The data depicts total private equity investments as a share of gross domestic product in selected European countries as of 2016. 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 France reached a value corresponding to 0.21% of the country's GDP, placing it highest in the yearly ranking. Ireland and Norway completed the top three, both with private equity investments totaling 0.
