Dominican Republic - Gross capital formation (annual % growth)

The value for Gross capital formation (annual % growth) in Dominican Republic was -5.64 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 76.57 in 1966 and a minimum value of -52.95 in 1965.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 -25.82
1962 72.74
1963 42.02
1964 23.73
1965 -52.95
1966 76.57
1967 -0.98
1968 0.39
1969 31.71
1970 11.64
1971 17.16
1972 12.48
1973 26.88
1974 16.98
1975 10.06
1976 -5.79
1977 7.32
1978 2.69
1979 8.20
1980 3.35
1981 -13.54
1982 -12.22
1983 11.14
1984 -11.58
1985 -4.85
1986 26.48
1987 27.70
1988 -5.44
1989 13.72
1990 -8.56
1991 -8.29
1992 22.65
1993 15.09
1994 15.02
1995 4.29
1996 7.65
1997 21.64
1998 42.14
1999 -0.46
2000 8.63
2001 1.38
2002 3.17
2003 -24.04
2004 3.42
2005 18.60
2006 17.50
2007 13.90
2008 7.99
2009 -17.63
2010 20.77
2011 -5.84
2012 -0.64
2013 -1.73
2014 8.68
2015 18.64
2016 11.08
2017 -2.81
2018 15.08
2019 10.20
2020 -5.64

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts