Private equity investments as share of GDP in Europe 2018, by country

The statistic illustrates total private equity investments as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) in selected European countries in 2018. Private equity is the OTC provision of equity capital through private or institutional investments with the participation of companies in another company for a limited time in order to generate financial benefits. It can be seen that in that year, private equity investments in Luxembourg reached a value corresponding to 2.09 percent of the country's GDP, placing it highest in the yearly ranking. the United Kingdom (UK) and Sweden completed the top three, with private equity investments totaling 1.26 percent and 0.76 percent of GDP respectively.