Jamaica - Gross fixed capital formation (current LCU)

The value for Gross fixed capital formation (current LCU) in Jamaica was 476,575,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 508,473,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 165,800,000 in 1965.

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
1965 165,800,000
1966 199,000,000
1967 218,500,000
1968 282,700,000
1969 315,300,000
1970 367,100,000
1971 356,000,000
1972 366,800,000
1973 448,200,000
1974 478,200,000
1975 609,600,000
1976 450,800,000
1977 349,500,000
1978 498,900,000
1979 748,200,000
1980 690,100,000
1981 953,800,000
1982 1,167,800,000
1983 1,436,400,000
1984 1,980,700,000
1985 2,581,200,000
1986 2,431,800,000
1987 3,544,700,000
1988 4,865,300,000
1989 6,538,100,000
1990 8,361,900,000
1991 11,824,500,000
1992 23,953,200,000
1993 33,385,000,000
1994 43,133,000,000
1995 57,596,000,000
1996 69,577,000,000
1997 76,041,000,000
1998 72,178,000,000
1999 73,226,000,000
2000 89,824,000,000
2001 108,850,000,000
2002 127,865,000,000
2003 142,024,000,000
2004 164,173,000,000
2005 187,221,000,000
2006 220,129,000,000
2007 231,392,000,000
2008 239,066,000,000
2009 222,197,000,000
2010 229,408,000,000
2011 259,834,000,000
2012 258,093,000,000
2013 300,554,000,000
2014 339,502,000,000
2015 352,095,000,000
2016 373,187,000,000
2017 419,435,000,000
2018 471,962,000,000
2019 508,473,000,000
2020 476,575,000,000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts