IDA only - Gross capital formation

Gross capital formation (current US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (current US$) in IDA only was $358,776,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 29 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $366,521,000,000 in 2019 and $29,472,650,000 in 1992.

Definition: Gross capital formation (formerly gross domestic investment) consists of outlays on additions to the fixed assets of the economy plus net changes in the level of inventories. Fixed assets include land improvements (fences, ditches, drains, and so on); plant, machinery, and equipment purchases; and the construction of roads, railways, and the like, including schools, offices, hospitals, private residential dwellings, and commercial and industrial buildings. Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." According to the 1993 SNA, net acquisitions of valuables are also considered capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

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Year Value
1991 $30,003,990,000
1992 $29,472,650,000
1993 $31,138,480,000
1994 $31,825,390,000
1995 $35,127,520,000
1996 $41,352,220,000
1997 $42,860,030,000
1998 $47,841,690,000
1999 $49,262,240,000
2000 $53,281,480,000
2001 $53,210,710,000
2002 $55,291,800,000
2003 $65,487,410,000
2004 $77,283,610,000
2005 $90,104,010,000
2006 $103,447,000,000
2007 $122,665,000,000
2008 $152,057,000,000
2009 $147,991,000,000
2010 $173,420,000,000
2011 $196,974,000,000
2012 $217,089,000,000
2013 $254,039,000,000
2014 $280,041,000,000
2015 $286,790,000,000
2016 $293,675,000,000
2017 $323,117,000,000
2018 $349,350,000,000
2019 $366,521,000,000
2020 $358,776,000,000

Gross capital formation (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (constant 2010 US$) in IDA only was 380,745,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 14 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 693,325,000,000 in 2008 and 285,900,000,000 in 2014.

Definition: Gross capital formation (formerly gross domestic investment) consists of outlays on additions to the fixed assets of the economy plus net changes in the level of inventories. Fixed assets include land improvements (fences, ditches, drains, and so on); plant, machinery, and equipment purchases; and the construction of roads, railways, and the like, including schools, offices, hospitals, private residential dwellings, and commercial and industrial buildings. Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." According to the 1993 SNA, net acquisitions of valuables are also considered capital formation. Data are in constant 2010 U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

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Year Value
2006 613,792,000,000
2007 657,197,000,000
2008 693,325,000,000
2009 534,083,000,000
2010 497,969,000,000
2011 488,817,000,000
2012 338,391,000,000
2013 300,652,000,000
2014 285,900,000,000
2015 286,790,000,000
2016 303,953,000,000
2017 322,768,000,000
2018 350,097,000,000
2019 373,400,000,000
2020 380,745,000,000

Gross capital formation (annual % growth)

The value for Gross capital formation (annual % growth) in IDA only was 1.97 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.47 in 2018 and a minimum value of -30.77 in 2012.

Definition: Annual growth rate of gross capital formation based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2010 U.S. dollars. Gross capital formation (formerly gross domestic investment) consists of outlays on additions to the fixed assets of the economy plus net changes in the level of inventories. Fixed assets include land improvements (fences, ditches, drains, and so on); plant, machinery, and equipment purchases; and the construction of roads, railways, and the like, including schools, offices, hospitals, private residential dwellings, and commercial and industrial buildings. Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." According to the 1993 SNA, net acquisitions of valuables are also considered capital formation.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

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Year Value
2007 7.07
2008 5.50
2009 -22.97
2010 -6.76
2011 -1.84
2012 -30.77
2013 -11.15
2014 -4.91
2015 0.31
2016 5.98
2017 6.19
2018 8.47
2019 6.66
2020 1.97

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP) in IDA only was 28.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 29.61 in 2018, while its lowest value was 14.50 in 1992.

Definition: Gross capital formation (formerly gross domestic investment) consists of outlays on additions to the fixed assets of the economy plus net changes in the level of inventories. Fixed assets include land improvements (fences, ditches, drains, and so on); plant, machinery, and equipment purchases; and the construction of roads, railways, and the like, including schools, offices, hospitals, private residential dwellings, and commercial and industrial buildings. Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." According to the 1993 SNA, net acquisitions of valuables are also considered capital formation.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

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Year Value
1991 14.56
1992 14.50
1993 14.91
1994 15.43
1995 14.92
1996 15.40
1997 15.15
1998 16.23
1999 16.32
2000 16.15
2001 15.96
2002 15.74
2003 16.88
2004 17.32
2005 17.56
2006 17.54
2007 17.56
2008 18.16
2009 17.27
2010 18.11
2011 22.94
2012 25.10
2013 26.95
2014 27.84
2015 28.53
2016 28.91
2017 29.36
2018 29.61
2019 29.54
2020 28.06

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts