Central Europe and the Baltics - Gross capital formation

Gross capital formation (current US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (current US$) in Central Europe and the Baltics was $352,556,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 25 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $438,848,000,000 in 2008 and $90,679,390,000 in 1995.

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
1995 $90,679,390,000
1996 $103,332,000,000
1997 $105,986,000,000
1998 $117,318,000,000
1999 $110,367,000,000
2000 $109,080,000,000
2001 $113,732,000,000
2002 $123,989,000,000
2003 $150,493,000,000
2004 $191,013,000,000
2005 $219,874,000,000
2006 $267,412,000,000
2007 $366,631,000,000
2008 $438,848,000,000
2009 $296,535,000,000
2010 $306,163,000,000
2011 $347,020,000,000
2012 $306,621,000,000
2013 $307,301,000,000
2014 $328,907,000,000
2015 $296,870,000,000
2016 $286,150,000,000
2017 $323,508,000,000
2018 $379,306,000,000
2019 $383,385,000,000
2020 $352,556,000,000

Gross capital formation (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (constant 2010 US$) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 326,936,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 25 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 354,817,000,000 in 2019 and 130,391,000,000 in 1995.

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
1995 130,391,000,000
1996 148,778,000,000
1997 161,535,000,000
1998 174,017,000,000
1999 172,742,000,000
2000 182,062,000,000
2001 184,174,000,000
2002 187,486,000,000
2003 197,466,000,000
2004 223,958,000,000
2005 234,236,000,000
2006 268,322,000,000
2007 312,865,000,000
2008 324,177,000,000
2009 252,076,000,000
2010 261,392,000,000
2011 278,193,000,000
2012 264,481,000,000
2013 258,030,000,000
2014 278,041,000,000
2015 296,870,000,000
2016 291,095,000,000
2017 312,376,000,000
2018 340,197,000,000
2019 354,817,000,000
2020 326,936,000,000

Gross capital formation (annual % growth)

The value for Gross capital formation (annual % growth) in Central Europe and the Baltics was -7.86 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.60 in 2007 and a minimum value of -22.24 in 2009.

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
1996 14.10
1997 8.57
1998 7.73
1999 -0.73
2000 5.40
2001 1.16
2002 1.80
2003 5.32
2004 13.42
2005 4.59
2006 14.55
2007 16.60
2008 3.62
2009 -22.24
2010 3.70
2011 6.43
2012 -4.93
2013 -2.44
2014 7.76
2015 6.77
2016 -1.95
2017 7.31
2018 8.91
2019 4.30
2020 -7.86

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 21.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 28.94 in 2007, while its lowest value was 21.33 in 2020.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1995 23.05
1996 24.83
1997 25.84
1998 26.14
1999 25.37
2000 25.47
2001 24.26
2002 23.47
2003 23.73
2004 25.03
2005 24.79
2006 26.66
2007 28.94
2008 28.63
2009 22.97
2010 23.23
2011 23.94
2012 22.66
2013 21.60
2014 22.44
2015 22.96
2016 21.65
2017 22.09
2018 23.05
2019 22.90
2020 21.33

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts