Malaysia - Gross capital formation (annual % growth)

The value for Gross capital formation (annual % growth) in Malaysia was -12.04 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.46 in 1970 and a minimum value of -43.04 in 1998.

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 9.53
1962 20.05
1963 5.76
1964 2.02
1965 10.82
1966 6.06
1967 7.01
1968 4.30
1969 -5.98
1970 36.46
1971 1.18
1972 8.20
1973 27.24
1974 32.22
1975 -21.95
1976 11.59
1977 22.36
1978 8.12
1979 13.37
1980 18.83
1981 17.19
1982 14.37
1983 7.63
1984 5.47
1985 -19.73
1986 -13.45
1987 -2.60
1988 25.95
1989 22.98
1990 21.39
1991 29.50
1992 3.42
1993 22.78
1994 12.66
1995 25.78
1996 5.78
1997 11.24
1998 -43.04
1999 -3.86
2000 29.82
2001 -9.32
2002 7.91
2003 -1.51
2004 6.86
2005 -2.46
2006 8.58
2007 10.54
2008 1.87
2009 -9.69
2010 23.88
2011 4.52
2012 18.28
2013 4.85
2014 2.55
2015 6.74
2016 4.43
2017 6.28
2018 -1.57
2019 -3.77
2020 -12.04

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts