 0.3% | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 0.3% | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.3% | -7.2% |
| 1990 | 0.3% | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.3% | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 0.3% | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 0.3% | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.3% | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | -28.6% |
| 1996 | 0.3% | +44.9% |
| 1997 | 0.3% | -21.5% |
| 1998 | 0.3% | +19.2% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | +27.4% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 1.5% | +256.5% |
| 2002 | 1.6% | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 1.6% | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 1.7% | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.8% | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 1.9% | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 1.7% | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | -9.6% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | -12.8% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 1.4% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | -8.7% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | -32.3% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | +44.5% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | +1.7% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 1.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.1%, 70% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) in United States 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +256.5% | 0.4% | 1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.5% | 0.4% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is net investment in nonfinancial assets in United States?
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets in United States was 1.5% 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 United States?
- The highest recorded value was 1.9% in 2010.
- What is the lowest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1974.
- How does United States rank for net investment in nonfinancial assets?
- United States ranks 122nd out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net investment in nonfinancial assets rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United States 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.