Japan - Gross capital formation (current LCU)

The value for Gross capital formation (current LCU) in Japan was 137,745,000,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 171,524,000,000,000 in 1996 and a minimum value of 31,453,400,000,000 in 1970.

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
1970 31,453,400,000,000
1971 31,712,200,000,000
1972 36,076,400,000,000
1973 47,069,300,000,000
1974 55,056,700,000,000
1975 53,431,300,000,000
1976 58,295,300,000,000
1977 62,939,400,000,000
1978 69,437,000,000,000
1979 79,120,300,000,000
1980 85,110,400,000,000
1981 88,067,400,000,000
1982 89,286,400,000,000
1983 88,954,500,000,000
1984 94,133,500,000,000
1985 100,145,000,000,000
1986 105,001,000,000,000
1987 113,357,000,000,000
1988 130,092,000,000,000
1989 142,712,000,000,000
1990 156,543,000,000,000
1991 165,254,000,000,000
1992 160,841,000,000,000
1993 151,951,000,000,000
1994 156,609,000,000,000
1995 161,354,000,000,000
1996 171,524,000,000,000
1997 169,099,000,000,000
1998 158,754,000,000,000
1999 148,918,000,000,000
2000 152,152,000,000,000
2001 147,560,000,000,000
2002 135,834,000,000,000
2003 134,455,000,000,000
2004 135,729,000,000,000
2005 138,733,000,000,000
2006 139,559,000,000,000
2007 138,966,000,000,000
2008 136,546,000,000,000
2009 111,872,000,000,000
2010 114,201,000,000,000
2011 117,102,000,000,000
2012 120,139,000,000,000
2013 124,213,000,000,000
2014 129,891,000,000,000
2015 135,398,000,000,000
2016 135,196,000,000,000
2017 139,456,000,000,000
2018 142,141,000,000,000
2019 144,555,000,000,000
2020 137,745,000,000,000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts