Arab World - Gross capital formation

Gross capital formation (current US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (current US$) in Arab World was $613,673,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 44 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $757,769,000,000 in 2019 and $64,998,850,000 in 1976.

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
1976 $64,998,850,000
1977 $77,786,190,000
1978 $95,251,260,000
1979 $101,466,000,000
1980 $126,554,000,000
1981 $132,035,000,000
1982 $137,583,000,000
1983 $121,961,000,000
1984 $120,050,000,000
1985 $104,319,000,000
1986 $97,990,830,000
1987 $93,109,350,000
1988 $94,034,670,000
1989 $78,791,250,000
1990 $186,596,000,000
1991 $93,998,420,000
1992 $102,531,000,000
1993 $106,910,000,000
1994 $103,769,000,000
1995 $113,517,000,000
1996 $115,952,000,000
1997 $112,525,000,000
1998 $128,855,000,000
1999 $140,574,000,000
2000 $145,462,000,000
2001 $151,185,000,000
2002 $148,242,000,000
2003 $170,958,000,000
2004 $202,837,000,000
2005 $250,023,000,000
2006 $311,492,000,000
2007 $415,276,000,000
2008 $545,485,000,000
2009 $502,676,000,000
2010 $549,927,000,000
2011 $609,618,000,000
2012 $641,036,000,000
2013 $678,006,000,000
2014 $727,210,000,000
2015 $712,306,000,000
2016 $701,651,000,000
2017 $699,608,000,000
2018 $714,568,000,000
2019 $757,769,000,000
2020 $613,673,000,000

Gross capital formation (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (constant 2010 US$) in Arab World was 638,124,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,032,110,000,000 in 2008 and 471,766,000,000 in 2000.

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
2000 471,766,000,000
2001 490,089,000,000
2002 553,017,000,000
2003 588,371,000,000
2004 652,029,000,000
2005 711,071,000,000
2006 822,138,000,000
2007 932,895,000,000
2008 1,032,110,000,000
2009 879,095,000,000
2010 866,268,000,000
2011 863,012,000,000
2012 709,659,000,000
2013 689,849,000,000
2014 680,458,000,000
2015 712,306,000,000
2016 697,783,000,000
2017 715,230,000,000
2018 699,664,000,000
2019 736,317,000,000
2020 638,124,000,000

Gross capital formation (annual % growth)

The value for Gross capital formation (annual % growth) in Arab World was -13.34 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15.62 in 2006 and a minimum value of -17.77 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
2001 3.88
2002 12.84
2003 6.39
2004 10.82
2005 9.06
2006 15.62
2007 13.47
2008 10.64
2009 -14.83
2010 -1.46
2011 -0.38
2012 -17.77
2013 -2.79
2014 -1.36
2015 4.68
2016 -2.04
2017 2.50
2018 -2.18
2019 5.24
2020 -13.34

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP) in Arab World was 25.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 38.16 in 1978, while its lowest value was 16.99 in 1997.

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
1976 33.00
1977 34.20
1978 38.16
1979 29.91
1980 27.57
1981 27.80
1982 30.85
1983 29.09
1984 28.19
1985 24.55
1986 23.68
1987 20.69
1988 22.03
1989 17.50
1990 29.97
1991 21.42
1992 21.64
1993 22.14
1994 20.44
1995 20.41
1996 18.88
1997 16.99
1998 19.99
1999 19.72
2000 17.83
2001 18.93
2002 18.46
2003 19.25
2004 19.20
2005 19.26
2006 20.32
2007 23.21
2008 24.20
2009 25.46
2010 23.79
2011 24.37
2012 23.39
2013 24.22
2014 25.68
2015 28.91
2016 29.09
2017 28.37
2018 26.17
2019 27.29
2020 25.07

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts