Hong Kong SAR, China - Gross capital formation (current LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (current LCU) in Hong Kong SAR, China was 509,509,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 623,643,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 1,788,000,000 in 1961.

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 1,970,379,000
1961 1,788,000,000
1962 2,471,000,000
1963 3,492,000,000
1964 4,309,000,000
1965 4,869,000,000
1966 3,948,000,000
1967 3,112,000,000
1968 2,747,000,000
1969 3,179,000,000
1970 4,715,000,000
1971 6,495,000,000
1972 7,544,000,000
1973 9,457,000,000
1974 11,424,000,000
1975 11,379,000,000
1976 16,030,000,000
1977 19,436,000,000
1978 24,645,000,000
1979 36,777,000,000
1980 50,056,000,000
1981 60,647,000,000
1982 60,729,000,000
1983 57,948,000,000
1984 63,973,000,000
1985 59,798,000,000
1986 75,107,000,000
1987 102,908,000,000
1988 132,142,000,000
1989 142,314,000,000
1990 162,821,000,000
1991 186,114,000,000
1992 227,424,000,000
1993 253,699,000,000
1994 329,360,000,000
1995 383,715,000,000
1996 392,830,000,000
1997 469,597,000,000
1998 379,392,000,000
1999 321,223,000,000
2000 368,915,000,000
2001 336,775,000,000
2002 300,736,000,000
2003 281,238,000,000
2004 294,436,000,000
2005 297,391,000,000
2006 335,024,000,000
2007 353,197,000,000
2008 359,276,000,000
2009 362,493,000,000
2010 424,374,000,000
2011 467,033,000,000
2012 513,749,000,000
2013 513,843,000,000
2014 538,389,000,000
2015 516,625,000,000
2016 535,663,000,000
2017 586,950,000,000
2018 623,643,000,000
2019 517,507,000,000
2020 509,509,000,000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts