Costa Rica - Gross fixed capital formation (current LCU)

The value for Gross fixed capital formation (current LCU) in Costa Rica was 6,270,920,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,555,710,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 460,400,000 in 1960.

Definition: Gross fixed capital formation (formerly gross domestic fixed investment) includes 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. 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 460,400,000
1961 504,300,000
1962 590,800,000
1963 620,800,000
1964 590,900,000
1965 729,600,000
1966 735,900,000
1967 834,000,000
1968 882,100,000
1969 1,023,500,000
1970 1,269,800,000
1971 1,578,500,000
1972 1,800,200,000
1973 2,251,600,000
1974 3,174,800,000
1975 3,694,800,000
1976 4,846,000,000
1977 5,888,800,000
1978 6,952,400,000
1979 9,049,900,000
1980 9,894,500,000
1981 13,737,500,000
1982 19,808,500,000
1983 23,269,500,000
1984 32,678,600,000
1985 38,239,800,000
1986 46,023,100,000
1987 56,313,100,000
1988 66,210,900,000
1989 87,223,900,000
1990 117,071,000,000
1991 149,822,000,000
1992 223,142,000,000
1993 277,835,000,000
1994 329,197,000,000
1995 411,636,000,000
1996 435,474,000,000
1997 565,401,000,000
1998 778,434,000,000
1999 858,733,000,000
2000 911,047,000,000
2001 1,042,140,000,000
2002 1,180,190,000,000
2003 1,362,660,000,000
2004 1,620,100,000,000
2005 1,910,790,000,000
2006 2,356,700,000,000
2007 3,106,290,000,000
2008 3,848,820,000,000
2009 3,702,120,000,000
2010 3,852,760,000,000
2011 4,201,990,000,000
2012 4,757,430,000,000
2013 5,045,640,000,000
2014 5,555,450,000,000
2015 5,729,320,000,000
2016 6,034,450,000,000
2017 6,242,910,000,000
2018 6,555,710,000,000
2019 6,244,510,000,000
2020 6,270,920,000,000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts