Benin - Gross capital formation

Gross capital formation (current US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (current US$) in Benin was $4,012,093,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $4,012,093,000 in 2020 and $25,446,740 in 1965.

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
1960 $25,842,780
1961 $25,835,930
1962 $26,266,050
1963 $29,498,340
1964 $26,264,630
1965 $25,446,740
1966 $26,591,680
1967 $36,211,250
1968 $40,381,360
1969 $41,883,270
1970 $38,675,400
1971 $34,464,410
1972 $54,835,260
1973 $65,952,050
1974 $101,119,800
1975 $130,650,100
1976 $116,300,200
1977 $133,140,800
1978 $149,209,500
1979 $225,647,000
1980 $212,987,900
1981 $202,405,700
1982 $349,962,800
1983 $189,730,900
1984 $134,338,300
1985 $93,486,440
1986 $179,898,700
1987 $201,972,100
1988 $253,296,800
1989 $177,528,300
1990 $275,578,100
1991 $287,597,400
1992 $230,920,700
1993 $365,251,600
1994 $284,492,900
1995 $464,729,100
1996 $414,403,600
1997 $420,653,200
1998 $445,725,900
1999 $670,282,100
2000 $563,494,400
2001 $650,854,300
2002 $622,177,200
2003 $811,150,300
2004 $942,072,800
2005 $793,769,700
2006 $905,533,900
2007 $1,337,834,000
2008 $1,344,876,000
2009 $1,447,717,000
2010 $1,488,285,000
2011 $1,760,394,000
2012 $1,701,989,000
2013 $2,361,100,000
2014 $2,558,279,000
2015 $2,360,978,000
2016 $2,396,371,000
2017 $3,043,370,000
2018 $3,763,352,000
2019 $3,688,561,000
2020 $4,012,093,000

Gross capital formation (current LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (current LCU) in Benin was 2,309,300,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,309,300,000,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6,236,000,000 in 1965.

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 local currency.

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

Year Value
1960 6,336,523,000
1961 6,336,523,000
1962 6,435,548,000
1963 7,227,577,000
1964 6,435,548,000
1965 6,236,000,000
1966 6,533,000,000
1967 8,908,000,000
1968 9,997,000,000
1969 10,888,000,000
1970 10,690,000,000
1971 9,490,000,000
1972 13,820,000,000
1973 14,700,000,000
1974 24,340,000,000
1975 28,000,000,000
1976 27,790,000,000
1977 32,710,000,000
1978 33,670,000,000
1979 48,000,000,000
1980 45,000,000,000
1981 55,000,000,000
1982 115,000,000,000
1983 72,300,000,000
1984 58,700,000,000
1985 42,000,000,000
1986 62,299,990,000
1987 60,700,000,000
1988 75,444,000,000
1989 56,633,000,000
1990 75,030,220,000
1991 81,133,200,000
1992 80,966,100,000
1993 103,426,000,000
1994 157,952,000,000
1995 231,969,000,000
1996 211,989,000,000
1997 245,522,000,000
1998 262,957,000,000
1999 412,541,000,000
2000 400,198,000,000
2001 476,684,000,000
2002 431,613,000,000
2003 470,384,000,000
2004 496,791,000,000
2005 418,522,000,000
2006 473,074,000,000
2007 640,333,000,000
2008 599,815,000,000
2009 680,852,000,000
2010 736,395,000,000
2011 829,583,000,000
2012 868,961,000,000
2013 1,166,150,000,000
2014 1,263,170,000,000
2015 1,395,840,000,000
2016 1,420,100,000,000
2017 1,767,150,000,000
2018 2,090,340,000,000
2019 2,161,170,000,000
2020 2,309,300,000,000

Gross capital formation (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (constant 2010 US$) in Benin was 3,885,897,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 3,885,897,000 in 2020 and 114,874,200 in 1965.

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
1960 127,129,500
1961 126,014,900
1962 123,785,000
1963 134,936,300
1964 121,554,300
1965 114,874,200
1966 119,336,100
1967 161,716,300
1968 176,215,900
1969 185,138,000
1970 172,868,600
1971 167,658,100
1972 242,857,800
1973 245,987,500
1974 360,351,100
1975 360,635,600
1976 367,463,900
1977 338,161,200
1978 319,290,300
1979 457,077,300
1980 624,734,500
1981 710,935,600
1982 1,017,313,000
1983 595,778,900
1984 439,796,000
1985 319,574,900
1986 473,275,200
1987 439,035,100
1988 461,861,900
1989 354,245,000
1990 517,954,100
1991 566,456,700
1992 552,704,800
1993 584,761,900
1994 589,042,500
1995 813,660,400
1996 664,939,600
1997 776,064,200
1998 728,363,800
1999 856,219,600
2000 806,321,900
2001 987,903,000
2002 868,154,900
2003 923,920,700
2004 985,716,600
2005 762,437,900
2006 842,132,700
2007 1,102,751,000
2008 1,005,786,000
2009 1,124,477,000
2010 1,221,978,000
2011 1,284,464,000
2012 1,348,488,000
2013 1,896,897,000
2014 2,072,024,000
2015 2,360,978,000
2016 2,398,016,000
2017 2,991,320,000
2018 3,467,449,000
2019 3,814,903,000
2020 3,885,897,000

Gross capital formation (annual % growth)

The value for Gross capital formation (annual % growth) in Benin was 1.86 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 48.10 in 1986 and a minimum value of -41.44 in 1983.

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
1961 -0.88
1962 -1.77
1963 9.01
1964 -9.92
1965 -5.50
1966 3.88
1967 35.51
1968 8.97
1969 5.06
1970 -6.63
1971 -3.01
1972 44.85
1973 1.29
1974 46.49
1975 0.08
1976 1.89
1977 -7.97
1978 -5.58
1979 43.15
1980 36.68
1981 13.80
1982 43.10
1983 -41.44
1984 -26.18
1985 -27.34
1986 48.10
1987 -7.23
1988 5.20
1989 -23.30
1990 46.21
1991 9.36
1992 -2.43
1993 5.80
1994 0.73
1995 38.13
1996 -18.28
1997 16.71
1998 -6.15
1999 17.55
2000 -5.83
2001 22.52
2002 -12.12
2003 6.42
2004 6.69
2005 -22.65
2006 10.45
2007 30.95
2008 -8.79
2009 11.80
2010 8.67
2011 5.11
2012 4.98
2013 40.67
2014 9.23
2015 13.95
2016 1.57
2017 24.74
2018 15.92
2019 10.02
2020 1.86

Gross capital formation (constant LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (constant LCU) in Benin was 2,297,390,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,297,390,000,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 67,915,000,000 in 1965.

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 local currency.

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

Year Value
1960 75,160,440,000
1961 74,501,480,000
1962 73,183,150,000
1963 79,775,920,000
1964 71,864,300,000
1965 67,915,000,000
1966 70,552,910,000
1967 95,608,540,000
1968 104,181,000,000
1969 109,456,000,000
1970 102,202,000,000
1971 99,121,450,000
1972 143,580,000,000
1973 145,431,000,000
1974 213,044,000,000
1975 213,212,000,000
1976 217,249,000,000
1977 199,925,000,000
1978 188,768,000,000
1979 270,229,000,000
1980 369,350,000,000
1981 420,313,000,000
1982 601,448,000,000
1983 352,231,000,000
1984 260,013,000,000
1985 188,936,000,000
1986 279,806,000,000
1987 259,563,000,000
1988 273,058,000,000
1989 209,434,000,000
1990 306,221,000,000
1991 334,896,000,000
1992 326,766,000,000
1993 345,718,000,000
1994 348,249,000,000
1995 481,046,000,000
1996 393,120,000,000
1997 458,818,000,000
1998 430,617,000,000
1999 506,207,000,000
2000 476,707,000,000
2001 584,060,000,000
2002 513,263,000,000
2003 546,233,000,000
2004 582,767,000,000
2005 450,762,000,000
2006 497,879,000,000
2007 651,959,000,000
2008 594,633,000,000
2009 664,804,000,000
2010 722,448,000,000
2011 759,390,000,000
2012 797,242,000,000
2013 1,121,470,000,000
2014 1,225,000,000,000
2015 1,395,840,000,000
2016 1,417,740,000,000
2017 1,768,500,000,000
2018 2,050,000,000,000
2019 2,255,420,000,000
2020 2,297,390,000,000

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP) in Benin was 25.63 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 27.60 in 1982, while its lowest value was 8.78 in 1965.

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
1960 11.42
1961 10.96
1962 11.11
1963 11.62
1964 9.73
1965 8.78
1966 8.78
1967 11.83
1968 12.37
1969 12.66
1970 11.59
1971 10.29
1972 13.36
1973 13.08
1974 18.23
1975 19.30
1976 16.65
1977 17.75
1978 16.06
1979 19.02
1980 15.16
1981 15.68
1982 27.60
1983 17.32
1984 12.78
1985 8.94
1986 13.46
1987 12.93
1988 15.63
1989 11.82
1990 14.06
1991 14.48
1992 13.62
1993 16.06
1994 17.80
1995 21.42
1996 17.55
1997 18.54
1998 18.16
1999 18.23
2000 16.01
2001 17.75
2002 14.83
2003 15.16
2004 15.22
2005 12.09
2006 12.87
2007 16.38
2008 13.74
2009 14.87
2010 15.61
2011 16.46
2012 15.28
2013 18.86
2014 19.26
2015 20.73
2016 20.27
2017 23.96
2018 26.39
2019 25.63
2020 25.63

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts