Costa Rica - Gross capital formation

Gross capital formation (current US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (current US$) in Costa Rica was $10,244,680,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $11,466,500,000 in 2018 and $86,780,650 in 1964.

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 $88,817,130
1961 $92,564,700
1962 $93,216,640
1963 $96,209,080
1964 $86,780,650
1965 $115,652,800
1966 $123,366,000
1967 $135,396,200
1968 $139,501,900
1969 $170,973,600
1970 $202,249,100
1971 $262,141,900
1972 $272,750,600
1973 $366,838,200
1974 $445,611,600
1975 $424,352,400
1976 $570,863,500
1977 $745,671,000
1978 $826,592,800
1979 $1,021,552,000
1980 $1,283,944,000
1981 $761,603,300
1982 $643,473,000
1983 $760,944,400
1984 $830,908,500
1985 $1,014,650,000
1986 $1,114,014,000
1987 $1,229,404,000
1988 $1,129,028,000
1989 $1,396,038,000
1990 $1,560,594,000
1991 $1,324,249,000
1992 $1,749,936,000
1993 $2,015,162,000
1994 $2,178,184,000
1995 $2,262,670,000
1996 $2,072,976,000
1997 $2,529,785,000
1998 $3,101,096,000
1999 $3,004,897,000
2000 $3,105,823,000
2001 $3,213,686,000
2002 $3,296,917,000
2003 $3,275,598,000
2004 $3,522,980,000
2005 $3,800,537,000
2006 $4,789,718,000
2007 $6,260,578,000
2008 $7,580,537,000
2009 $5,673,480,000
2010 $7,469,179,000
2011 $8,573,126,000
2012 $9,377,464,000
2013 $9,981,275,000
2014 $9,999,194,000
2015 $10,641,400,000
2016 $11,115,580,000
2017 $10,932,150,000
2018 $11,466,500,000
2019 $10,705,120,000
2020 $10,244,680,000

Gross capital formation (current LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (current LCU) in Costa Rica was 5,992,130,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,615,850,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 500,600,000 in 1960.

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 500,600,000
1961 553,000,000
1962 619,900,000
1963 639,800,000
1964 577,100,000
1965 766,200,000
1966 817,300,000
1967 897,000,000
1968 924,200,000
1969 1,132,700,000
1970 1,339,900,000
1971 1,736,900,000
1972 1,809,700,000
1973 2,438,300,000
1974 3,533,700,000
1975 3,636,700,000
1976 4,892,300,000
1977 6,390,400,000
1978 7,083,900,000
1979 8,754,700,000
1980 11,003,400,000
1981 16,575,000,000
1982 24,070,200,000
1983 31,270,400,000
1984 37,002,600,000
1985 51,239,800,000
1986 62,162,000,000
1987 77,169,700,000
1988 85,569,000,000
1989 113,233,000,000
1990 142,857,000,000
1991 162,128,000,000
1992 235,377,000,000
1993 286,499,000,000
1994 342,120,000,000
1995 406,443,000,000
1996 430,578,000,000
1997 588,428,000,000
1998 797,571,000,000
1999 858,439,000,000
2000 957,184,000,000
2001 1,056,880,000,000
2002 1,186,300,000,000
2003 1,305,850,000,000
2004 1,542,820,000,000
2005 1,816,200,000,000
2006 2,448,740,000,000
2007 3,234,310,000,000
2008 3,989,150,000,000
2009 3,252,540,000,000
2010 3,927,510,000,000
2011 4,335,120,000,000
2012 4,715,940,000,000
2013 4,988,310,000,000
2014 5,382,740,000,000
2015 5,688,530,000,000
2016 6,055,090,000,000
2017 6,204,140,000,000
2018 6,615,850,000,000
2019 6,287,060,000,000
2020 5,992,130,000,000

Gross capital formation (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for Gross capital formation (constant 2010 US$) in Costa Rica was 10,797,320,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 11,470,630,000 in 2018 and 474,087,300 in 1963.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 917,392,400
1961 572,610,600
1962 622,918,300
1963 474,087,300
1964 691,356,600
1965 671,432,800
1966 814,186,900
1967 869,475,600
1968 854,931,200
1969 986,727,300
1970 1,124,301,000
1971 1,389,587,000
1972 1,292,458,000
1973 1,533,636,000
1974 1,665,233,000
1975 1,516,900,000
1976 1,919,162,000
1977 2,355,992,000
1978 2,346,229,000
1979 2,563,299,000
1980 2,742,813,000
1981 1,707,970,000
1982 1,273,232,000
1983 1,694,222,000
1984 1,879,613,000
1985 2,025,057,000
1986 2,654,849,000
1987 2,746,100,000
1988 2,552,042,000
1989 2,726,575,000
1990 2,924,817,000
1991 2,554,433,000
1992 3,288,340,000
1993 3,775,545,000
1994 3,914,662,000
1995 4,136,791,000
1996 3,903,697,000
1997 4,619,938,000
1998 5,833,483,000
1999 5,725,717,000
2000 5,463,643,000
2001 5,617,995,000
2002 5,899,953,000
2003 6,220,515,000
2004 6,284,950,000
2005 6,573,291,000
2006 7,077,795,000
2007 8,421,508,000
2008 9,237,427,000
2009 8,071,760,000
2010 8,416,910,000
2011 8,689,875,000
2012 9,435,942,000
2013 9,892,446,000
2014 10,277,510,000
2015 10,641,400,000
2016 11,279,770,000
2017 11,218,520,000
2018 11,470,630,000
2019 10,726,630,000
2020 10,797,320,000

Gross capital formation (annual % growth)

The value for Gross capital formation (annual % growth) in Costa Rica was 0.66 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 45.83 in 1964 and a minimum value of -37.73 in 1981.

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 -37.58
1962 8.79
1963 -23.89
1964 45.83
1965 -2.88
1966 21.26
1967 6.79
1968 -1.67
1969 15.42
1970 13.94
1971 23.60
1972 -6.99
1973 18.66
1974 8.58
1975 -8.91
1976 26.52
1977 22.76
1978 -0.41
1979 9.25
1980 7.00
1981 -37.73
1982 -25.45
1983 33.06
1984 10.94
1985 7.74
1986 31.10
1987 3.44
1988 -7.07
1989 6.84
1990 7.27
1991 -12.66
1992 28.73
1993 14.82
1994 3.68
1995 5.67
1996 -5.63
1997 18.35
1998 26.27
1999 -1.85
2000 -4.58
2001 2.83
2002 5.02
2003 5.43
2004 1.04
2005 4.59
2006 7.68
2007 18.98
2008 9.69
2009 -12.62
2010 4.28
2011 3.24
2012 8.59
2013 4.84
2014 3.89
2015 3.54
2016 6.00
2017 -0.54
2018 2.25
2019 -6.49
2020 0.66

Gross capital formation (constant LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (constant LCU) in Costa Rica was 5,971,200,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,343,560,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 262,183,000,000 in 1963.

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 507,342,000,000
1961 316,669,000,000
1962 344,490,000,000
1963 262,183,000,000
1964 382,338,000,000
1965 371,320,000,000
1966 450,267,000,000
1967 480,843,000,000
1968 472,799,000,000
1969 545,686,000,000
1970 621,768,000,000
1971 768,478,000,000
1972 714,763,000,000
1973 848,141,000,000
1974 920,918,000,000
1975 838,886,000,000
1976 1,061,350,000,000
1977 1,302,930,000,000
1978 1,297,530,000,000
1979 1,417,570,000,000
1980 1,516,850,000,000
1981 944,552,000,000
1982 704,131,000,000
1983 936,949,000,000
1984 1,039,480,000,000
1985 1,119,910,000,000
1986 1,468,200,000,000
1987 1,518,670,000,000
1988 1,411,350,000,000
1989 1,507,870,000,000
1990 1,617,500,000,000
1991 1,412,670,000,000
1992 1,818,540,000,000
1993 2,087,980,000,000
1994 2,164,910,000,000
1995 2,287,750,000,000
1996 2,158,850,000,000
1997 2,554,950,000,000
1998 3,226,070,000,000
1999 3,166,470,000,000
2000 3,021,540,000,000
2001 3,106,900,000,000
2002 3,262,830,000,000
2003 3,440,110,000,000
2004 3,475,740,000,000
2005 3,635,200,000,000
2006 3,914,210,000,000
2007 4,657,320,000,000
2008 5,108,540,000,000
2009 4,463,900,000,000
2010 4,654,770,000,000
2011 4,805,730,000,000
2012 5,218,320,000,000
2013 5,470,780,000,000
2014 5,683,740,000,000
2015 5,884,980,000,000
2016 6,238,010,000,000
2017 6,204,140,000,000
2018 6,343,560,000,000
2019 5,932,110,000,000
2020 5,971,200,000,000

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP) in Costa Rica was 16.56 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 29.03 in 1981, while its lowest value was 15.99 in 1964.

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
1960 17.50
1961 18.88
1962 19.45
1963 18.79
1964 15.99
1965 19.50
1966 19.06
1967 19.36
1968 18.03
1969 20.03
1970 20.54
1971 24.34
1972 22.03
1973 23.99
1974 26.74
1975 21.64
1976 23.66
1977 24.27
1978 23.46
1979 25.31
1980 26.57
1981 29.03
1982 24.69
1983 24.18
1984 22.70
1985 25.89
1986 25.21
1987 27.12
1988 24.47
1989 26.59
1990 27.32
1991 18.40
1992 20.43
1993 21.03
1994 20.77
1995 19.54
1996 17.75
1997 20.05
1998 22.66
1999 21.08
2000 20.69
2001 20.12
2002 19.89
2003 18.97
2004 18.93
2005 18.96
2006 21.09
2007 23.29
2008 24.61
2009 18.45
2010 19.83
2011 20.05
2012 19.85
2013 19.59
2014 19.22
2015 18.85
2016 18.89
2017 18.06
2018 18.37
2019 16.71
2020 16.56

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts